The 'Sin' of Humility
January 29, 2007 |
Theologians tell us that the quintessential sin is rebellion against God—or pride. The 16th century reformer Martin Luther described pride as “man bent in upon himself.” Not unlike the little child who prayed: “Dear God: My dad thinks he’s you. Please straighten him out.” The sin of pride is thinking too much of ourselves, of thinking we’re God. It’s the sin from which many of us need to be straightened out.
English pastor and Greek scholar J. B. Philips, who was something of a Eugene Peterson in his day, became a household word with his translation of The New Testament in Modern English (my first introduction to the Gospels as a new Christian over 30 years ago). In his autobiography Philips acknowledges he was at the height of his glory back in the 1950s, experiencing unimaginable notoriety and success when he realized it was all going to his head. He knew it had to stop. Finally one day he prayed, “Lord, make me humble…but not yet.”
Posted by Caryn Rivadeneira on January 29, 2007 | Comments (28)
God’s Gift of Rest
January 25, 2007 |
When I first started observing the Sabbath 25 years ago, it wasn't by choice. My husband and I lived in Tel Aviv, Israel, at the time, and everything in our neighborhood—stores, movie theaters, and restaurants—closed from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. At first we struggled to find activities for Friday evenings and Saturdays. But after a few months, we began to enjoy a day with few entertainment options. We read, we walked, we talked. My husband sometimes went bird-watching in the field near our apartment. I wrote long letters. We napped. Sometimes we prayed together leisurely. We simply slowed down. We rested in God's love and experienced his grace.
Our Sabbaths in Israel became God's gift to us individually, and enriched our life as a couple. Through Sabbath-keeping, we experienced the truth that God's love for us isn't based on what we do. We yearned to keep growing in our ability to receive that unconditional love once we returned to the U.S.
Posted by Caryn Rivadeneira on January 25, 2007 | Comments (9)
Designed for Diversity
January 22, 2007 |
“I thought planning women’s programs would be easier,” sighs the leader of women’s ministries as she sits down in the pastor’s office.
“What seems to be the problem?” he asks.
“Well, the women in our church are so different. There’s Barb, who runs her own company. We designed an evening Bible study for her and some others, but since she is away from her family all day, she’d be more interested in attending a couples’ Bible study with her husband.
“Then there’s Mary, who’s home with kids all day, every day. She wants to get together with other mothers—anytime, anywhere, as long as she can get a break from her kids.
“Beth has a part-time, home-based business and doesn’t know if she fits better with the career women’s breakfast or the Mothers of Preschoolers.
Posted by Caryn Rivadeneira on January 22, 2007 | Comments (4)
Do We Need a Space to Serve?
January 19, 2007 |
This week, I spoke to a woman who has been given a large degree of influence in an evangelical megachurch. Lately, this influence is increasing. Terry spends most of her time in hands-on direction of eight of the most visible, crucial ministry teams in the congregation. And you guessed it. She’s so good at what she does, her “superiors” can give her the toughest jobs and she’ll accomplish the tasks. In spades. And if anything’s going awry, she’s the one who is asked to step in to fix it.
In addition to the hands-on work she does with the eight teams, Terry has also been spending a great deal of time lately in high-level visioning sessions with the head pastors of the church. Evidently, there is some serious “re-think” going on regarding the church’s identity and how to do God’s work in 2007, given the massive cultural shifts since the church’s inception in the 1980s.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 19, 2007 | Comments (31)
Gifts, not Guilt
January 16, 2007 |
Having spent the majority of my working life in professional ministry, I can testify heartily to its rewards. Of course, the benefits of working in ministry don’t come in the form of the hefty pay packages my friends in the “secular” world enjoy. The true payoff—at least for me—in ministry work has been the opportunity to use and sharpen my God-given passions, talents, and gifts for something—excuse the cliché-—I believe in. I hope that this is true for those of you who use your gifts in ministry.
But I’ve also seen many of my friends not so pleased with their ministry experiences—be it in church or in some other type of ministry. This surprised me most with a couple of my friends who are natural leaders in other spheres of life, but who flounder when it comes to finding their niche serving at church. That is, until I realized something: They were trying to use their leadership skills in ways that didn’t match their other gifts at all.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 16, 2007 | Comments (16)
Welcome to Gifted for Leadership!
