Million Praying Moms Blog
{Invocation} April 2022: A Prayer to Embrace the Process
Invocation is a new monthly feature at Million Praying Moms for the purpose of starting each month with a prayerful focus. In case you aren't familiar with the term, an “invocation” is simply a prayer that introduces something…most often a sermon, or beginning of some...
Dear Weary Mom,
Dear Weary Mom, I wonder if you’re stirring something on the stove, listening to a podcast, wiping a runny nose, and making a grocery list all at the same time…right now. Before 7AM… I remember when my boys were really young, dragging myself out of bed, trying not to...
{Praying Mom Live} How do I block explicit TEXT messages?
What an AMAZING and info packed conversation this was with Chris McKenna of Protect Young Eyes! It’s long, but I believe it’s worth the investment of your time. At the beginning, I share the story of how I received unwanted, unsolicited, explicit TEXT messages, and...
{Real Prayer E6} How prayer can help us regain a sense of control
And not necessarily the way you might think. Hannah Anderson is a fellow Appalachian Writer, and we spent time together many years ago inside of a writers critique group that was deeply meaningful and useful for both of us. I love to listen to her speak about the...
{Real Prayer E5} The 1 Thing Tripping Up Your Prayer Life
Tune in to hear about Michelle Myers’ prayer life…how it started vs. how it’s going now, and get several practical prayer tips you can start today (MAN, Michelle brought the words today)! In this episode, Michelle shares about making prayer a practical part of the...
{Real Prayer, E4} How to pray when you have little children
How do we pray when our amazing littles demand so much of our time and energy? On today's show, Maggie Whitley, mom of four and seminary student, shares about making prayer a practical part of the everyday moments of your life, and what to do with the worries of...
What Prayer is NOT
There's a tendency to dismiss what we don't understand, and play it off as if it was too much for our simple minds to understand in the first place. I know this, because I'm pretty simple. But sometimes, as in the case of prayer, dismissing what we don't understand is...
How to Rate and Review the Million Praying Moms Podcast on iTunes
Did you know that taking less than five minutes to rate and review the Million Praying Moms podcast can help us reach more people with the message that prayer is not a last resort, but our first and best response to the challenges of motherhood? It's super easy to do,...
{Real Prayer, E3} How to Pray Through Seasons of Deep Pain
How do we pray in the midst of real pain? On today's show, Rachel Wojo shares about how God used prayer in various ways to wrap her up with comfort as she had to let go of her beautiful daughter, Taylor, to a metabolic disease over the course of several years. One of...
{Invocation} March 2022: A Prayer for a New Season of Growth
Invocation is a new monthly feature at Million Praying Moms for the purpose of starting each month with a prayerful focus. In case you aren't familiar with the term, an “invocation” is simply a prayer that introduces something…most often a sermon, or beginning of some...
{Real Prayer, E2} How Being a Special Needs Mom Affects Prayer
All this season, I'm interviewing REAL moms, with REAL challenges, who have overcome to have REAL, vibrant prayer lives. Their stories are, well, real, and I've picked 6 of them to share with you over the next six weeks. If you like them, follow MPM on IG at MPM and...
{S11, E1} New Season! REAL Moms, REAL Challenges, REAL Prayer
Welcome to a new season of the Million Praying Moms Podcast! For the next six weeks, we'll be getting real about prayer. I'm interviewing six different moms—REAL moms, with REAL challenges—who have overcome to have REAL, vibrant prayer lives. The purpose in these...
{Praying Mom Live} Encouragement for Pregnancy After a Loss
One in four women will experience pregnancy loss of some kind. Still birth, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, even abortion. All are forms of loss that can affect a woman’s heart and soul on a deep level and make it hard to find the hope to try again. If you or someone...
Mom’s job, versus God’s job: What’s the difference?
I am in an interesting season of life. One where I am able to reflect back on all that I did while my kids were growing up. I am also able to see the results of those attempts, both in my life and in the lives of my grown and married children. As I evaluate each...
{Praying Mom Live} Are You Reading Your Bible (& Praying) Right?
Wow. What a wonderful, uplifting, inspiring conversation with JL Gerhardt, author of the new book, Look to Love: A Better Way to Read the Bible. I first came across JL’s work when I discovered her husband’s podcast, Holy Ghost Stories, and felt very much like we spoke...
4 Reasons You Should Join the 30 Days of Joy Prayer Club!
We officially start our time together praying God's Word for 30 days on March 1, 2022! But maybe you haven't made up your mind whether to join us? Here are four reasons you really should! And now, before it's too late! 1. You get the Prayer Journaling Jumpstart FREE!...
The Top 10 Podcast Episodes of 2021 (Part 2)
Numbers are growing on me. All during high school, and even throughout college and grad school, I would've identified as a numbers girl. I like the information numbers can give me. They aren't partial. They don't lie. They just are what they are. They aren't always...
The Top 10 Podcast Episodes of 2021 (Part 1)
Numbers are growing on me. All during high school, and even throughout college and grad school, I would've identified as a numbers girl. I like the information numbers can give me. They aren't partial. They don't lie. They just are what they are. They aren't always...