World Cardmaking Day is October 6, 2012. That means you’ve got about six weeks to get ready. As many of you know, I enjoy making cards and sending them to people. Fashioning greeting cards from paper scraps, buttons, rubber stamps and ink is relaxing for me. Cardmaking does not require the laser-like focus that success in academia and the business world does.
I enjoy sending cards – be they paper or electronic – almost as much as I enjoy making them. In the New Testament, we learn about Barnabas, a missionary who travelled with the Apostle Paul. Barnabas was generous and loving and a source of encouragement for Paul. In fact, the word Barnabas means ‘Son of Encouragement’ in Hebrew. While many people use cards to commemorate a birthday or anniversary, cards also can be used to affirm or encourage someone having a tough time.