January 10, 2007 |
Welcome to Gifted for Leadership! This blog is designed specifically for Christian women who are capable, called, and gifted leaders. Unfortunately, many Christian women in leadership feel alone in their calling. They need a place where they can converse about the issues they face, encourage one another, and challenge each other. They want something different from the women’s ministry resources and events that discuss issues unique to women. They want tools that visit topics that are not unique to women, but that approach them from a woman’s perspective.
That’s why we’re producing a free monthly e-mail newsletter (have you signed up?), this blog, and—coming soon—a collection of downloadable booklets. These tools will equip, encourage, challenge, and unite women who exercise leadership gifts in church and parachurch ministry, in business, and at home. They’ll also build a community of women with leadership gifts who can challenge and support one another and grow together.
This site is a resource of Christianity Today International, produced in partnership with the editors of LEADERSHIP JOURNAL. I’m very excited to launch this blog and to tell you about our Gifted for Leadership philosophy:
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 10, 2007 | Comments (68)
What Are You Waiting For?
January 10, 2007 |
Humans have found their vocal chords. Long silenced by the engineered anonymity of the Industrial Age, homo sapiens are now talking to each other at unprecedented levels. When we can connect globally by phone at the push of a button, when our e-mails can cross continents and language barriers in nano-seconds, when we can blog or pod-cast our most mundane thoughts to the rest of humanity or broadcast the home video of our cat…well, let’s just say the world has changed. A lot. From MySpace.com to YouTube to Craigslist, who we are matters.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 10, 2007 | Comments (11)
Spirituality vs. Jesus
January 10, 2007 |
I don’t like the word spirituality. It sounds so external, so optional. It isn’t a concept I find in the first millennium, or anywhere in Eastern Christianity. As far as I can tell, what Christians today mean by “spirituality” is what St. Paul meant by “life in Christ.”
This is a transformation that every Christian is supposed to be experiencing, because we are all “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). As we partake of the life of Christ and discipline ourselves, seeking to assimilate that life, it affects both our souls and bodies. His light spreads within us like fire spreading through coal, and so we become Christ-bearers to the world. This is such an essential, foundational element of life in Christ that to extract it and label it seems to deaden it.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 10, 2007 | Comments (4)
Making Connections
Let's get to know each other.
January 9, 2007 |
Welcome to Gifted for Leadership! I hope this resource will encourage, equip, inspire, and challenge you. I also hope you will make some great connections here. In the "Connections" area you'll find bios for our editorial advisers and other contributors. If you read them, you'll get to know a little about some great women leaders.
But we'd like to get to you know, too. If you would like to tell us something about who you are, respond to this by posting a comment. It will be fun to see who is joining the conversation. And maybe some of us can find new friends or mentors.
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Posted by Amy Simpson on January 9, 2007 | Comments (36)
Redefining Singles Ministry
January 9, 2007 |
When I moved to New York, I visited churches for a year. One of the reasons I settled at the church I joined is that it doesn't have a singles ministry. No one asked me to serve on the worship team of the singles service or teach in the singles Sunday-school class; my pastor instead asked me to serve on the education committee. And no one invited me to a singles mixer; instead, I mingle with married friends, engaged friends, widowed friends, and other single 20-somethings at the church suppers on Sunday evenings.
I didn't want to be part of a singles ministry because the majority of my needs don't have anything to do with being single. I need prayer. I need to serve others. I need to be held accountable for my sins. And I figure married people need those things, too. I don't want to be segregated with people who, superficially, are just like me. The eye cannot say to the hand, after all, "I don't need you."
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 9, 2007 | Comments (12)
Balance or Bust?
January 9, 2007 |
During a Mavericks game half-time show last season, I sat staring with my mouth wide open. With the rest of the breathless fans, I gawked at a tiny woman on an outrageously tall unicycle as she balanced a growing stack of bowls. She continued to toss them up, one by one, with her free foot (the other was pedalling, of course). I broke into a sweat because I was so nervous for her.
When people ask me about juggling obligations or “work/life balance,” I imagine they see me as that halftime show acrobat with a delicately suspended stack of responsibilities, and want me to share my secrets to not dropping anything (or anyone). I’m not really worthy of their spotlight; I just have a little more practice than some. While this balancing act looks different for each person, the following are a few tricks of the juggling trade I have learned over the years:
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 9, 2007 | Comments (7)
Too Busy Serving?
