every moment holy

Have you ever wanted to pray but couldn't find the words? In today's episode, Natalie talks with Andrew Peterson and Doug McKelvey about prayer—how we find time to pray in the midst of our lives, how we find words to pray when words are elusive, and how God wants to meet us in all of our emotions and situations with himself. 

This month’s memory verse: "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer " — Romans 12:12

Today's Dwell guests:
Andrew Peterson is a recording artist, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, publisher and award-winning author of The Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson is also founder and president of The Rabbit Room, which has published thirty books to date and fosters community and spiritual formation through music, story and art.
Doug McKelvey is an author, scriptwriter, church sexton, video director, and song lyricist—penning more than 350 lyrics recorded by a variety of artists including Switchfoot, Kenny Rogers, Ella Mine, and Jason Gray. 

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• Every Moment Holy
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Douglas McKelvey, composer, storyteller and author of the book Every Moment Holy (volume 1 & 2) joins me in this episode for a conversation about his story and the story behind writing these incredible volumes.

Doug and I talk about story and liturgy is a surprisingly helpful mechanism that helps us know how to worship in the ordinary moments of life, whether they are silly, joy filled, or sorrowful. Every Moment, when understood as being given and ordained by God, is holy.

This is an episode that you will not want to miss. There is a lot here and it will probably require a cup of coffee or two, but you will be glad that you took the time to join us in this conversation.

You can find your copy of the book, Every Moment Holy at EveryMomentHoly.com or at rabbitroom.com. Use the code SURPRISEDBYLIGHT to get 15% off any edition or volume of the book Every Moment Holy.

As always, the song Sometimes a Light Surprises was written by Mike and Allie Murphy. You can find out more about them at MikeandAllieMurphy.com.

Episode photo used from rabbitroom.com store site. 

The music for the song "Sometimes a Light Surprises" used in this podcast was written and produced by Mike and Allie Murphy.