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| WHAT IS FAITH BOOKING? |
Faith booking is an important part of scrap booking your heritage! Even those new to scrap booking know
that it is the best way to preserve memories of vacations, birthdays and other special events in our lives. But
with faithbooking the focus is on our spiritual journey and the faith heritage that we want those who come
behind us to remember about us! Faithbooking, in simple terms, is putting the face of God on our
scrapbook pages. As believers, we, like Jacob, see God face to face every day during our daily activities
(Genesis 32:30.) Faithbooking is simply incorporating our beliefs and experiences with God with the
memories we leave for our children (and children’s children) through scrap booking. What greater legacy
could we leave?
Adding faith to our pages can be done in many different ways through titles, scripture stickers and tags, or
journaling blocks. Many scrapbookers incorporate their faith by adding scripture verses to their layouts of
life activities such as school or trips to the zoo. There are several scripture concordances for scrap booking
on-line if you search for them. Others add faith to their pages through layouts of faith based activities such
as Vacation Bible School, Mission Trips, or Christmas Candlelight Services. Some faith bookers dedicate
entire books to their spiritual growth, much like a journal. And others combine photos of life events with the
underlying spiritual experience they felt during that time. Examples of this might include photos of a
majestic sunrise (or sunset) or a hike to a mountain top and the scrapper’s feeling of God’s awesome
power, joy, and majesty. Faith based pages could also include photos taken during a child’s (or other’s)
struggle with illness with the journaling revealing the spiritual growth that accompanied this time (“During
the Storms of Life, God Will See Me Through.”) Faithbooking can also be a way to focus on the people in
our lives who have been an inspiration to us as we grow spiritually (“Faithful Women in My Life”; “Men of
Integrity.”
Journaling is the heart of faithbooking. Hidden or ‘front and center’, this is where we share with future
generations what our relationship with God was like as we grew in our faith throughout our lives. As
Christians, we desire that all who come behind us find us faithful.
Scrapbooks should reflect both the good times and the struggles we face as we go through life. Lessons
learned that reflect our spiritual growth can be invaluable to future generations as they grow through
struggles of their own. Many people aren’t comfortable with having their personal thoughts and situations
“out there” for everyone to read as they casually look through our books. Hidden journaling is the answer!
Hidden journaling can be accomplished in several different ways. One of the easiest is to mount a photo on
a card stock mat that is ‘hinged’ with tape to a journaling mat underneath. You can direct attention to this
journaling by attaching a tab, ribbon, or fiber. Or you can leave it for others to find (or not) on their own. A
hidden pocket can be made by attaching the photo to a dimensional surface (corrugated paper or
cardboard) that has a hidden pocket cut out of the back. Journaling is done on a tab that slides behind the
photo. A favorite way to hide journaling is by writing it on tags that are placed in pockets on the layout.
Regardless of your scrapbook style, if faith is an important part of your life then you will want to preserve this
for future generations. Let’s begin today to capture those moments when we feel God’s presence on our
scrapbook pages.
that it is the best way to preserve memories of vacations, birthdays and other special events in our lives. But
with faithbooking the focus is on our spiritual journey and the faith heritage that we want those who come
behind us to remember about us! Faithbooking, in simple terms, is putting the face of God on our
scrapbook pages. As believers, we, like Jacob, see God face to face every day during our daily activities
(Genesis 32:30.) Faithbooking is simply incorporating our beliefs and experiences with God with the
memories we leave for our children (and children’s children) through scrap booking. What greater legacy
could we leave?
Adding faith to our pages can be done in many different ways through titles, scripture stickers and tags, or
journaling blocks. Many scrapbookers incorporate their faith by adding scripture verses to their layouts of
life activities such as school or trips to the zoo. There are several scripture concordances for scrap booking
on-line if you search for them. Others add faith to their pages through layouts of faith based activities such
as Vacation Bible School, Mission Trips, or Christmas Candlelight Services. Some faith bookers dedicate
entire books to their spiritual growth, much like a journal. And others combine photos of life events with the
underlying spiritual experience they felt during that time. Examples of this might include photos of a
majestic sunrise (or sunset) or a hike to a mountain top and the scrapper’s feeling of God’s awesome
power, joy, and majesty. Faith based pages could also include photos taken during a child’s (or other’s)
struggle with illness with the journaling revealing the spiritual growth that accompanied this time (“During
the Storms of Life, God Will See Me Through.”) Faithbooking can also be a way to focus on the people in
our lives who have been an inspiration to us as we grow spiritually (“Faithful Women in My Life”; “Men of
Integrity.”
Journaling is the heart of faithbooking. Hidden or ‘front and center’, this is where we share with future
generations what our relationship with God was like as we grew in our faith throughout our lives. As
Christians, we desire that all who come behind us find us faithful.
Scrapbooks should reflect both the good times and the struggles we face as we go through life. Lessons
learned that reflect our spiritual growth can be invaluable to future generations as they grow through
struggles of their own. Many people aren’t comfortable with having their personal thoughts and situations
“out there” for everyone to read as they casually look through our books. Hidden journaling is the answer!
Hidden journaling can be accomplished in several different ways. One of the easiest is to mount a photo on
a card stock mat that is ‘hinged’ with tape to a journaling mat underneath. You can direct attention to this
journaling by attaching a tab, ribbon, or fiber. Or you can leave it for others to find (or not) on their own. A
hidden pocket can be made by attaching the photo to a dimensional surface (corrugated paper or
cardboard) that has a hidden pocket cut out of the back. Journaling is done on a tab that slides behind the
photo. A favorite way to hide journaling is by writing it on tags that are placed in pockets on the layout.
Regardless of your scrapbook style, if faith is an important part of your life then you will want to preserve this
for future generations. Let’s begin today to capture those moments when we feel God’s presence on our
scrapbook pages.
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