One of my goals this year has been to deepen my prayer life. I don’t pray for game-winning field goals, the last piece of carrot cake or open parking spaces along busy streets, but nobody would ...

From 2013: O’Connor’s prayer journal will be of interest not only to those who know her work but to anyone who writes.

That journal starts with explaining to God that my prayer life has been on life-support and asks for his help in getting closer to him.

No American writer has been able to pin down the intersection of faith, prayer and art like Flannery O'Connor. Critic Juan Vidal reflects on her Prayer Journal, and the faith that words can live.

Davis has noticed spiritual growth over the years through the use of journaling in her prayer time. “I have kept prayer journals for more than a decade, so writing notes and prayers in my Bible ...