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May 2013

• Be Still, Ailing Minister, Part 2
• Be Still, Ailing Minister, Part 1
• Catalyst Dallas 2013: Highlights and Reflections
• End the Struggle between Ministry and Money
• Missional Budgeting
• How Our Sacrifice Inspired Generosity and Commitment
• It’s Complicated

April 2013

• How to Make the Most of Your Travel Budget
• Kari Jobe on Worshipping Authentically
• Transforming Suicide
• Edith’s Passing, Mental Illness Makes Headlines, Bombing in Boston, and a Papal Dust-Up
• From No Experience Necessary to Your Experience Necessary
• Leadership Lessons from a Convent
• Women in Church Combat: A Cautionary Tale
• Why Endings Matter
• When Women’s Ministries Meet Messy Houses

March 2013

• Banishing Spiritual Loneliness
• Get Thee a Sisterhood, Part 2
• Get Thee a Sisterhood, Part 1
• Finding Support in the Lonely Days of Leadership
• Are You Wearing the Wrong Clothes?
• Lessons in Confrontation
• Stay Focused
• Be Wonderstruck by God’s Creation

February 2013

• Women and Competition
• From Full-Time Ministry to Urban Missionary
• You Can’t Do That at My Church
• Leadership Loves
• Is Your Calling too Small?
• Calling Unfolds
• Discover Your God-Given Calling
• Inadequacy, Fear, and Calling

January 2013

• Sitting on a Park Bench with God
• Answering the Call of God
• A Fake Girlfriend, a Cheater’s Confession, and Inauguration Day
• Going Through the Motions
• The Dangerous Mistake
• Are You a Wonderstruck Leader? (Part 2)
• Are You a Wonderstruck Leader? (Part 1)
• The Church of People Who Like to Be Liked

December 2012

• How a Calling Should Change Our Lives
• Chasing God
• Undaunted
• The Sacrament of Evangelism
• Confessions of an Adrenalin Addict
• Private World, Public World
• A Counterculture for the Common Good

November 2012

• Changing to Love Our Neighbors
• We Can’t All Be Beth
• Five People Who Need Your Prayer
• Leadership Lessons from Bad Bosses
• Out with the Old Women’s Ministry
• A Challenge to Children’s Ministry, Part 2
• A Challenge to Children’s Ministry, Part 1
• The Second Chair
• How to Empower the Women in Your Church

October 2012

• The Protégé Path
• Dealing with Toxic Staff
• The Care and Keeping of 20somethings
• Word War, Religious “Nones,” a Leap of Faith, and a Nobel Prize
• Leading Yourself
• Please Lead. I Need You.
• When the World Shakes
• Giving Grace Away
• Making the Most of Your Role

September 2012

• Bossy Older Sisters in the Church
• How Pride Destroys Leadership, Part 2
• How Pride Destroys Leadership, Part 1
• Leaders Who Are Discerning
• “I Love Me a Preacha in Dangly Earrings”
• Sharing the Gospel through Story
• You Can’t Be Burned out Already!

August 2012

• Who Do You Think You Are?
• Could I Love My Neighbor Who Didn’t Love Me?
• The Fragrance of Leadership
• Three Ways to Kill a Small Group
• What Happens When You Don’t Serve Fluff on a Platter
• The Healthy Leader Quiz
• Mentoring as Discipleship
• I Quit!
• Building Bridges through Mentoring
• Working with Your Husband

July 2012

• Spiritual Welcome
• Mentoring and Multiplying
• Godly Decision Making
• Who Wants Mentoring?
• I’m Not Controlling
• We Are All Theologians
• Tiresome, Taxing, and Toxic Situations in Ministry
• Olympic Glory, Wildfire, and Brave
• Everybody’s Friend, Nobody’s Leader

June 2012

• Discernment as a Way of Life
• Noticing
• Living the Line
• Don’t Pretend
• Nice Girls Don't Ask
• Rise Up, Part 2
• Rise Up, Part 1
• Managing Conflict in a Church Setting

