When the staff at America realized that Covid-19 could overrun the United States, the idea of drafting an original prayer was put on the table. 

The responsibility fell to executive editor Kerry Weber, who was experiencing more anxiety than most about the virus, especially on the train commuting into Manhattan from New Jersey. She is pregnant with her third child.

“I got to take something that was, frankly, genuine fear and channel that into...a conversation that was between me and God.”

That prayer has since been translated into multiple languages and made its way into the homes and hearts of hundreds of thousands of people.

Today on the show, Kerry reveals the inspiration for the prayer and discusses the joys and anxieties of journeying through pregnancy during a global pandemic (something else she’s written about).

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Links from the show: 

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/03/02/coronavirus-prayer

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/04/09/hope-and-uncertainty-being-pregnant-during-coronavirus-pandemic

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