Have you had this moment today? You know, the moment when you slap your forehead and say, “I can’t believe I forgot this!” Maybe it was a birthday, an anniversary, a meeting, or maybe you have even left one of your children somewhere! Guilty – well my husband is guilty! He left our then 2…
Priscilla is my kind of leader-girl! She was a woman who not only loved scripture, but she loved teaching it to others. I remember so clearly my call into Bible study and teaching. It happened at a 2007 “Deeper Still” event with the big three…Priscilla, Beth, and Kay. Kay Arthur challenged all 20,000 women in…
Emotions are indicators, not dictators. ~ Lysa Terkeurst I love this quote because it puts emotions in their place. Many women feel like a victim to their emotions. I fully acknowledge and recognize we tend be more prone to emotional responses due to a cocktail of hormones doing a number on our limbic system. However, a…
Do I really have to start with her…The P31 woman who we all kind of love to hate? Well, not hate. But she certainly does make us feel a little “less than”, right? King Lemuel’s mother was setting the bar awful high for her son’s wife! May I just call her Jewel for the sake of…
Are You a Woman in Leadership? Than this series is for you! Women in leadership has long been a source of controversy and contention in conservative Christian congregations. This study’s “end in mind” is to reveal God’s honored place for women in leadership roles within the boundaries He has established. Some of you may even…
Selfie – it is now part of the Oxford English Dictionary. Selfie defined: A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. Some folks are pretty compulsive about trying to capture the perfect selfie. They try different angles and expressions in an…
There are two issues about which every Alabamian must form an opinion…Alabama/Auburn football and the “Go to Church or the Devil will get you!” sign outside of Montgomery. Living in the buckle of the Bible belt can make for some interesting signage in our beautiful state. Travelers making the trek up or down I65 have inevitably seen this sign…
How do pro basketball players, soccer players, or golfers become very consistent in making shots? Research on “gaze tracking” has proven if an athlete focuses on where he or she wants to put the ball, rather than the ball, odds of success are much higher. I heard about this research while watching some kind of documentary a…
In September of 2004, I was sitting in a meeting at the University of Montevallo tending to the business of a math/science program I used to direct. Suddenly, my husband appears in the doorway. I’m confused because I am 3 hours away from home and Tim never shows up at my meetings unannounced. In…
Blogging Through the Book…Made To Crave by Lysa TerKeurst I had a blast with all of you on our Made to Crave Facebook online study this week. It went really fast, so I will be posting some ideas of how to get ourselves better organized this week. Did you have a chance to watch the youtube video I posted this week about how…