podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3818a44f/dont-let-yourself-be-thrown-around-james-no3 The year was 2008 . . . the month, June. I had just resigned my position at a Southern California church when I got a phone call from an acquaintance whose company did work on an international scale. 'Hey, we would like for our company to count for more than just the bottom line; we want to be a Christian witness. Can you help us see what that would look like?' This led

PODCAST: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3653d485/success-perfection-and-tough-times-james-no-2 Success . . . Maturity . . . Perfection and tough times? Each conjures up something different in our minds. Narrowing the scope, may I ask you , 'What does spiritual success, Christian maturity, godly perfection look like?' The question is compelling and beckons me to step into it... to find out more, and go hard in the direction of answers. One thing is certain - God

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3324c2c3/the-author We left them in Jerusalem . . . wondering what was to happen next. The disciples and the other faithful followers, some who had seen Jesus die on the cross, were still in awe that he did what he said he would: he came back to life. Death could not hold the Son of God. And while we do not know what happened to Jesus' baby clothes--his swaddling cloths, we do know that he left his grave 'clothes' neatly fo

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1f8d638e/your-gittin-spot She was young, blonde, Southern and so sweet--a native North Carolinian. Frankly, there are so many transplants here, she was really refreshing. Ashley had Southern sayings I had never heard before, or since! She was Amy's first nanny while the four kids were tiny.1 I remember stopping by the house one day when she told Bennett, 7 years old at the time, to go get his shoes and put them on. When he

God bless you today, dear women--especially mothers and those who serve or stand in the shoes of mentors and moms. podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/38e6fb0c/what-a-woman-wants-hmmmno-what-god-wants For decades now, I have taught the Bible—to men, women, and children—young and old, high school athletes and homeless folks…blessed to have done so on the beaches of Southern California, along the Sea of Galilee, in Ephesus, Turkey, on the streets of Long Beach,

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2a05bda7/wait-one-more-thing-power-and-hope-what When I am in a conversation with someone and we get interrupted, a tiny part of me is left there, in that place, with what was unsaid, not yet discussed... so too when I am writing, perhaps my Morning Briefing finished and sent, but something nags at me - more should be said on the matter. This is one of those times. Why use the title, "Two promises that give me powerful hope

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/35609bb0/take-charge-take-control-make-it-your-own-psalm-23 Just when you thought there could be nothing left to say about David's shepherd psalm, alas, there is more. The 'more' involves you, directly and personally. Almost every morning when I write my prayer, I employ words from the psalms and pray them as my own. Before we close the page of Psalm 23 in our Bibles, allow me to share my morning prayer from the beloved psa

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/3dc6487a/two-promises-that-give-me-powerful-hope-psalm-23 Look off in the distance with me where you can see the dust rising up. What is moving? What is causing the commotion? Alas, it is a scraggly flock of sheep, one animal lagging behind on the far side, yet another bringing up the rear. As they come into focus, a lone figure walks with them ... talking to them, coaxing the four-legged animals, staff in one hand and

You’re invited. . . doesn’t everyone want that? podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/39198615/youre-invited-two-wonderful-words-psalm-23 A few years ago, my husband won a business award trip to beautiful Antigua.1 While it was a lot of travel time to get there, waterskiing on the Caribbean was all worth it. So cool! (pictured below)and even more so was the culminating event! (also pictured) I remember walking out on the sand that night looking at the long tab