Book Review: Praying Personalities by Janet McHenry

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Praying Personalities description: In Praying Personalities, author Janet McHenry helps readers determine their particular praying personality by examining the praying styles of biblical people, spiritual gifts, various ideas about personality, generational praying practices, and learning styles. The book includes scores of bulleted suggestions for developing a praying lifestyle that works for individuals. She has also created a Praying Personality Quiz for readers (available in the book and online) to help narrow down the style that will most naturally fit into how they process a prayer life. *  *  * Book review of Praying Personalities: Prayer Freedom When you want to know about…

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A Chat with Author Janet Holm McHenry

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin! Today I have the joy of interviewing my friend, best-selling nonfiction author Janet Holm McHenry. If you’ve been in the church scene in the last two decades, you’ve heard of prayerwalking—and this is the lady who started it all! Today she’s sharing about the brand-new audio version of PrayerWalk—and a very special anniversary…

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Staycations: The Stay-at-Home Alternative

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  In this pandemic season when travel opportunities are limited, there are other good reasons to take a staycation, which is a shorter time away from work with your family. Those benefits include money savings, travel time savings, and convenience related to school year demands, pregnancy, the need to care for aging parents, and work demands. Here are some ideas for one-day staycations: Plan a day hike. Take a picnic and outdoor games to a local park. Spend a day at a nearby lake. Rent kayaks for lake or river paddling. Fashion an outdoor tea party for the family. Create…

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Special Gifts for Grads

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  Are you searching for just the right gift for a graduate in your life? Consider giving high-school or college grads something they will cherish for years to come—a “YOU Gift.” It’s free and it will make this season special. Here are five suggestions: Express value. Graduates are under a lot of pressure. They’re adults now but they may not have every detail of their future in place. (We don’t either, right?) One way to encourage them is to tell them the positive qualities and skills you see in them. Resist offering advice but instead, affirm them. You just might…

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Easter Inspiration: Praying like Jesus

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  Easter is a time to draw close to Christ and learn from his experience. We also can learn from his prayers from that last week of his life. It’s interesting that of his ten recorded prayers, six come from his last week. And they can inspire our prayer lives. “Father, glorify your name!” (John 12:28 NIV). Despite Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, he said, “Now my heart is troubled.” When we are troubled, we also can ask God to be glorified in us. “May they be brought to complete unity” (John 17:23 NIV). Jesus’s chapter-long Upper Room prayer emphasizes…

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A Chat with Author Janet McHenry

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin, who is rapidly posting this because my power might go out! Today I have the honor of interviewing one of our newest CAN members, but an author I’ve known for years and consider a friend—Janet McHenry. Janet made a name for herself with her bestselling book, PrayerWalk, and she’s published over twenty devotionals and books about prayer. Welcome, Janet! Please tell us about your latest book. Stronger Every Day is an 11-week Bible study examining personal strength—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Each week looks at a different biblical character to see how God developed strength in…

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