January 9, 2007 |
It was interesting to me that in the passage about the feeding of the five thousand, we have absolutely no record of the disciples eating. All it tells us is that they picked up the leftovers. The disciples were doing good thing by serving, but they were so busy picking up the leftovers of everybody else’s blessing that they missed on being filled.
Now I don’t mind picking up leftovers, but I also want to be one of the ones getting fed. This means that I must carve time out of my busy day to sit quietly in the presence of Jesus so he can speak to me. Are you missing out on what Jesus wants to say to you because you’re so busy serving?
I think this might have been part of Martha’s problem. The Lord and his disciples had dropped in for supper at the home of Martha, Lazarus, and Mary. Martha was running around madly tying to get food on the table. She expected her sister to help her, but Mary was just sitting at the Lord’s feet, listening to him. It was too much to take. So Martha went to Jesus and said, “Tell her to help me” (Luke 10:40).
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 9, 2007 | Comments (7)
Character Leading
January 9, 2007 |
Almost all of us agree that good character is the centerpiece of authentic first-rate leadership. Good character is the key to good leadership because people tend to follow whatever standard the leader sets. Recent studies in moral intelligence show that the level of morality exercised by a company’s character consistently affects the bottom line. It takes good character to grapple with reality. It takes good character to treat people right. It takes good character to build unity among networks of people and causes. Thus every situation that a leader might face calls for the same three attributes: humility, courage, and honesty.
Most leaders have the willingness to improve their character, but so often they are not told how to do so. How do leaders learn to lead “above the line,” so to speak? How can leaders grow in self-awareness? How can leaders learn to look inwardly? How can they keep themselves from becoming too defensive to accept the kind of feedback that they need?
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 9, 2007 | Comments (3)
Amy Simpson
Meet Executive Editor Amy Simpson.
January 6, 2007 |
Read Amy's Gifted for Leadership articles:
-- "Leading Men at Work" (September 24, 2008)
-- "Why I’m Glad Sarah Palin Didn’t Speak for Women" (September 4, 2008)
-- "The Life You’ve Always Wanted (in Bed)" (July 25, 2008)
-- "How Do You Care for Yourself?" (June 24, 2008)
-- "Armor at the Beach" (May 28, 2008)
-- "When Good Gifts Turn Bad" (April 25, 2008)
-- "Live from Synergy 2008: Who We Really Are" (April 13, 2008)
-- "Just Like Summer Camp...Well, Sort Of" (March 25, 2008)
-- "Should Churches Differentiate" (February 22, 2008)
-- "Top 10 Articles from 2007" (January 25, 2008)
-- "Leading Your Leaders" (December 14, 2007)
-- "Madam President?" (November 27, 2007)
-- "Leading Anxious People Through Change" (October 30, 2007)
-- "Church Builder Challenge" (October 11, 2007)
-- "Ideas for Women's Ministry" (September 28, 2007)
-- "Why I Don't Do Women's Ministry" (August 28, 2007)
-- "The Society Page" (July 27, 2007)
-- "When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong" (June 29, 2007)
-- "Have You Seen TodaysChristianWoman.com Lately?" (May 23, 2007)
-- "3 Temptations of Leadership, Part 3" (May 8, 2007)
-- "Synergy 2007 Wrap-Up" (April 15, 2007)
-- "Synergy 2007 Update" (April 14, 2007)
-- "Synergy 2007" (April 13, 2007)
-- "Announcing Gifted for Leadership Resources!" (April 11, 2007)
-- "3 Temptations of Leadership, Part 2" (April 3, 2007)
-- "Meet Me at Synergy 2007" (March 14, 2007)
-- "3 Temptations of Leadership, Part 1" (March 6, 2007)
-- "Help for a Woman in Ministry" (March 1, 2007)
-- "Aren't We Always at Church?" (February 8, 2007)
-- "Welcome to Gifted for Leadership!" (January 10, 2007)
-- "Born to Lead" (January 6, 2007)
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007
Roxanne Wieman
Meet Gifted for Leadership Editor Roxanne Wieman.
