My Little Ponies at Church

“They aren’t worth anything, are they?” my sister asked. I wasn’t sure. I didn’t think so. I thought I’d better check.

Sherbet and Shaggy were the first two ponies I prepared, because Sherbet is purple and Shaggy is cute.

“Good news,” I reported back. “None of the ones we had are all that valuable.”

We were talking about our childhood My Little Pony collection. The time had come to pass them on to my young niece, and so I was cleaning off the grime of years, detangling their hair, and looking up their names on the Internet.

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The 1 John 4:20 Test, Part 2: How did we get here?

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“What do we learn about God from this verse?” we asked the class. It was our standard question.

There was a long pause, which was normal. Maybe the question would go away if no one answered? Alas, it did not. It never did. And so finally, hesitantly, one student held up her hand.

“I think maybe Satan is God’s brother,” Kenzie answered.

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Verse art, or something (an introduction)

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The thing that I call “verse art” started in the family of ideas from a book called Praying in Color (which is really cool, you should check it out). What I love most about Praying in Color is that it breaks open the idea of prayer as formal, written, or “just right.” Drawing, doodling, and coloring aren’t prayer because you add words, they are prayer all by themselves. I love words.  I never (previously) knew I needed to be free of them to pray. 

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