Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of evangelist Billy Graham appeared on CNN's Larry King Live in Spring of 2000. Though she has appeared many times since, I remembered this particular interview because of not only what she said, but, how she said it. I was impressed and inspired by her composed and confident exchange with her interviewer. Larry King frequently challenged her with difficult and controversial questions.

From her interview, I learned a lot about how a Christian woman in leadership should conduct herself, and I thought you might benefit also from my observations of Anne's masterful, and full of the Master, interview.

Observation 1: She never avoided a controversial question, but instead, she deflected controversy with her gentle and well chosen words.

Observation 2: Her answers were never cluttered with the phrase "in my opinion;" rather, her responses carried the phrase "scripture tells us..."

Observation 3: She sought to answer every negatively phrased question with a positively phrased response. For example: Question: "Are you saying that only Christians will go to heaven?" Answer: "Oh, any one can go to heaven if they place their trust in Christ."

Observation 4: Though her words could have been disputed by those who disagree, her countenance and composure could not be.

Observation 5: It was clear that her purpose in every exchange was to deliver Truth - that was her lighthouse, her ultimate goal. The vehicle she used to direct her audience toward that Truth was a spirit of kindness, and a genuine sense of compassion. She was not only concerned with the SUBSTANCE of the questions, but she was obviously concerned for the SOUL of the questioner.

It was a glorious testimony to not only her Heavenly Father - but also to her earthly father - whose legacy she is living out with such dignity and integrity.

So women of the Word, "...be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth."
2 Timothy 2:15

Blessings and Joy,
Jennifer Rothschild
Author of Self Talk, Soul Talk: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself, and Founder of WomensMinistry.NET

I'm so excited to tell you about the launch of our Fresh Grounded Faith Conferences

These Kingdom-minded, regional events encourage women to connect with each other and God. Our desire is to warm your heart, and awaken your spirit through great Bible study, incredible worship, and off-the-charts laughter.

The Waco, Texas Fresh Grounded Faith with Jennifer Rothschild will feature wonderful friend and funny woman Anita Renfroe (there's a reason she's received 4 million YouTube visits for her TotalMomsense performance). We'll also have incredible worship by former Women of Faith worship leader Shelley Jennings.

This fun activity was originally published in Issue # 145 on Thursday, November 21, 2002 and was sent to us by Carrin Mahmood.

Description: This is a Treasure Hunt with a Mission Twist!

1. When women arrive they are given a clue which leads them to the first hiding place.

2. At that hiding place they retrieve 3 things, a scripture printed on a festive recipe card with a cookie recipe on the back, an ingredient or utensil for the end project, and the clue to the next spot.

3. Each hiding spot has some crumbs and the clues are written as if they are from the gingerbread man who ran away.

4. When your teams all get to the last spot (the church kitchen) You combine all ingredients and utensils to make gingerbread men

5. While they are baking you have devotions based on the things that keep us running instead of focusing on Christ.

6. Cookies may be decorated that evening or saved for a children's group to decorate, then packaged and sent to local Mission shelters or other Nursing homes etc.

This can work with a small group or if your group is large, divide the women into teams. Another option is to buy pre-made gingerbread houses and they pick up the pieces at each location and the assemble them.

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Objectives: Fun way to mix, mingle and meet new people!

Materials: one pair of new socks per person participating

Procedure: Divide two pairs of socks and pin together the "new" pair. Do this with all the socks. Pass out the socks and instruct everyone to find their new "sole" mate (the person with an exact matching pair). We did this at our ladies retreat before evening dessert and coffee; everyone had a great time and lots of ladies were running around in their new socks!

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