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The Fragrance of Leadership
August 27, 2012 2:54 PMStanding in my friend’s kitchen while she was making oatmeal, I was immediately transported back to my grandmother’s home, where every morning of my summer visits, she would make the best oatmeal on the planet. Loading it with real...
Three Ways to Kill a Small Group
August 23, 2012 2:38 PMYou’ve worked hard to prepare for your first small group: the invitations have been sent, the curriculum selected, the brownies baked. Everything you need for an amazing small-group experience! Except…it’s not that easy. It takes much more than good...
What Happens When You Don’t Serve Fluff on a Platter
August 22, 2012 8:33 AMOur leadership team has learned a few lessons after one year of prayer, preparation, and leadership training; a successful launch of a women’s mentoring ministry at our church; and one year of mentoring through small groups. I’d like to share...
Mentoring as Discipleship
August 13, 2012 2:55 PMAfter more than 10 years of teaching the Bible, 14 years of discipling and mentoring women, and launching two women’s mentoring ministries, I realized two things are needed for ministry: a clear focus and training. Our women’s mentoring ministry...
Mentoring and Multiplying
July 26, 2012 1:38 PMAfter many lessons learned from teaching the Bible for 10 years and having successfully launched a women’s small group ministry at our former church, I wanted to take time to pray and research before launching a women’s mentoring ministry....
The Longings of a New Generation of Women
April 16, 2012 10:38 AMIn recent times, the Web has been alive with banter about our generation of women and why we feel discontent with women’s ministry. I believe our discontentment comes from a good place, though at times we can be a...
Wondering Why We're Sent
June 12, 2009 8:29 PMWhen I walk into a roomful of strangers, I engage in what is, at best, a self-imposed test in discernment; at worst a superficial gamble. I scan the women to whom I will be speaking and instinctually begin an imprecise...
Sometimes We Do Get It Right
May 12, 2009 2:16 PMAt Gifted for Leadership, we spend a lot of time griping about women's ministry. And I don't necessarily mean "griping" in a negative way - most of the discussions we have are constructive. We've simply been burned by the traditional...
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