Warm friend.  Delightfully funny speaker.  Trusted author.  Inspiring teacher.  Whether she's speaking on prayer, spiritual health or girlfriends--Janet Holm McHenry will fill you with help from God's Word, hope from her own stories, and humor from her heart.

          Janet is the author of nineteen books, including Girlfriend Gatherings: Creative Ways to Stay Connected and several on prayer:

• PrayerWalk: Becoming a Woman of Prayer, Strength, and Discipline
• Daily PrayerWalk: Meditations for a Deeper Prayer Life
• Prayer Changes Teens: How to Parent from Your Knees
• PrayerStreaming: Staying in Touch With God All Day Long
• My Prayer Buddy Devotional: For a Sisterhood of Prayer Partners

She also has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines, including Today's Christian Woman, Interpreter, Discipleship Journal, Decision, Woman's Touch, and Guideposts.  Additionally, stories about her transformation through prayerwalking and her passion for her community have been aired on radio and television stations around the country and appeared in magazines such as Health, Family Circle, First and Catholic Digest.

          After Janet graduated from University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in journalism, she married her high school sweetheart Craig and worked as a newspaper reporter and editor.  They eventually settled down in the Sierra Valley north of Truckee, where Craig is a rancher.  Now a mom to four kids and a high school English, creative writing, and journalism teacher--Janet says the only pastime she has time for is friends!  And she looks forward to meeting you soon!

PrayerWalk: Becoming a Woman of Prayer, Strength, and Discipline (WaterBrook) Life today is busy and full of demands, and often the very things that are vital to daily life, such as prayer and exercise, are moved to the bottom of the priority list. In her popular book PrayerWalk Janet shows how to connect the sacred act of prayer with the everyday act of walking. Three years ago, depressed and overweight, Janet found a simple plan for her life: she would pray while she walked. Little did she know, it would change her life dramatically and open her eyes to the needs of her community.

Daily PrayerWalk: Meditations for a Deeper Prayer Life (WaterBrook, June 2002) If your desire is to grow closer to the Lord, you'll love Daily PrayerWalk. Janet offers fifty meditations on prayer that will draw you into God's Word and enhance your prayer life. The book also follows up on expert helps given in PrayerWalk for those continuing or beginning a prayerwalking routine.

Girlfriend Gatherings: Creative Ways to Stay Connected (Harvest House) Have you heard that there are seasons for friendships? Well, maybe it's really possible to stay connected with the women who have been important to you throughout your lifetime. In Girlfriend Gatherings Janet offers hundreds of simple ways to meet or connect with friends, along with fun stories about real girlfriends--and even some recipes!

If I can stop one Heart from breaking
I shall not live in vain
If I can ease one Life the Aching
Or cool one Pain
Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again
I shall not live in Vain.
                    --Emily Dickinson