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Artful Julybilee 2022 Compilation
$0.00This free downloadable compilation of our Artful Julybilee explores the theme Living As Christ Lived: Towards Justice, Love, and Peace for All Creation through the lens of art. Enjoy photographs, stories, reflections, paintings, and more in this beautiful booklet – gathering everything from our 2022 Artful Julybilee into one place!
Compiled and edited by Melissa Taft, this collection includes rich artful contributions from: Christine Sine, Lynne Baab, David Baab, John Birch, Ana Lisa de Jong, Carol Dixon, Keren Dibbens-Wyatt, Gil George, Jenneth Graser, Evelyn Heard, Kate Kennington Steer, Laurie Klein, Joy Lenton, Lilly Lewin, Lisa Scandrette, and Melissa Taft
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The Haiku Book of Hours – Free Download
$0.00With words and images by Kate Kennington Steer, this charming little booklet will have you pondering each pause of the day. Enjoy these contemplative haikus, posted originally under our theme of Restoring Rhythms and Seasons – a gift from Kate Kennington Steer to you!
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God and other Holy Names: Poems for Ushering In God’s Presence – free download
$0.00A collection of poems written in the last year, (most yet unpublished) to draw us to reflect on the Holy gift of God, both in the trinity, and in the gift of the Christ Child – Emmanuel, God with Us.
Copyright Ana Lisa de Jong, Living Tree Poetry
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Advent Quiet Retreat – 2021
$3.00Breath prayers, scripture readings, walking meditations, creative and contemplative activities, and unstructured time for quiet reflection help us rekindle the wonder of Advent. Enjoy the wonderful opportunity for inner reflection and renewing silence that this free downloadable Advent retreat invites us into as the season of prayerful expectation unfolds.
This retreat is best done with a group—so gather with friends or family, or a church small group.
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Prayers of a Different Sort: A Children’s Prayer Book – Download
$0.00Looking for fun and new ways for your child to experience God?
This booklet is packed with ideas and detailed instructions for creative prayer practices perfect for kids. It invites new avenues for how to talk with God. Includes prayers, activities, pictures and other resources for kids as well.
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Talking About the Sun: Poetry from Nature – Download
$0.00A diverse grouping of lovely poetry by Ana Lisa de Jong about the vastness of nature. From “Rooted” to “The Secret of An Acorn”, you will be delighted by the imagery that is painted so eloquently in this collection. A volume of poems gifted to Godspace as a free download from the ever talented Ana Lisa de Jong!
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Medicine for the Soul: Poetry for a Pandemic – Download
$0.00Ana Lisa de Jong has graciously shared several of her poems with us on our blog during this Pandemic time of uncertainty. Now, you can download her complete volume as a free collection of unpublished poetry mostly written in 2020. For more poetry by Ana Lisa, visit livingtreepoetry.com.
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Ten Important Steps for Writing Your Book – Download
$0.00Looking to write a book? Not sure where to start? Check out these helpful tips from Christine Sine about writing a book! This free resource supplies ten steps to enable you to begin your next book writing project.
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A Journey Into God’s Resurrection-created World – Download
$0.00Celebrate the Easter Season with this free download! Though originally published in 2009, the hope that comes from Resurrection Sunday and continues into Pentecost is always needed! We have made some small additions for a COVID-19 reality, but feel that many of the suggestions can be adapted. Christine invites us to Journey Into God’s Resurrection-created World as a way to celebrate this season. The joy that comes when we recognize what Jesus has done for us is infectious and this book outlines creative ways to invest in the lives of those around us, including those we normally disregard.
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Study Guide for Return To Our Senses – Download
$0.00Return to Our Senses explores approaches to prayer that connect our spiritual practices to everyday life, awakening all our senses to a deeper relationship to our loving God. Some of the practices have existed for centuries and only require us to tap into the rich knowledge and practices of ancient followers of Christ to access them. Others will be newly created, springing fresh from our imaginations and creativity, specially designed for intimacy with God in our present culture. This is a great book for group study.
This 6-session study guide can be used alongside a printed copy of Return To Our Senses as an individual devotional or for small group discussion.
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Gift of Wonder – Bonus Packet Download
$0.00I find that many of my readers are craving more. More details to help them practice the exercises explained in the book effectively. More exercises to help them continue the work they have done as a result of their reading.
This resource is a special bonus download intended to help you more effectively use some of the existing exercises or take advantage of the new ideas that have come out of suggestions that have been sent to me
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Broken Into Wholeness; Poems for Recovery – Download
$0.00This download includes a free book of poems by Ana Lisa DeJong called “Broken Into Wholeness; Poems for Recovery”. Ana Lisa has graciously allowed us to offer this collection as a download for our store.
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Ashes: Poems for Loss – Download
$0.00Beautiful, touching, and emotion provoking poems for grieving and loss. We are blessed by Ana Lisa for sharing these amazing poems with us as a free digital download.
Updated by Ana Lisa de Jong for 2023.
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Advent In A Jar – Download
$0.00This is also a fun activity to do with kids that provides a context in which to talk to them about Advent and the coming of Christ. Also great for adults! This is a downloadable packet that will walk you through the steps of creating your own advent jar and printable “sticks” to cut out and use that have a variety of activities on them for your family to enjoy as you prepare for the nativity of Jesus.
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Maundy Thursday Agape Liturgy – Download
$0.00This booklet is produced by St Andrews Episcopal Church Seattle WA,It is made available with the kind permission of Cherry Hairston as a free download and Easter resource through godspacelight.com -
Hungering For Life: Creative Exercises for Lent – Download
$0.00Each week throughout Lent, beginning with Ash Wednesday, we will provide a focus word, a scripture passage and questions to reflect on. Each Wednesday our focus will shift to a new word. Because I always want to end with the kingdom rather than the cross, I have added the theme of resurrection/life to see us through the last days of Holy Week and into Easter.