May 2012

• Donald Miller Told Me to Get a Good Life
• Thoughts on C. S. Lewis and Sabotage
• When to Be Vulnerable
• Making the Most of Your Mission Trip
• Finding Contentment in Leadership
• Beautiful Battle: A Woman’s Guide to Spiritual Warfare
• Avengers, Sarkozy, Summer, and Girls
• The Spiritual Practice of Saying Yes and No
• Letting My True Self Lead

April 2012

• 7 Ways Women Sabotage Their Leadership, Part 2
• 7 Ways Women Sabotage Their Leadership, Part 1
• How Joy Helps Us Discern God’s Will
• The Titanic Need for Authentic Leaders
• The Longings of a New Generation of Women
• Bra Straps, Battery Packs, and Other Divine Accoutrements
• The Surprising Cure for Lonely Leaders

March 2012

• Church Salaries for Women
• Shoes that Fit
• Collaborative Leadership
• I Can Just Do It Myself…But Should I?

February 2012

• 5 Types of Critics in Your Church
• Is It God’s Will?
• How Women Are Uniquely Gifted for Leadership
• Exciting News for eReaders
• Leadership, the AA Way

January 2012

• Top 10 in 2011
• Fear Not the Old Testament
• Lonely Leadership
• New Year’s Anti-Resolution: Stop Setting Goals
• When the Passion Fades

December 2011

• Why Strong Women Don’t Get Respect
• 4 Creative Ways to Thank Volunteers
• Bringing Justice to Bangladesh
• Caring for Our Souls at Christmastime
• How Did Jesus Teach?

November 2011

• 4 Ways to Prevent Unintentional Gossip
• Embracing Weakness
• Remember When

October 2011

• The Cure for Influence-itis

September 2011

• God Will Make a Way
• Hitting the Wall
• Amped Up from the Blackout
• Do You See What I See?
• In Search of a Safe Harbor

August 2011

• Facebook Pages vs. Groups
• The “Gender Ghetto” in the Church
• Leading Absent
• John Stott Remembered
• 5 Things I’ve Learned in Ministry

July 2011

• Is Michele Bachmann the Right Person for President?
• Trouble with Authority
• And Then There Were None
• Five Tips for Creating a Mentor Program
• Developing a Divine Appetite

June 2011

• I Was a Reverse Discriminator
• IRS Increases Mileage Rate
• What Shape Are You In?
• 4 Tips for Time Off
• Rest
• Every Need Is Not a Call

May 2011

• Why the Church Needs to Teach about Body Image
• How I Became a Twitter Believer
• Leading in the Midst of Woundedness

April 2011

• Harnessing Our Humanity
• Multi-Tasking God
• Chasing after Glory
• "What You Are Doing Is Not Good"
• How to Let Your Yes Be Yes, and Your No, No

March 2011

• Are Churches Leading the Way in Preventing Child Abuse?
• Lost Leaders
• Why I’m Giving Up Prayer for Lent
• Should Women Lead in the Church?
• Too Famous?

February 2011

• A Pink Flamingo in a Sea of Blue Herons
• How I Won the West

January 2011

• My New Mantra
• Getting on God's Agenda
• Motherhood and Ministry

December 2010

• Heading Home After Holy Moments
• Questions and Answers on Christmas
• The Delicate Balance Between Head and Heart, Part II
• The Delicate Balance Between Head and Heart, Part I
• Team Leading

November 2010

• Three Cheers for Men
• Bad Leaders "R" Us
• What's Right with People?
• The Church Bashing Trend

October 2010

• Casting Vision, Leading Up
• Stepping Out: Guilt, Failure and Trust
• Leading Confidently
• Dare to Lead from Healing

September 2010

• 'Wild-Hearted' Daughters
• Playing the 'God Card'
• The Big Dig: Unearthing Need in the Church
• Trusting God the Way We Should

August 2010

• The Books that Shape Us
• Same Message, Different Vehicle
• Ornamental or Instrumental?
• Our Place in the Rest of the Story
• Parting Ways

