According to the General Social Survey, which has tracked American moods since 1972, women are becoming less happy. There are several variables, but I think one big reason for less joy and more gloom is a woman’s self-imposed drive to be perfect. Decades ago, women kept house, reared kids, shopped, cooked, volunteered and had a […]
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The Graceful No
No is arguably the most powerful word in the dictionary. So why is it that we can’t seem to utter it when we need it most? I suspect it has to do with guilt. Women are people pleasers by nature. So we say yes every time we’re asked to bake cupcakes or go on a […]
Increase Awareness of Your Event Speaker
So, you are planning a women’s conference. Congratulations! It’s no secret that you’ve got your work cut out for you. And no doubt, you are hoping to draw a multitude of women from the north, south, east and west to attend the event. As such, you are looking high and low for some ideas to […]
Release Women Into Ministry, Part 2
My phone rang, unusual in this age of texting. “Can you talk?” my neighbor asked. Well, technically, I could – but truthfully, I didn’t want to. I wanted to tackle my to do list; instead, I cleared my calendar, made coffee and sat at my kitchen table with my neighbor. She’s my neighbor and had […]
Event Budget Template [Download]
As a leader in ministry, you will likely be managing a budget. Just for members of womensministry.net, we’ve created this budget template as a starting point to create your own event budget. It is an Excel spreadsheet file. To help you get started, you’ll find a brief tutorial PDF providing the steps to customize the template to fit your […]
Release Women Into Ministry, Part 1
My neighbor, Lauren, wasn’t meeting very many neighbors at her job giving colonoscopies, so she started a neighborhood newsletter—something she had never done before. In the first issue she wrote an article called “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” that was the catalyst for our first neighborhood watch, block parties, community yard sales and a baby shower. As […]