"I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiritual journal, recently discovered among her papers in Georgia. "There is a whole sensible world around me that I should be able to turn to Your praise." Written between 1946 and 1947 while O'Connor was a student far from home at the University of Iowa, A Prayer Journal is a rare portal into the interior life of the great writer. Not only does it map O'Connor's singular relationship with the divine, but it shows how entwined her literary desire was with her yearning for God. "I must write down that I am to be an artist. Not in the sense of aesthetic frippery but in the sense of aesthetic craftsmanship; otherwise I will feel my loneliness continually . . . I do not want to be lonely all my life but people only make us lonelier by reminding us of God. Dear God please help me to be an artist, please let it lead to You." O'Connor could not be more plain about her literary ambition: "Please help me dear God to be a good writer and to get something else accepted," she writes. Yet she struggles with any trace of self-regard: "Don't let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story." As W. A. Sessions, who knew O'Connor, writes in his introduction, it was no coincidence that she began writing the stories that would become her first novel, Wise Blood, during the years when she wrote these singularly imaginative Christian meditations. Including a facsimile of the entire journal in O'Connor's own hand, A Prayer Journal is the record of a brilliant young woman's coming-of-age, a cry from the heart for love, grace, and art.

Nothing embodies the mystery of faith quite like prayer. Although sometimes an elusive practice that may baffle and confuse, prayer is not otherworldly, for it is in prayer, in talking and listening to our infinite, loving creator, that we truly find our way in this world. In the twenty-first issue of The Other Journal, contributors consider the transformative mystery of prayer in all its questions and practicalities. They carefully think through intercessory prayer and prayerful political theology and what it means to commune with God and one another. They dance, laugh, and pray like fools. The issue features essays and reviews by Emmanuel Katongole, Erin Lane, Timothy McGee, L. Roger Owens, Andrew Prevot, Carl Raschke, and Lauren Smelser White; interviews by Kate Rae Davis, Ashleigh Elser, Jen Grabarczyk, and SueJeanne Koh with Sarah Coakley, Peter Ochs, Dominique Ovalle, and Richard Twiss; and fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry by Mary M. Brown, Kate Rae Davis, Denise Frame Harlan, Katie Manning, Tania Moore, Jillena Rose, Nicholas Samaras, and Robert Vander Lugt.

VOM's Global Prayer Journal includes the same country summaries found in VOM's Global Prayer Guide, along with additional ruled pages that you can use to write out your prayers or make note of others' prayer needs. The ruled pages, which include Bible verses, can also be used to take notes during Sunday sermons or for journaling during your devotional time with the Lord. With an embossed cover and full-color photos, this journal makes a great gift for anyone with a burden to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ.

This beautiful companion to Before Amen by bestselling author Max Lucado will help you stoke the fire of prayer. It features quotes, scriptures, and an easy-to-follow outline of the key Pocket Prayer elements to inspire both the prayer warriors and those who struggle to pray.

On these pages, you will find lines and spaces for you to write down and record your daily prayer time with God. The main reason why I created this journal was for my own personal time with God. I needed one place to record not just my personal time but also a place to record notes from church services and write down prayer requests. They were never in one place. However, now they are and I'm excited to share this resource with you. After a mid-week bible study at my local church, I came to the realization that I needed something that would organize my prayer life and help me succeed in my prayer goals. Every day you will spend time in prayer and then record your thoughts for that day. It may seem simple but the dedication to pray consistently is something that many people do not have. Prayer isn't a resort. Prayer is a lifestyle. So grab a pencil or a pen, and begin your prayer journey to your best prayer life ever!

This Aqua colored, Butterfly design, "Serenity Prayer," large hardcover, flat-laying journal has a ribbon marker, two-color interior and 192 lined pages with a scripture verse at the bottom of each page. It is 6" x 8" in size.