Visual Faith Coach Mary Durkin
traveled to Northern Illinois
to spend some time with friends.
Girlfriends for 20+ years.
Jessi Fisher is a teacher at
Cross Lutheran School in Yorkville, Illinois.
Jill Sidlowski, is a stay at home mom,
involved with homeschooling.
She is a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran
in Frankfort, Illinois.
Mary, Jessi and Jill have been friends
since their college days.
In their time together they looked at
some Visual Faith practices.
They started with the verse of 1 Peter 4:10.
Focusing on their gifts
and how to use these gifts to bless others.
This was Jill and Jessi's first
Bible Journaling experience.
Jessi and Jill are both moms of 3 boys.
Some reflections from this experience:
Jill: I liked coming up with my own idea.
It made the verse real for me.
I liked looking for inspiration to create
what Scripture is saying to me.
Jessi: This was so fun to journal
my thoughts next to my picture.
My journaling was as much a part
of the process as the drawing.
It was a fun discipline to grow through.
A bit of my hard edges were smoothed out.
Mary: Sharing the joy of Bible Journaling
with my Christian sisters has been so terrific!
I loved giving them freedom to play and explore
with the different mediums.
Exposing them to the spiritual journey
of Bible Journaling has been very rewarding.
It takes a bit of courage to share
something new about our own faith practices.
Even with long-time friends.
It opens a vulnerable part of ourselves.
Sharing a bit about faith meeting us
in our everyday life.
What we are learning.
Where we are struggling.
When something is hard to understand.
How God meets us everyday.
Why we are drawn over and over again
to His Word.
Visual faith practices
mark the journey along the way.
Pilgrims here in the Kingdom.
Seeking our place and encouraging others.
Thank you to Mary Durkin-
contributing writer for
the Journeys of Faith blog-
for sharing the heart of this post.
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