The Weight of Suffering
Shannon K. Evans
March 21, 2026
Physical, mental, and emotional suffering are heavy crosses to bear. May this prayer comfort and strengthen you as you persevere through such hardship today.
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Shannon K. Evans
Shannon K. Evans is the author of Embracing Weakness, Rewilding Motherhood, and Luminous: A 30-Day Journal for Accepting Your Body, Honoring Your Soul, and Finding Your Joy. She and her family make their home in central Iowa.
The Rosary and Us
Shannon K. Evans
February 28, 2026
The rosary is an invitation for the Spirit to introduce new awareness of God’s presence.
Children Build the Future
Shannon K. Evans
February 18, 2026
Our children need us to help them become the people we imagine when we dream of their future.
Extend Compassion
Shannon K. Evans
December 6, 2025
We are often our own worst critics, failing to extend compassion to ourselves when we would easily do so for a loved one. Use this prayer to find your center within God’s compassionate embrace.
Praying with Our Bodies
Shannon K. Evans
November 23, 2025
Although our culture separates body and spirit, the very incarnation of Jesus speaks to a higher reality.
Embrace Your Creativity
Shannon K. Evans
October 27, 2025
We all have been made in the image of a creative God, and we mirror that divine creativity in millions of ways. Let’s pray today to find creative expressions to nourish our souls.
Embracing Our Bodies
Shannon K. Evans
October 17, 2025
Even as we wrestle with the realities of living in a human body—illness, aging, disability, declining health—we also have the opportunity to embrace our bodies as a means of experiencing God in the material world.