Colossians 1:9-11

We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience…

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Imagine strangers praying this over you.

Become “holy people in the kingdom of light.”

*About the sculpture, Maria writes, ”I named her ‘Ganas’ from a speech Edward James Olmos, as Jaime Escalante, made to Hispanic students in his calculus class in the film, Stand and Deliver. Students from East L.A., he explained, needed the desire — the ganas — to work hard and achieve their goals. As a teacher, I watched this film for inspiration when each new school year began.”

Artist and dear friend Maria Wickwire creates ceramic sculptures that reveal feminine archetypes, hoping to encourage healing and forgiveness in our sometimes splintering world. Her studio overlooks Big Lake in northwest Washington where she photographs Mother Nature’s reminders that if She can persist, so can we. Find Maria at Mariawickwire.com

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