Devotional Application

Our desire is to lead women to encounter Jesus in their own lives and stories by sharing ours.

The Daily Devotions should be written from a place of prayer to inspire prayer. We want the women to pray with the readings, not just consume more content.

If you would like to submit an application to be a devotional writer, please continue reading!

Our Daily Devotions email are comprised of three parts:

  • Read - the writer selects one reading from the daily readings to reflect on

  • Reflect - the writer’s Lectio Divina style 250-300 word reflection based on the reading selected

  • Respond - a prayer prompt written by the editors to help the reader encounter Jesus

You’re invited to write a sample “Reflect” section based on John 2:1-11, the Wedding Feast at Cana:

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” [And] Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.” Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.

Devotion Writing Process:

Step One: Pray 

  • Go to a chapel or in a quiet space. Pray with the Gospel reading using lectio divina. 

  • Trust and allow the Lord to highlight a theme. What is burning in your heart as you read? (see Luke 24:32)

Step Two: Write

  1.  (100ish Words) Open with your story that draws the reader in—start in the middle of action if possible. 

  • Your story will be a doorway for the reader into the truth highlighted in your lectio prayer.

  1. (100-200 words) The fruit of your lectio will be the main content. 

  • Directly engage with the Word. Cite and quote your reading. You can talk about what is going on in the passage, quote phrases, focus in on one word in particular.  

  • Actively demonstrate your prayer and insights with straightforward sentences. 

    • Instead of telling about how you prayed, “As I prayed, I felt peace,” show how prayer is experienced, “I felt peace in His presence.”

    • Instead of writing a prayer, “Jesus, You were betrayed,” share your insights from your prayer, “The Lord knows what it is to experience betrayal.”

  1. (50 words) “Broaden the lens” switching to first-person plural to “we” and “us”. 

  • This switches the focus from your experience to all women with an application of the themes you have brought forward to the wider audience. 

Please complete the form below and include a final, edited draft of your work.

Thank you for your heart for Jesus and women. We’re praying for you - please pray for us, too!

    Notes:

    • Once we receive this application, we will be in touch if we'd like to continue the conversation about writing devotions for the Blessed is She website.
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