Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. Our guests today have experienced the power of

prayer and want to share with others what they can gain by talking to God.

We welcome author Holly Shivers and cancer survivor, Aaron Lundmark, to the show.

Holly Shivers is the author of I can learn the Bible and I can learn to pray.

Holly has served as a staff wife for over a decade at Prestonwood Baptist Church, where she stays

involved in women's and children's ministries.

Holly enjoys contributing to various writing projects and ministry blogs, but is most passionate

about writing for kids.

Holly's mission is to equip both kids and adults to communicate with God through prayer.

My name is Holly Shivers and I am the author of I Can Learn the Bible and I can learn to pray. I have been married for 18 years to my

husband David and we have four children ages 15, 13, 10, and 7. I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was raised in a wonderful church there. I was a pastor's kid and it's funny

I hear a lot of people talk these days about being a pastor's kid and the difficulties that can

come along with that and many of those kids feel as though they're in that fish

bowl or that they're held to a higher standard that people are watching them all the time and I'm

really grateful my sister and I the church we grew up in down in Fort Lauderdale

was just such a community it was such family. I truly felt like everyone was for me and gave me

space to grow up and learn and make mistakes and just so many faces even that come to mind right now of people that invested in my life

spiritually growing up and so I'm really grateful for that community.

I can actually trace back to one memory that I believe an experience I had that truly kind of

set me on that pathway in my own journey of prayer and that was when I was

around the age of five or six.

And I was given a ring that was just very special to me.

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