Here Breathing (feat. Amena Brown Owen)
Ever forget to breathe? Have difficulty taking deep breaths in stressful moments? Me too.Breathing is essential to being alive. It’s core to living fully in your body, mind, and spirit. And yet, too often we hold our breath, take hurried, shallow breaths, or are...
Stay Awhile
Tamara Carpenter Guest Post What does it mean to be an Ezer; a warrior, a strong helper? I’m still learning. My progress toward wholeness is advancing in fits and starts. I’m learning that by owning my whole story, even the unseemly parts, I grow stronger. With help...
The Wind Factor
This week, I had the gift of spending some time with long-time (S)HERO, Nancy Beach. When I first began my leadership journey over 20 years ago, Nancy Beach was one of first women I saw leading and teaching at the highest levels of the church. She led a large area of...
Workplace Woes
Sydney Jung Guest Post There have been many moments in my four years of post-grad working that I have felt like I was not fairly treated. As a property manager, you deal with a lot of people. And a lot of these people want to challenge authority...especially from a...
Yes to Me
Kelly Skiles Guest Post I grew up in the era of Queen Oprah. Five days a week, Oprah had amazing guests (I remember when Alicia Keys came on as a teenager), gave people makeovers, and talked about social issues that were important to people, especially women. Over and...
Lamenting Rachel Held Evans (+ Women in Leadership)
About 5 years ago I wrote a lament for women in leadership as a sidebar for a new Bible to be published by Tyndale House. The piece was pulled in the editorial process because the publisher knew Lifeway Christian Bookstores wouldn’t carry the Bible because of that...
Divorce Devastation
Diane Greer Guest Post Significance begins with the moment you put two and two together. Mine began with a Chemical Engineer father who was raised during The Great Depression. He fought hard to achieve his education; from living in a barn, to picking and drying...
28% Fully Engaged
Megan Merrell A Guest Post My name is Megan Merrell. I've been created good ... and I am broken.In my first coaching call with April, she asked me to take an energy profile, assessing my life engagement. As I read through each question, I experienced sadness about my...
To Be a Strong Woman
Gabrielle Engle A Guest Post I once thought in order to be a strong leader I had to be a man.Perhaps, it wasn’t that crystal clear in my head as a teenage girl aspiring to be a preacher. After all, I still had some kind of gumption that kept me growing in leadership....
You Only Need This If…
View fullsize If there’s a twinge of “yup” or “ugh” when you read that quote, pay attention. It’s your body and soul telling you that there’s life-giving work to be done. Recently, I was listening to a friend share through tears a part of her life she’d “forgotten”...