January 6, 2007 |
Roxanne Wieman recently uprooted from her native Colorado and moved to the Chicago area to join Christianity Today. She’s excited to work with some amazing and talented people on resources for the church…and to live in the “big city.”
Roxanne graduated from Colorado State University with honors in English Literature and Creative Writing, and a minor in Religious Studies. She’s worked in Christian publishing for nearly five years, and has developed over forty books for church leaders, edited dozens of Bible studies, and contributed to five curriculum lines. Along with her work in publishing, Roxanne enjoys serving in small group ministry and is a strong advocate of supporting children in need through programs like Compassion International and World Vision.
Roxanne is passionate about good stories, whether they take the form of literature, movies or television. Some of her favorites include: To The Lighthouse (the book), Moulin Rouge (the movie), and Alias (the TV show).
Roxanne and her husband Mark enjoy hiking, fishing, camping, kayaking—really anything outdoors—traveling, going to movies, and eating out.
Read Roxanne's Gifted for Leadership articles:
-- "Really Real Life" (July 22, 2008)
-- "Go Build Something" (June 27, 2008)
-- "In The Face Of Tragedy" (May 23, 2008)
-- "Please Don't Interrupt Me" (April 22, 2008)
-- "Live from Synergy 2008: The Return of the Ezer" (April 12, 2008)
-- "March Madness: 5 Life Lessons From Basketball" (March 28, 2008)
-- "Why I Like Conferences" (February 19, 2008)
-- "Battling a Negative Self Image" (January 22, 2008)
Posted by Rachel Willoughby on January 6, 2007
Caryn Rivadeneira
Get to know Caryn Rivadeneira, one of our Gifted for Leadership editors and a regular contributor.
January 6, 2007 |
Caryn Rivadeneira has worked in Christian publishing for nearly 10 years, during which time she has written numerous magazine articles and edited several books on both marriage and family issues. Her tenure includes three stints at Christianity Today International, where she has served as managing editor of Marriage Partnership and Christian Parenting Today magazines, and most recently as managing editor of Women’s and Family Resources. Caryn left CTI’s employ at the end of 2006 in anticipation of the birth of her third child in five years. In between chasing, playing, picking up after, and making chocolate milk for her kids, Caryn pursues both editing and writing from home on a freelance basis.
Caryn lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with her husband, Rafael, and their three kids, one rottweiler, one bunny, and two goldfish. You can visit her blog at www.carynrivadeneira.com.
Read Caryn's Gifted for Leadership articles:
-- "Leading Like Life is On the Line" (September 30, 2008)
-- "Redeeming Women" (September 9, 2008)
-- "Ceiling-Shattering Election Season" (August 29, 2008)
-- "Needy People" (June 20, 2008)
-- "When Men- and Women-Only IS Okay" (June 3, 2008)
-- "Is Women- or Men-Only Ever Okay?" (April 29, 2008)
-- "Live from Synergy 2008: Emotional Responses from Thinking Women" (April 13, 2008)
-- "The Women Out There" (February 26, 2008)
-- "Lead as You Are" (January 29, 2008)
-- "Disappointed Women, Angry Men" (December 11, 2007)
-- "The Gift of Being Real" (November 23, 2007)
-- "Let Men Get the Door" (October 26, 2007)
-- "Gossips Annonymous" (September 25, 2007)
-- "Making Ugly Beautiful" (August 31, 2007)
-- "Bringing Harry Potter to Church" (July 23, 2007)
-- "Following the Leader" (July 3, 2007)
-- "Leading with Low Expectations" (May 14, 2007)
-- "Identity Crisis" (April 27, 2007)
-- "Healed to Lead" (March 9, 2007)
-- "Witnessing from Weakness at Work" (February 5, 2007)
-- "Gifts, not Guilt" (January 16, 2007)
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007
Working Well with Men
January 6, 2007 |
It’s almost impossible to talk about gender issues without crashing into all the stereotypes about work-obsessed men, overly sensitive women, and the nasty label that gets attached to assertive women in the workplace. So let me say this from the get go: Each sex has its strengths and weak spots, and the issues we face when we work together are the result of these strengths and weaknesses. The more we understand about the relational dynamics between men and women, the more effectively we can work together.
