Kayla Craig

Writer & Author

Modern Liturgist
Former Journalist
Parenting Writer
Contemplative Thinker
Curious Podcaster
Grateful Storyteller

Kayla Craig is a former journalist who brings deep curiosity and care to her writing.

With a poetic, prophetic voice, she created the popular Liturgies for Parents Instagram account, which Christianity Today named an “essential parenting resource.” She also hosts the Liturgies for Parents podcast.

 

Kayla’s nuanced and accessible reflections, essays, and prayers are featured in various books, devotionals, and Bible studies. Kayla lives in a 115-year-old former convent in her Iowa hometown, where she hopes to create spaces of welcome alongside her four children, two dogs, and husband, Jonny.

Every Season Sacred

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about
kayla

Kayla is a writer, podcaster, and mother of four wild children. She considers herself a contemplative extrovert and would love to have deep conversations and deep belly laughs with you.

modern
prayers

As a modern liturgist, Kayla brings her heart of a poet and passion of a prophet to her writing.

spiritual
rhythms

In her new book Every Season Sacred, Kayla invites parents to consider gentle contemplative rhythms as they engage in connecting with God, themselves, their families, and their communties.

parenting
solidarity

As a mother to four wild, wonderful, and complex children, Kayla very much understands the joys and heartaches that come with raising compassionate, connected kids in a complicated world.

what people are saying
About Kayla's writing

Kayla Craig gives a spiritual shorthand to grownups who long to have more meaningful, divine connection within their family’s day-to-day but can barely fit it in among jerseys to wash, paperwork to sign, meals to prepare, and all the other detritus that seems to fill our days.
Erin Moon
Co-Host of The Bible Binge
Few voices I've come across do the work of demystifying not only spiritual matters but also the sometimes overwhelming world of parenting. This book, like so much of Kayla's work, meets me in both places, providing pathways of language and imagery that help place me in my own secret and everyday life.
Justin McRoberts
Author of Sacred Strides
I’ve so often prayed Kayla Craig’s words over my life, family, home, and community that the books have become dog-eared companions by now. In this new book of prayers and blessings, she gives us language for the nuance, delight, tragedy, and beauty of being alive right now.
Sarah Bessey
New York Times bestselling author of A Rhythm of Prayer and Jesus Feminist
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