Sometimes joy feels like it's out of reach. It does for me anyway and being

reminded that the full message of the gospel is joy is a really wonderful thing to be able to take in every

day as you read a devotion.

Welcome to the Experience Jesus Calling podcast.

Sarah Young, the author of Jesus Calling, has written a new 365 day

devotion called Jesus Always. This book is the first full year devotion Sarah has written in over 10 years and has been

highly anticipated by readers of Jesus calling. Today we talk to some of the people

involved behind the scenes in this four-year process of bringing Sarah's latest writings to life. the I am the Senior Vice President and Publisher of the Specialty Publishing Division at

Harvard Collins Christian. I oversee the Gift Division as well as Children's

Publishing and new media.

Sarah Young is a remarkable woman.

She is truly a godly woman who bathes everything that she writes in prayer and scripture.

So before she writes a word, she gets up in the morning and has time with the

in scripture. She memorizes scripture. She

prays for people and then she'll look at writing the book. She does not

let the deadline get ahead of what's most important and that is time

with the Lord before she writes.

My name is Jennifer Gott and I am Senior Editor of Children's and Gift Books at Harper Collins Christian publishing.

I've been here for about five years and I've worked in the Christian publishing industry for

almost 20 years.

The last 365 Sarah was written was Jesus Calling and that was close to 12 years ago.

So for her to write another 365 was a big commitment in terms of time and also sort of spiritually draining for her.

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