How regularly do you pray? Be honest here. Has prayer become as habitual for you as brushing your teeth? Or, do you have the best intentions to pray regularly, but sometimes just forget? Or, sometimes get busy and prayer falls to the side? Or, do you intend to pray at bedtime and fall asleep as […]

I thought I knew how to pray. I’d grown up in church. I knew the Lord’s Prayer and said my bedtime prayers. Yet, even though I was well into adulthood, I didn’t feel like I truly knew how to pray. I wasn’t comfortable saying prayers on my own. I guess I’d missed the “how to […]

How do you review your day? How do you assess your successes and your failures? How do you adjust and do better the next day? The Examen prayer is a daily reflection with Jesus, to help you see your day through his eyes. Keep reading to learn more about the Examen prayer and how you […]

A daily prayer for your enemies. Pray to keep from repaying evil with evil, to hold your tongue, and pray for God’s blessings even over your enemies.  Heavenly and Almighty Father, help me to be strong when others attack. Instead of responding in anger, remind me to pray for my enemies. To pray for your […]

When’s the last time you prayed the Lord’s Prayer? I mean really prayed the Lord’s Prayer, like it meant something? If you’re like me, you might have answered that you pray it every Sunday at church, so of course, this prayer is familiar and known. But did you pause to consider if praying the Lord’s […]

We’d served in a youth shelter in downtown Houston and on a Habitat build in New Orleans where we spent lunches in a soup kitchen, so why did this next youth mission trip sound so different? I thought I was open to serving anywhere, but this would stretch my faith. A border crossing, a language I couldn’t […]

When’s the last time you prayed the Lord’s Prayer? I mean really prayed the Lord’s Prayer, like it meant something? If you’re like me, you might have answered that you pray it every Sunday at church, so of course, this prayer is familiar and known. But did you pause to consider if praying the Lord’s […]

My dad called as I was getting in the car to head home from work. We hadn’t talked in a few days, so we jumped right into the conversation. We talked about the things he’d been doing all week and the people he’d seen. Then it was my turn. As I continued to talk about my […]

Are you a wanderer? Do you have a life full of mistakes? Have you ever turned your back on God and wondered if you were worthy enough to come back? Do you wonder if God really cares about you in all your suffering? Are you waiting on God to answer your prayer? This verse from the end […]

CRASH! I took off running across the street. Everything had been going so well. The kids were riding bicycles in the street with neighbor friends. I was trying my best to foster independence in them and not hover over this activity, even though at 4 and 6 I still don’t trust them riding in the […]

My husband and I went to Italy for a trip of a lifetime some years ago. We were in the middle of a journey with infertility and in a place of uncertainty about ever becoming parents. So, we went on this amazing vacation to take advantage of this time without kids. After we toured St […]

I stepped on the scale the other day. Yikes! All the progress I’d made a year or two ago to lose some weight and get healthier… vanished! What happened? Why are the numbers continuing to go in the wrong direction? I don’t like what I’m seeing on the scale lately – or what I’m seeing […]

I’m Kathryn Shirey and am honored to have you join this faith journey with me. Together, let’s step deeper into our faith and learn to pray. Through prayer, you’ll develop a closer relationship with God and a deeper faith, learning to trust God and let him lead you through the storms in your life, stepping […]

I just returned from a women’s retreat with my church. We learned about stillness, about setting apart time to just “be” with God. In the meeting room, a giant labyrinth was laid out and each woman was encouraged to find a time during the weekend to walk it. I hadn’t walked a labyrinth since the […]