Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might earn me a small commission on sales. Your support of this blog is much appreciated! You may be thinking all of these pages are pretty, but WHY do we need to illustrate our faith? I'm not foolish enough to think that faith journaling is the key to every woman's relationship with Christ, but I do think there are many woman out there struggling with a way to connect and this might be the very thing their prayer life is missing. Way back in November of last year, I saw my first illustrated Bible page on someone's Instagram feed. I was wholly intrigued, but it didn't seem to be a "thing" yet and I didn't pay much attention. Later in the month, I was shopping ...
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HOW Do I Faith Journal?
Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might earn me a small commission on sales. Your support of this blog is much appreciated! Now that you know what Faith Journaling IS, you might be curious about how to get started. I could have easily written my own list, but why recreate something that is already so perfectly explained?! postcard via Illustrated Faith | designed by Wes Molebash 1 SPEND TIME WITH GOD. Sometimes it's easy to forget that the reason we are doing all of this is to connect with God and His word. Don't miss out on the benefit of extra Bible study and really dig into what He's trying to teach you. I love using the daily devotions set forth in Jesus Calling, especially when I don't ...
WHAT is Faith Journaling?
Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, it might earn me a small commission on sales. Your support of this blog is much appreciated! If you had asked me this time last year if I had ever considered painting in my Bible, I would have laughed and told you no. Although I spent hours doodling through worship as a teenager, it never occurred to me that it wasn't only acceptable, but necessary for me to connect with scripture in that way. Maybe you've only seen the passing page of an illustrated Bible on Instagram or maybe you had never seen anything like it before yesterday. I thought today I'd share a little more about what it IS and what it ISN'T. 1 Faith Journaling ISN'T just craft time, but it IS a ...
31 Days of Faith in the Margins
I have to be honest with you. After spending most of September following the prompts of another blogger, I was looking forward to stretching a little this month. Spreading my wings, if you will. I had a list of post ideas and family topics and photo recaps to share with you and I was excited about being a little less structured in my planning and scheduling. I was sitting in bed on Sunday afternoon, struggling to catch up on design orders, listening to football with one ear and texting back and forth with Jennifer when she mentioned 31 Days. At first glance I was skeptical about whether or not I could commit to sharing about the same topic for an entire month, but part of me was also intrigued. There are so many reasons I loved the structure of last month (hello accountability and ...
Blog-tember: Created to Create
Given that I'm a pretty creative person, I love that today's blog prompt was to "get creative!" I love making things with my hands and art and creativity play a huge role in the everyday life of my family. One of my favorite ways to get creative at this stage of my life, is spending time in Bible study and faith journaling with my daughters. We try to spend a few nights a week (and usually time on Saturday AND Sunday) doing a devotional together and connecting it to art in the margins of our Bibles. I crave time in the scripture alone, too, but time together with them is quickly becoming one of my favorite things ever.In case you aren't familiar with faith journaling or just want to know more of my story and why it speaks to me, you can read a post I wrote last winter. Since I've already ...
Illustrated August
If you're following me on social media, you may have seen my August journaling challenge. I love to spend time in the word, especially when it involves art supplies, but summer has really hijacked my schedule and I found myself spending less and less time in Bible study and prayer. I had already decided to challenge myself to a more regular devotion time, but it was so fitting that at our church this month we are engaging in 21 Days of Prayer. Every morning from 6 to 7 o'clock, thousands of people are meeting in campuses across the state for an hour of both personal and corporate prayer. It would have been very hard for me to get to our campus, so I've been streaming the messages either at home before I leave for work or in the car during my commute. Some mornings I spend the entire time ...
Illustrated Faith | Dream Again
Warning: Affiliate links appear in the following post. Although shopping the embedded links won’t cost you any additional dollars, using the links below to shop may result in a small commission for me. Thanks for supporting the brands that make this blog possible. In case you're new to Taz + Belly, let me introduce myself! I'm Kristin, a 35 year old professional who likes to pretend she's a legit blogger on the side. I'm married to my high-school sweetheart and we have two of THE MOST adorable little people you've ever seen. Exhibit A: We are big on nicknames at our house and these two answer to Taz and Belly like it's printed on their birth certificates. I couldn't think of a more perfect moniker for our favorite corner of the interweb! I write about family life, food, faith and ...
Dear Friends,
Friends who agree with me and friends who don't. I'm writing you this letter because I am confused and heartbroken and just done. I am writing this because I love you and because I think we can do an even better job of loving each other. It's been a long time since I wrote you a letter and I wonder if you know how I really feel about you and about Jesus and about our country and about my children and all of the concerns I have for their well being. On Friday afternoon, I overheard someone say "Well, I guess you heard that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage." Being out of town and away from the newsreel for the last few weeks has been nothing short of amazing, but it also meant I was more than a little out of touch with what was going on in the "real world." I had seen ...