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Do You Neighbor?
I don’t know about you, but the thought of knocking on my neighbor’s doors to invite them to Bible study makes my knees knock. Why would God ask me to do a crazy thing like that? Surely He knows it’s not my calling to go calling on my neighbors. A Cafe Called Home He had given me the idea to start a neighborhood Bible study called The Rosewood Café after our address on Rosewood Drive, yet it didn’t seem that the women in my neighborhood were going to miraculously come and enter my home, as God...
Control Girl
Control Girl: Lessons on Surrendering Your Burden of Control from Seven Women in the Bibleby Shannon Popkin Little fights with your husband and kids. Unhappiness when things don't match your version of perfect. Tension, anger, fear, anxiety--it all begins with a heart that craves control. When your perspective of how life should go replaces God's, you doom your quest for security, peace, and joy before it even starts. Thankfully, there is a better way. Join Shannon as she shares what she has...
Sacred Work
Sacred WorkBy Peggy Bodde It’s possible for women to be strong Christians and confident leaders. Does your work matter to God? Peggy Bodde thinks so! God lives in us, and we carry the sacredness that comes from Him everywhere we go, including the workplace. But while there are more women in the workforce than ever, women are also time-starved, stressed, and tired. And they often feel alone in their professional struggles. Mentor and longtime corporate leader, Peggy Bodde, views work as sacred...
One Hundred Steps
Guest post by Leslie McLeod The slim, white-haired Asian man walked with an air of dignity at odds with the goofy-looking mutt at the end of his leash. I’d begun crossing their path during evening walks with my own goofy-looking mutts, creating an instant, unspoken bond between us. When I attempted to engage him in conversation, though, he just smiled and shook his head with a small, self-effacing wave of his hand. Last week, I saw the man and dog resting on the steps of a nearby home, all six...
