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How to get Pray Every Day on any device

How to get Pray Every Day on any device

If you have Alexa (Amazon Echo), you can easily subscribe to the daily prayer podcast here. If you'd rather listen on your phone, follow these instructions. First, look at your phone. What kind of phone is it? This is important! To subscribe: Open up this post on your...

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EXCITED!

EXCITED!

Something very fun is happening today! I'm launching a shorter-format podcast where I pray for you every single day of the year. (Prayers appreciated for endurance!) The idea originated from my author marketing mastermind group when we had our yearly gathering.  And...

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The Word that Stopped my Heart

The Word that Stopped my Heart

A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a friend in the publishing industry. He's a veteran of publishing, a few years my senior. We caught up. We talked shop. But then he asked me what he could pray for. "Pray for my discouragement in this industry," I asked. (And he...

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How to Pray Scripture

How to Pray Scripture

In my latest book, Jesus Every Day, I walk you through verses from every book of the Bible, then invite you to pray those Scriptures. So how does one do that? How do you read a verse or two, then pray them back? Here's an example from Romans 1:1 "This letter is from...

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God welcomes your negative emotions

God welcomes your negative emotions

Yesterday I had the privilege of posting a devotion on Proverbs 31 about honesty with God. I shared about the time I hollered at Him after an ectopic pregnancy. Hundreds of comments poured in, and I read every one. Today as I responded to one of them, I realized...

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You’re not Doomed

You’re not Doomed

Recent studies highlight the effects of childhood trauma, abuse, neglect and sexual abuse on people long after they experienced the events. Long into adulthood, childhood victims share some common traits: Prone to develop depression Cognitive distortion (seeing the...

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When a Rule-Following Girl Gives Up

When a Rule-Following Girl Gives Up

Stop Listening to THEM I am not really sure how to articulate this, but I'll try. I'm reading a book about pseudo science and the food/health/nutrition rules we've all heard of. I've long been perplexed about how one food can be deemed irredeemable one year, then...

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