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article | January 8, 2018

Soon after my mother’s death, I found Hebrews 12:1–2 written on a sticky note in the front of her Bible. I call it her “sticky note legacy.” It was the Bible my dad gave her in the midst of her battle with …

article | October 6, 2009

Now is the time for a movement of reformation and revival in the hearts and homes of Christian women all around this world. Now is the time to go against the flow. I believe God has brought you into His kingdom for …

article | October 21, 2019

Few, if any of us, would deny prayer’s value. But if we as a community of leaders are brutally honest, is group prayer as high of a priority to us as recruiting and shepherding leaders, teaching and training, or casting vision? In …

article | December 21, 2011

Most years I tend to lose sight of Jesus somewhere between the deals of Black Friday and the dawn of a new year. Of course I understand that Jesus is the real reason for the season, but the frantic pace I usually …

article | November 12, 2018

There are seasons of leadership transition in every local church—changes with pastors, elders, staff members, and other key leaders. Whether it’s a result of retirement, moving on to a new ministry or call from God, or even due to a consequence of …

article | October 2, 2017

Amanda was a young woman I admired from a distance as a devoted wife and mom. We were just getting to know each other beyond the usual surface conversations, but there was no mistake that Amanda was hungry to grow as a …

article | August 25, 2015

You did it! If you’ve been following our Summer Book Club, you’ve made it through ten weeks of study from True Woman 201: Interior Design. The theme of this week’s study is beauty. Check out the video below for my top two …

article | January 15, 2013

A few weeks ago, a colleague in the Christian publishing and speaking world suddenly needed an audience with me and my team . . . and fast. You see, over the weekend his eight-year-old daughter had a sleepover with a nine-year-old friend. …

article | July 30, 2018

I'm a wife, mother, and member of our church, and I’m involved in women’s ministry. I'm also a woman struggling with chronic pain, which affects all of these roles. At least 100 million Americans have chronic pain. This means that one in …

article | October 6, 2003

I remember talking years ago with a young mother who had a two-year-old child and one-year-old twins. She said with a sigh, “I was never an impatient person—until I had these twins!” This lady believed what most of us have believed at …