Empowering women to live out their calling.
Division in the church is nothing new. In I Corinthians 1, we learn that Paul was dealing with division in the early church and he sought to squelch it with his letter. He did so by bringing the church’s attention back to the foolishness of Christ crucified because that is where true power is. For […]
As the new year approaches, many of us want to bury 2020 and never look back. It was a difficult year. No doubt about it. I too look longingly towards the promise of 2021. But it is important, especially as a Christian, to not be so quick to forget the lessons born from trials and […]
Like many of the women in my series, Women in the Bible, The Untold Stories of Old Testament Heroes, Jael’s story rarely makes it into women conference discussions or Bible studies. Maybe because her story is too gory, too gruesome. It is a scene you might find in popular TV shows that we would never […]
You may be wondering why I am offering a Star Wars devotional on a website dedicated to women and their daughters? The answer is very simple. Not all girls (and women for that matter) like flowers and princesses. There is a group of women and girls, especially among the younger generation whose hearts are drawn […]
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. Proverbs 12:4 (ESV) Proverbs 12:4 exhorts married women to be “excellent wives” and not bring shame to their husbands. I think most of us who are Christ-followers would want to adhere to the infallible advice […]
Tamar in the Bible is not a woman that you will often hear talked about in sermons or even women’s conferences. Her story is just too scandalous for our pious Christian ears. But God doesn’t hide her story, bury it, nor tries to sugar coat it. He tells it like it is because her story […]