Saturday, January 10, 2015

Weekend Links: Prayer of the Hands, a good book review, and more!

Some good reading for your weekend:

"Why Women Make Blankets...and Prayer of the Hands":
I usually have work in my hands when I'm listening to speakers. I suspect that at least a few co-attendees think this is inappropriate. Busying one's hands can free up the mind to listen, though, and to pray. The repetitive rhythm of handwork has always been a conduit of prayer and of connection for me. You see, rosaries and prayer ropes are wonderful, but crochet works too! I always listen more attentively, and pray more deeply, when my hands are not calling me for something to do.  
"What 2,000 Calories Looks Like": a photo essay that was interesting not just for the restaurant food they show at the beginning but (what I really liked) the home-cooked meals at the end.

"The Legacy Journey": insightful review by Tim Challies of Dave Ramsey's latest book.

"How to Write Believable Children":  Useful stuff for my fellow authors.


Peace of Christ to you,
Jessica Snell


2 comments:

jen said...

I've been crocheting blankets and prayer shawls for charity for year but didn't understand the magnitude of what I was doing until Daniel's birth at 29.5 weeks. A colleague of Jon's brought me a prayer shawl from her church ladies and I slept with that sucker around me every night in the hospital after I received it. (It's currently in the custody of a friend who has dealt with 3 miscarriages in the last year.) We also received some baby blankets from Project Linus, a charity I've been crafting for since probably 2006.

Jessica Snell said...

Wow, what a gift! How beautiful that you had that with you, and then that it served even further when you passed it on to your friend.