Thanks for listening to the Effective Catholic podcast! In this episode you will find:

• Recharge the saw: Dene’ talks about her love for sleep and how, at this point in her life, it helps her recharge.
• Mindset Minute: Tyler talks about learning some of the ins and outs of website building, blogging, and podcasting and how putting forth the effort in those areas has helped him grow his growth mindset.
• The Story: Dene’ talks about how she has persevered in prayer through the different changes of her life and tells a story about how St. John Neumann and St. Gerard had a hand in helping us conceive our first boy, James.

Dene’ also mentions spiritual direction in the podcast. Dene’ and I have the same spiritual director. We’ve moved six times in eight years of marriage and we still have the same spiritual director from our first FOCUS posting in Dubuque, Iowa. We talk on Skype. Here is some practical advice from Jennifer Fulwiler about how to find a spiritual director.

Here is a link to one of our favorite books on the importance of prayer, The Soul of the Apostolate by Father Jean Baptiste-Chautard. He discusses why prayer is so necessary in bearing fruit in the spiritual life. It’s an easy read, but each page is packed with great advice so I would recommend reading five pages at a time.

And, just a friendly reminder to write your prayer goals down. In others words:

• When will you pray?
• Where will you pray?
• How long will you pray?
• Why will you pray? It’s always good to remind yourself of this one specifically.

Thanks again for listening! If you like the podcast, please share. Please give a good review on ITunes as well and subscribe to receive daily content from Effective Catholic at www.effectivecatholic.com. Until next time, persevere in prayer!