We need to connect with God and also with others. If we are women who are serious about 'Deepening our relationships', we need to connect with God and also with others. God uses people to shape people. And the Holy Spirit longs to be powerfully at work in every encounter we have as human beings [...]
It's your story, your life, your pain, but it could also be someone else’s strength, someone’s gift. Blue, pink, red and yellow. I wonder what colour I will get next year? These are paper bags I have collected over the years of going to the Beauty for Ashes women’s conference. My husband has had many ideas: The [...]
I’m at the age when most of my friends have decided it’s time to grow their families. There have been dinners where pregnancies are announced, and baby showers, and afternoons spent folding teeny-tiny clothing. And then there have been messages saying, “I’ve miscarried” and phone calls telling me to please pray because a pregnancy is [...]
Women have this intrinsic ability to influence. We see it in our roles as wives and mothers, and in our friendships. We see this influence in the life of Timothy, where his mother, Eunice, and grandmother, Lois, communicated their faith to him so that he became a valuable member of the Apostle Paul’s team. A [...]
My husband was diagnosed with cancer in February 2012. Since then he has undergone 18 chemo sessions, a stem cell transplant and radiation. I’ve read that 1 in 2 people will be affected by cancer in their lifetime so odds are someone close to you is receiving treatment. It is easy to feel helpless in [...]
One of the best parts of coming to be with the beautiful women of South Africa is that I'm coming with one of my best friends in the whole world; Lisa Whelchel! When Aldyth approached each of us to invite us, she didn't even know Lisa and I were best friends. God did though! You've [...]
“Lord, here I am, available to do your work. Use me Lord.” At the 2007 Beauty for Ashes Women’s Conference, Priscilla Shirer spoke on “He Speaks to Me.” This really touched me as I had a misconception of how one can be used in God’s kingdom. I remember thinking that she was the most amazing [...]
