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Imagine you are sitting at the bedside of a loved one who is in a coma waiting for them to wake up. That's prayer.

Another episode for small group formation and anyone else wanting to dive deeper into prayer.

Every pastor, faith formation director, and youth minister knows that what we have been doing in the area of youth formation has not been working, and all the studies support what they already know! So why do we keep doing the same thing? Is there anything we can do? Is there any hope? Maybe it's easier than we think.

Join Fr. Kowalczyk and Annie Grandell, director of a national youth ministry organization, as they discuss this important topic and help us understand the paradigm shift that needs to happen in the Church.

This is a repost of a previously aired two part episode made now into one episode. We think it is super important, so please share it!

Continuing the theme of prayer, Fr. K discusses the types of prayer and how they relate and build off of each other.

Dr. James Schroeder joins Fr. K in a discussion on mental health, technology, ultra running, and how it all adds up to living or not living a whole life.

For more information on our guest:
Jim Schroeder, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist and Vice President of the psychology department at Easterseals Rehabilitation Center in Evansville, Indiana. He resides in Evansville with his wife, Amy, and their eight children. He is the author of 6 books, most recently Turning Free Will into Willpower: The Opportunity of a Lifetime. His articles and books can be found on his website: www.james-schroeder.com. Dr. Schroeder is regular radio guest for the Son Rise Morning Show and Relevant Radio and is a regular contributor to Aleteia and the National Catholic Register. He has a podcast entitledLiving a Whole Christian Life. In addition to his life as a father and psychologist, Dr. Schroeder is actively involved in endurance events. He has completed an Ironman and multiple ultramarathons and often commutes to work by bike.

Praying the Bible is not an innate talent. It takes work, practice and instruction. In this Bonus episode, specifically made for those walking in parish small groups, Fr. K gives some helpful tips on how to pray––not study, not memorize, not read––but pray the Bible.

Specifically for the Small Group formation content, this podcast discusses the 5 essential components for starting or restarting a prayer life. You have to determine the following:

1. When are you going to pray?

2. Where are you going to pray?

3. For how long are you going to pray?

4. What are you going to do for prayer?

5. Who is going to keep you accountable to pray?