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  • April Sketchnote Challenge: REMOTE Random Acts of Kindness

    April Sketchnote Challenge: REMOTE Random Acts of Kindness

    This post introduces the April Sketchnote Challenge. I’m challenging you to remotely reach out to 10 people this month and then sketchnote your remote random acts of kindness in your Life Journal. Happy April everyone! As we are all hunkered down and sequestered some of us are feeling isolated. So I have always loved doing…

  • Names of God Sketchnote Challenge – Yahweh Rophe

    This post studies Yahweh Rophe, the God who heals. We will learn about the name and do a journal challenge and a sketchnote challenge. Earlier this month when I was deciding what name to study, Yahweh Rophe, it seemed like the only name to study in light of this ugly virus we’re dealing with right…

  • Finish a Project

    Finish a Project

    This post is about finishing a long-forgotten project. I hope it motivates you to finish something. It will be so satisfying! This week I had planned to introduce another Name of God after all April is right around the corner.  But all week I have been procrastinating and I couldn’t figure out why. I know…

  • April Art Challenge #The100DayProject

    April Art Challenge #The100DayProject

    In this post, I will introduce you to the #The100DayProject and challenge you to participate. I will be taking the challenge. Read more about it in this post. I wanted to share another challenge with you that starts April 7th. I wanted to introduce you to the challenge and give you some time to decide if…

  • Envelop Sketchnote Challenge

    Envelop Sketchnote Challenge

    It’s time to think about snail mail and sketchnote an envelope. Check out the Graceful Envelope Contest and the art challenge this week to doodle up an envelope to bless someone.  Isn’t it just the coolest thing to get personal mail and even cooler when it cool mail?  Here are two letters I got this…

  • God is Love  – Sketchnote Journal Challenge

    God is Love – Sketchnote Journal Challenge

    This post will continue to focus on our study of El Kanna with a sketchnote challenge to illustrate a verse on love. I think the verse that really hits home for me in this study is that He thinks about me more than all the grains of sand. Psalm 139:18 Today is just a quick…

  • Names of God Sketchnote Study – El Kanna

    Names of God Sketchnote Study – El Kanna

    This study looks at two Names of God – El Kanna, and Esk Oklah.  They mean the Jealous God and Consuming fire. God wants 100% of us and is jealous when we turn our attention elsewhere.  Ex 34:14 For thou shall not worship no other God: for the Lord, whose name is jealous is a…

  • February 29 Day Trading Card Challenge

    February 29 Day Trading Card Challenge

    Join us in this art challenge to draw 29 different hearts on trading cards and then give them away! It’s going to be fun! Welcome to February. I thought we would start off this month with an art challenge. It’s designed to really stretch your visual skills and it will bless others.  The challenge is…

  • Names of God – Elohim a Sketchnote Challenge

    Names of God – Elohim a Sketchnote Challenge

    Sketchnote a sermon on Elohim using the Banner Sketchnote Layout. In our final study of Elohim, I thought we should sketchnote a sermon about Elohim. Tony Evan’s has written a devotional about and also gave a sermon on Elohim. I thought we could sketchnote the sermon using a layout I designed. You can find Dr.…

  • The Sketchnote Names Of God Bible Study Elohim #2

    The Sketchnote Names Of God Bible Study Elohim #2

    We continue our study of Elohim, the first name of God that we encounter in the Bible in Genesis 1:1. In the beginning, Elohim created the heavens and the earth.  Genesis was written by Moses to provide the Israelites history about their heritage.  This week we are going to focus on Genesis chapter 1 – The…

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