Here’s what every woman needs to know about working with men:
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007 | Comments (42)
Born to Lead
January 6, 2007 |
I’ve spent most of my life in leadership. I led my little sister in shenanigans for years. I led my friends on the playground and my fellow students in the classroom. I was captain of my cross-country team in high school and served on Student Senate in college. I was on the student leadership team for my church youth group and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. But I never thought about leadership until I was an adult. I behaved as a leader because God had given me a leadership gift and called me to use it. It was natural for me. I found places to lead without setting out to do so.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007 | Comments (5)
Does the Bible Really Say I Can’t Teach Men?
January 6, 2007 |
I grew up in England with a queen on the throne and was educated at an all-girls’ school and women’s college in Cambridge by gifted females (and led to Christ by a female medical professional). So after becoming a Christian, imagine my dismay when I first joined a church where women weren’t allowed to do any of the things in which I knew they excelled!
Later as a budding Bible teacher, I was asked by male church leaders to speak to young women and men in an outreach our congregation hosted. But others challenged my participation. I became hurt and confused. It wasn’t that these challengers thought I shouldn’t be exercising my gifts—that they believed “God thought” I shouldn’t! This went against the very root of my identity and calling.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007 | Comments (31)
Wrestling with God’s Leadership
January 6, 2007 |
The most important thing God ever taught me is to pray for what I lack. I've had to pray that above all else, he would give me a love for him, and a hunger and thirst for his Word. In my twenties, I was a Sunday school teacher, and I was pitiful. I just didn't know God's Word. So I prayed about it and signed up for a Bible doctrine class at my church that I just knew would be the most boring thing I ever attended.
Instead a man walked up—a former football player—who threw open the Bible and practically wept as he taught it. Never before had I met someone who had such a passionate relationship with God through the Word.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007 | Comments (1)
Sally Morgenthaler
Get to know Sally Morgenthaler, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors and regular contributors.
January 6, 2007 |
Sally Morgenthaler is recognized as an innovator in Christian practices worldwide. Since 1992, she has been pioneering new worship forms characterized by both cultural relevance and worship faithfulness. Her prophetic role among church leaders and local congregations continues to increase in denominational scope and impact, as her work now broadens into new forms of leadership and the untapped potential of women.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 6, 2007
Naomi Gaede-Penner
January 5, 2007 |
Naomi Gaede-Penner obtained her master's degree in counseling from Denver Seminary in 1991. Since that time, she has taught the career counseling class at Denver Seminary, as well as classes on communication and leadership. She has also been an instructor at Arapahoe Community College in Denver and Alaska University, Kenai Peninsula College extension.
Ministry is innate to Naomi. She grew up alongside missionaries in Alaska, and continues to support a number of missionaries in practical ways. When she moved to Denver, she was a charter member of Belleview Acres Mennonite Brethren Church. Later, she was on staff at Centennial Community Church for seven years. During that time, she served as ministry coordinator, cotaught the newcomer’s class, and led the solo women’s group. She then returned to Belleview Acres and served on the leadership for two years. She currently attends Parker United Methodist Church.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Tracey Bianchi
Get to know Tracey Bianchi, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Tracey Bianchi has served in several ministry contexts for over 15 years. Most recently she served as the Director of Young Adults and Families at Christ Church of Oak Brook in Illinois. Along with this position she spent over 12 years serving high school students inside the church as well as in camp settings. She received her Master of Divinity Degree from Denver Seminary in 2003. She currently works at home with her three preschool aged children where she writes and speaks nationally for organizations such as MOPS International and locally for women’s retreats and events in the Midwest. Tracey is married to Joel. She and her family live in the western suburbs of Chicago with their trusty goldfish named Stinky Pete.
Read Tracey's Gifted for Leadership articles:
-- "What We Deserve" (February 5, 2008)
-- "Women's Ministry that Works" (February 23, 2007)
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Heidi Husted Armstrong
Get to know the Rev. Dr. Heidi Husted Armstrong, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Heidi is an ordained pastor with the Presbyterian Church (USA), and has ministered in West Coast churches for more than two decades. Beginning in 1995, Heidi served as senior pastor for 10 years at the 1,200-member Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver, Washington. With Heidi at Columbia Presbyterian’s helm, the church became the largest Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation west of the Rockies with a female senior pastor. In 2004, Columbia Presbyterian was listed in USA Today’s “Ten Great Places to Hear the Christmas Gospel.” Heidi also served as associate pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church in San Carlos, California, from 1991 to 1995, and as associate pastor at Bidwell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Chico, California, from 1983 to 1990.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Priscilla Shirer
January 5, 2007 |
Priscilla Shirer is a BIBLE teacher. Through the expository teaching of the Word of God to women, her desire is to see women not only know the uncompromising truths of Scripture intellectually but experience them practically by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Priscilla is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a master's degree in Biblical Studies. She has been a conference speaker for major corporations, organizations, and Christian audiences across the United States and the world.
