God didn’t create women to be doormats, weak-willed airheads and pathetic losers. God created women to be iron-sharpening friends, creative life-givers and inspiring influencers. He created us to bring Him glory with our strengths. But, if we’re not careful, we can be destructively fierce instead of life-giving and inspiring — especially in our closest relationships. […]
How to Be a Fierce Leader Without Damaging Relationships
He coldly articulated what I’d suspected, but now knew to be true, “I don’t love you.” Outwardly, a long silence followed my husband’s crisply delivered words. What was there to say or add to his announcement? We’d only been married five years. I looked at the beautiful result of a wildly romantic night in Wichita […]
Do You Have Confidence to Obey God’s Call?
What traits do you look for in a leader? For many, leadership means having a certain strength, gravitas or personal charisma — a leader energizes a room by just walking into it. But how often do we think of humility as essential to leadership? In its most basic definition, humility is recognizing who we are […]
When You’re the One Who Needs Ministry
I’ve been in a long season of feeling defeated and maybe you have too. About a year ago, I stepped down from the position of Director of Women’s Ministry, as I had returned to a full-time career. 2015 was the year that I was to wrap everything up with the grand finale of a women’s […]
A Secret to Effectiveness When Working With Men
So you, like me, work with a lot of men in your day-to-day ministry, right? I’ll bet you also, like me, sometimes like that fact (how many of us notice that working with men can be much more straightforward?!) but sometimes find it frustrating. After all, it is so much more comfortable when I’m in […]
How to Handle Ministry Overload
Growing up as a preacher’s kid, I did not think that the words “ministry overload” existed. I watched as my parents cooked meals, prayed for people, served by teaching and always did it with a smile. I was immersed in the “culture” of ministry and honestly didn’t know any different. I loved the culture and […]
5 Ways to Engage Our Culture for Jesus
I am patiently waiting for our fourth grandson to arrive. Okay, let me be honest. I’m waiting. We can leave the “patiently” part out. In fact, by the time you read this, he may be here. The world my grandchildren will know is very different than the world of my childhood. Or even the world […]
Are You Always Learning?
Leaders are learners, right? So it makes sense that there is always something for us to learn – if we are paying close enough attention. For example, I remember when Anne Graham Lotz, the daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, appeared in an interview. The interviewer was asking her some very difficult and direct questions. Yet […]
Asking the Right Questions at a Leadership Crossroad
Do you happen to be at a crossroad, wondering if it’s time to pull back on a position that is no longer the right fit for you? Maybe the vision you dreamed about implementing is fully in motion and you’re not sure what your role should be now. Maybe you’ve aptly trained up the next guard and it’s […]
Download: Leading with the Fruit of the Spirit
In Galatians, we find a list of qualities that are evidence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, commonly known as the fruit of the Spirit. While we often evaluate these characteristics in our personal lives, it’s beneficial as leaders to purposefully look at each quality through the lens of leadership. In this download, you […]
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