Welcome
My name is Kate VanPelt. I am a wife, a mother of four, a grandmother of two and a 7th grade math teacher. I love the Lord, am an active prayer warrior, and Christian music gets me through each and every day. In the beginning, I would randomly open the bible, read a passage, write a prayer and hit shuffle on my music. I would be amazed at how the Lord would send me a perfect song each and every day. It was His answer to my prayer. That’s when I began referring to Him as “Papa”. We had created a very close, special relationship.
>Psalm 138 became alive in my life.
Four years ago, after unexpectedly losing my mom, I embarked on a journey to read the Bible from beginning to end. I was not intending to write a book. Each morning, I would read a few chapters of the Bible and journal a verse that stood out to me. Then, after meditating on all my prayer intentions, I would write a prayer and hit shuffle on my music. The Lord continued to answer each prayer by sending me the most beautiful song which I noted in my journal. When I finished the Bible, I looked at all my journals and realized God had given me the most beautiful gift to share with the world.
Prayers to Papa: A Journey through the Bible was published November 28, 2023.
Prayers to Papa is a tool connecting scripture, prayer, music, worship and journaling to create an intimate relationship with Christ, our Savior, Redeemer and Friend, the one whom I call “Papa”.
I pray that your journey begins today.
May God lead your path,
Kate
A Journey through the Bible
Day 11 – A Lenten Journey through John
Read John 6:1-24 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “It would...
Day 10 – A Lenten Journey through John
Read John 5:16-47 “Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.” (John 5:22–23) Dear God, You sent your...
Day 9 – A Lenten Journey through John
Read John 5:1-14 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had...

