What if some of the strength you need for what lies ahead can be found by looking back?
In this episode of Confident Leadership. In Colour., I explore prayer not simply as asking for answers, but as a path — an ongoing conversation in which we seek, listen, wait, notice and keep moving.
It begins with something very ordinary: my husband looking for his glasses. Watching him retrace his steps made me wonder what might happen if we did the same with the prayers we have prayed.
What might we discover if we looked back?
Perhaps an answer we almost missed.
A door that opened.
A relationship that shifted.
Courage that grew.
Peace that arrived before the situation itself changed.
This episode connects particularly with Nurture in the CONFIDENT Framework — creating space to care for and pay attention to our inner life so that we can lead ourselves and others more sustainably.
I also share a simple Prayer Path reflection you can use with a notebook, on a walk or even during your commute.
Because sometimes we focus so intensely on what still isn’t finished that we miss what has already begun.
In this episode:
00:12 – The strength we may find by looking back
01:06 – A new season of work, theology and leadership studies
02:15 – The missing glasses that started this reflection
03:15 – Ask, seek, knock
04:38 – Prayer as a path, not an instant answer
05:21 – Looking backwards through my prayers
06:43 – Prayer as a mirror of what fills our heart
08:40 – What do our prayers reveal about our view of God?
10:03 – Prayer as an ongoing conversation
10:32 – Why the path looks different when we look back
12:04 – The small things we may have missed
13:12 – The Prayer Path reflection exercise
14:01 – The path continues
15:05 – Nurturing your inner life for the road ahead
Reflection:
What can you see now that you couldn’t see then?
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Be confident – Be you.
