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Release Women Into Ministry, Part 1
This article was originally published on womensministry.net, a ministry of Jennifer Rothschild, where I am privileged to be a contributing writer. CLICK HERE to subscribe to their free Tip of the Week enewsletter so you'll receive Part 2 in this series on May 13 - as well as valuable tools, resources, articles and event ideas for Women's Ministry leaders. Release Women Into Ministry, Part 1 My neighbor, Lauren, wasn’t meeting very many neighbors at her job giving...
Confessions of a Crazy Bible Lady
Guest post from Sara Edwards OK, see if you follow - Jan from Atlanta was flying home from Alaska next to a complete stranger from Dallas, who had heard me speak. Dallas introduced Jan to The Neighborhood Cafe, and Jan introduced the Cafe to Sara, also from Atlanta. Now Jan and Sara are on my Launch Team where we talk about the book and share our struggles and successes loving our neighbors. I knew you'd relate to Sara's answers to our Launch Team discussions, which are based on the Next Best...
WLRY Radio Interview 4-29-2015
The first time I walked into church after a 20-year hiatus, I met Mike. God must have chuckled knowing that many years later, Mike and I would sit and talk about How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird! Here's our conversation from April 29, 2015 on WLRY 88.5.
Mason Jar Makeover and Iced Coffee
I met Cindy, otherwise known as the DoAhead Woman, at a Proverbs 31 Conference in 2013 when we were randomly assigned to the same group to take an intensive look at our ministries. I trembled in a corner, amazed and intimidated by the incredible talent in the room, but Cindy was warm and welcoming. As we sat on the floor together working on our highlighted benefit statements and felt needs, Cindy uttered a line that eventually became a chapter in my book (which was then just a gleam in my eye)...
Pause before you pounce
Please keep this confidential, OK? A few neighborhoods ago, a neighbor offended me greatly by not inviting my daughter to an event; our girls had never- from their very first meeting as toddler – gotten along well. I lashed off a quick message telling her what I thought of her, her daughter, their little event, and the years of insult we had endured… you get the ugly picture, right? Just before I pressed send, I paused… maybe I ought to sleep on this. I filed the message for later and did not...
