And the Word became Color

"The most childlike thing about a child

is his curiosity and his appetite

and his power of wonder at the world."

G.K. Chesterton

My friend, Debby Topliff, embraces and exudes childlikeness in her art. In her book- And the Word became Color, released January 9, Debby encourages others to go and do likewise. 

And the Word became Color offers a step-by-step method for visual Bible study, or as Debby says, "a Visual Lectio Divina." Excellent for individuals or groups, Debby's book is a beautiful addition to your Bible study collection.

e.e. cummings said, "It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."

Debby Topliff's new book reminds me I am, at heart, a child.

pieces of memory

From where do memories come?

One just passed by:

...it was last Summer, a light rain was falling. Down the sidewalk she came, a little girl walking slowly, catching raindrops with her tongue. Mercy drops. I smile at the memory as I did at the seeing of that simple act of childlikeness.

The beauty of a child is this-

The child has not yet learned the art of pretense.

Being childlike marries heaven and earth, making a wonder-filled human.

We grownups, floundering in a sea of concentric circumstances, would do well to walk slowly in the rain and catch mercy drops with our tongues.