Journal #2 - Arian Armstrong

Arian Armstrong - Newport, KY
http://www.ArianArmstrong.com

Journal #2 - Mende Noffsinger

Mende Noffsinger - Memphis, TN

Journal #2 - Robyn Blaikie Collins

Robyn Blaikie Collins

The Colony, TX

A note from Robyn:

my journal experience... i saw superfudge's(can i call him superfudge? i loved that book) art first on susan e. isaac's facebook page becuase she purchased one of his pieces and was so excited about it. i loved the art and the message behind the art. i started to research ... and then just search for the artist. i ran across the blog(s) and ultimately the journal project... i sent an imploring email that said "can i play?" essentially...

i got a response that i would be put on a waiting list. i waited excitedly. when i received the journal, i was awed. to touch the art... look at the art... feel the art... overwhelming. i took it to the church where i work and people were amazed. they loved the concept. they asked how they could get on the list. they told me of people they wanted to share the concept with. the special needs specialist said that she wanted to share the concept with her son's autism community and start a similar project. she wants to capture the art of his friends in a journal, like the art found here...

this same church leader said that richard's entry was like breathing in fresh air. i agree. what an honor to dance across the pages with all of you. the creator gave us these gifts, we honor him by celebrating them together.

my painting is a prayer for baby jim beau. my own child, blaikie, had open heart surgery at age 6 months... this verse we prayed for her and distributed to those who came to visit... she has tetralogy of falot. now, my friend's baby jim beau is heading toward the same surgery. i find myself praying this again... right now... it's what i had to paint. i hope you will pray with me for hearts.. physical and spiritual.

http://www.robynblaikiecollins.blogspot.com
i am a creative person at a megachurch. i write and design for multiple ministries and businesses. i love working teams of people with common goals. i am writing a tv show for TBN.

Journal #2 - Catherine Meadows

Catherine Meadows

Memphis, TN

Journal #2 - Brittney Owens

Brittney Owens

Fort Smith, AR

www.illustrationsbybrittney.com

Journal #2 - Chad M Irwin

Chad M Irwin
Memphis, TN

Journal #2 - Mary DeCroce

Mary DeCroce
Southington, CT

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Journal #2 - Lori Bonas

Lori Bonas
Wolcott, CT

Ephesians 3:17-19 – That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Journal #2 - Teresa Carter

Teresa Carter - Fort Mill, SC

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. - Proverbs 4:23

Journal #2 - Mike Carter

Mike Carter - Fort Mill, SC

"I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself; nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps. Correct me, O LORD, but with justice; not with Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing." - Jeremiah 10:23,24

Journal #2 - Capt. Suzan R. Wallace

Capt. Suzan R. Wallace, MFA
Cape Carteret, NC
I knew that my prayer needed to be from my association with the wind & the seas. So I worked in layers over several days...laying down the foundation...then building upon that with my collection of hand-carved species stamps (a sailors/whalers log tradition)....once I had created the layers of living creatures in the sea....I saw myself sailing upon the huge ocean in my small wooden boat (a sprits'l skiff in ink & colored pencil)...as seen from above...as if the Lord watches over me while I sail...and then the prayer washed over me, reminding me of the connection I feel when it is just me, my boat, my sails and the Lord. To those of us who sail single-handed into open water....the wind is surely the spirit of grace and the Lord, a constant companion~
I chose to add the Genesis 1:1 because to create is divine....and to be abundantly grateful for all that is layed out before me... a grand blessing beyond compare.

thank you for the opportunity...I will share the project with my artist/illustrator colleagues!
www.seaquestudio.com

Journal #2 - Jennifer Harvey

Thank you, Jennifer for participating

"I call it Life is Messy. It is a combination of fabric and paint. It says God uses the torn and broken pieces of our lives to create something whole and beautiful. Every small piece that I added was a prayer for a specific person. Adding the paint on top allowed me to connect my prayers together and add a sense of how God knows what our prayers are even if they are obscured.

By participating in the journal, it let me see how everyone has a different approach to art, just like everyone has their own approach to prayer. No two ways are the same, but they are all correct." - Jennifer Harvey, Memphis, TN

Artist Bio:
Jennifer is a fiber artist whose main focus is quilting. It is a very empowering sense to be able to take small pieces of fabric and be able to join them into one large beautiful statement. Although I quilt more than I paint, when I do paint; fabric, ribbon, or quilt patterns always make there way into the project.

Video of Eli Morris and Richard Fudge discussing journal project

Video of the journal project (all slides to date) with audio of a Q&A from The Stirring Oct 11th. Senior pastor Eli Morris talks with Richard Fudge about the To Send a Prayer journal project.

You will probably need to up the volume. Eli is wearing a mic and I'm just holding one. So I sound a lot softer.

Journal #2 - Joey O'Connor

Joey O'Connor
San Clemente, CA

Joey has a lot of very cool art stuff going on. He is the founder and executive director of The Grove for the past 5 years. His passions are learning, art, creativity in the Church, meeting others passionate about God and creating great good for our culture. He's doing so much over there in CA that I can't begin to tell you all about it.

Journal #2 route

View Journal #2 in a larger map

Journal #2 is getting mailed so much that I thought it needed its own map.

Journal #2 - Cara Ann Laughlin

Illustrated prayer by Cara Ann Laughlin, a senior Stirring guest artist, member of the Stirring leadership team. Next Journal #2 makes its way from Memphis, TN to Joey O'Conner in San Clemente, CA.
Distance = 1811 mi, Total miles = 4101

Journal #2 - Ann Boyer LePere

Illustrated prayer by Ann Boyer LePere. She lives in in Peletier, NC.
Then Journal #2 made its way from Ann Boyer LePere to Cara Ann Laughlin in Memphis, TN.
Distance = 899 mi, Total miles = 2290

Journal #2 - Alex Radin

Journal #2 addition by Alex Radin in Hanahan, SC.

Then Journal #2 made its way from Alex in Hanahan, SC to Ann Boyer LePere in Peletier, NC
Distance = 256 mi, Total miles = 1391

Painted Prayer by Alberto Cabrera

07/09 Alberto Cabrera, Memphis, TN

It is believed if you whisper a prayer upon a butterfly's wings, that prayer will be carried to the heavens. Let us all whisper our prayers to these blessed creatures of God, so that our lives are filled with joy and happiness.

Journal #2 made its way from Memphis, TN to Alex Radin in Hanahan, SC.
Distance = 696 miles.
Total miles = 1146 miles.

Painted Prayer from Deeann Carson

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. - Proverbs 3:5-6

Journal pages by Deeann Carson in Brentwood, TN.

Deeann graduated in December 2007 from Memphis College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis on Painting. She is a full-time working artist and currently teaching in the Community Ed Department at Watkins College of Art and Design.