In 1993, Priscilla's speaking ministry began while she was in college. Although her plan was to receive her degree in radio and television and go on to be a television news anchor, God had other plans. While interning at a Christian radio station in Houston, she began to receive invitations to do Bible studies at small women's events in the area. As an 18-year-old freshman, she went to these events and shared the simple truths of Scripture that she was studying in her own personal time with the Lord.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Susan Arico
January 5, 2007 |
Susan Arico has worked with faith-based nonprofits for more than seven years. She has served as a consultant to organizations such as Prison Fellowship, The Salvation Army, Promise Keepers, Christian Management Association, American Bible Society, and others. Much of her work has centered on program development to benefit high-risk populations such as ex-prisoners, street children, and traumatized youth.
Since 2004, Susan has run her own consulting company, Pray Creek Consulting LLC. In addition to her program design work, she frequently writes business plans, operational materials, proposals, reports, and curricula of various types for her clients.
Continue reading...Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Frederica Mathewes-Green
January 5, 2007 |
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Times, First Things, Books & Culture, Sojourners, Touchstone, and the Wall Street Journal. She is a regular columnist for the multifaith web magazine Beliefnet.com, and she writes movie reviews for National Review Online. In the past, her commentaries have been heard on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her essays were selected for Best Christian Writing in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. She has published seven books and more than 600 articles.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Angie Ward
Get to know Angie Ward, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Angie Ward is a “leader of leaders” with more than 15 years of leadership development experience in a variety of ministry settings. She is the founder of Forward Leadership and is a contributing editor for Leadership journal. Angie is passionate about helping leaders and organizations realize their full potential. She has a unique ability to see how little details fit into the big picture, and the steps needed to move toward greater effectiveness.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Rosalie de Rosset
Get to know Rosalie de Rosset, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Rosalie de Rosset has been speaking to churches, adult Sunday school classes, book clubs, radio audiences, and conferences, for 25 years. She has served as a plenary and seminar speaker for writers’ conferences and has spoken in chapel and led lectureships at various colleges. She has also spoken in Hawaii, New Zealand, Peru and Russia. She is a professor of Literature, English and Homiletics at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Lauren F. Winner
Get to know Lauren F. Winner, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Lauren F. Winner, the former book editor for Beliefnet, is the author of three books: Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and most recently, Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, and Christianity Today magazine. Her essays have been included in The Best Christian Writing 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Anita Carman
Get to know Anita Carman, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Brenda Salter McNeil
Get to know Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is a powerful, prophetic preacher and thought-leader in the field of racial and ethnic reconciliation. She has more than 20 years of experience and speaks at conferences, on college and university campuses, and in churches around the world. Her mission is to inspire every mind and ignite every heart.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Julie Pierce
Get to know Julie Pierce, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
Julie Pierce has a passion for encouraging, equipping, and empowering leaders to be the women God created them to be. She currently serves as the directional leader to women at Irving Bible Church. Her background and experience include marketing, communications, public relations, and event planning for organizations like Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas; Insight for Living; and Nokia Mobile Phones.
Julie has a communications degree from Texas A&M University, where she met her husband, Brian. She has a two-year-old son named Hudson, a beagle named Phoebe, a zeal for the Container Store, and a love of s’mores ice cream.
Read Julie's Gifted for Leadership articles:
-- "Balance or Bust?" (January 9, 2007)
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007
Linda Miller
Get to know Linda Miller, one of our Gifted for Leadership editorial advisors.
January 5, 2007 |
As a trainer and coach, Linda Miller believes that successful businesses are supported by strong internal dynamics. Linda helps organizations create a corporate climate that allows individuals to excel and teams to perform.
Posted by Amy Simpson on January 5, 2007