July 2010

• Does Ministry Kill Marriage?
• Bothered by the Business of Church
• Finding Strength in Rest
• When You Don't Feel Gifted

June 2010

• The Caregiving Challenge
• Disenchanted
• The Trouble with Excellence
• My Dangerous Wonder-Woman Ego
• Praying for Prodigals

May 2010

• The Gift of Curiosity
• Our Restless Lives
• The Conservation Conversation
• Honoring Moms in a Whole New Way

April 2010

• Do Your Thing
• Choosy Leaders Choose (Like) Jesus
• The Crazy Dark Days
• Can We Serve Too Much?

March 2010

• Woe Now! 3 Questions for Leaders
• When Ideology Trumps Theology
• Leadership and Betrayal
• Some 'Thou Shalts' From Synergy
• A Woman's Voice

February 2010

• Confessions of a Worship Leader
• Gospel in the Dirt
• Heading to Synergy!
• No Questions Asked

January 2010

• Women Telling the Story
• Modern Mentorship
• Juggling Casseroles and a Calling
• Let's Talk About Sex

December 2009

• Learning Curves
• Justice in Real Life
• Lead Like...the Amish?
• Easily Distracted
• Unconditional Love
• What Would Mary Blog?
• Finding God in the Chatter
• What We're Asked to Change

November 2009

• Advent Redux
• Jesus in the World of Worthless Daughters
• Leaning into Thanksgiving Clichés
• Re-Thinking Conflict
• Cannibals in Christendom
• Grounded
• Confessions of a Money Changer
• Putting Complainers to Work

October 2009

• Life, Doctrine and Women's Ministry
• Journeys into Leadership
• The High Cost of Cheap
• Women: Mission Critical
• Electronic Anonymity
• Shepherd Lessons
• Disarming for Jesus
• Going Deeper in Relationships
• The Joy of Communion

September 2009

• Get Ready!
• What Not to Wear--Part 2
• Control Freaky
• Fame's Folly
• Our Own Worst Enemy?
• The Motivation Behind Your Ministry
• 'Lord, Save Me From Myself'
• Kyria: Chosen Women, Called to Influence
• Following Fearlessly When the Stakes Are Raised

August 2009

• No Doubt?
• Spiritual Casualties of Gender Wars
• Over-Trained and Overwhelmed Leaders
• What Not to Wear
• Displaying God's Splendor
• The Art of Rebinding
• When We Can't Agree to Disagree
• Ministry in the Moment

July 2009

• Evening the Playing Field?
• Women's Ministry: Time to Get Back to Basics?
• Secrets of Success
• Unintended Consequences
• What God Can Do with Your Whole Life
• Avoiding Injury in the Race
• Should Women Lead No Matter What?
• Standing in the Shallows

June 2009

• Leading in the Lands of the Free
• Weary of the Gender Wars
• Why Don't We Feel Like We Have Enough?
• How to Take a Compliment
• Leaders Should Consider Twitter
• Wondering Why We're Sent
• Seeing Yourself in Scripture
• Leading in a Complaining Culture
• Confessions of a Finite Follower

May 2009

• Leading Through Downsizing
• Sotomayor, Sexism, and the Supreme Court
• Who Do You Follow?
• Julia Mateer
• Renee James
• Mindy Caliguire
• Angie Mabry-Nauta
• Praying for Our Prodigals
• Walking With Grace When You Have No Grace
• What's Your Story?
• Sometimes We Do Get It Right
• Unearthing Potential
• False Distinction Between Gifts and Roles
• Food for Thought
• Grooming Leaders
• Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
• Margot Starbuck

April 2009

• Who's Afraid of Critical Women?
• Food for Thought
• The Final Church Barrier for Women: Church Planter
• Gifted To Lead
• Why I Bought the Green Bible
• Food for Thought
• The Silent Retreat
• Creative Team Building
• A Picture of Love and Leadership
• The Devastating Power of a Church-Harpy
• The Waiting Place

March 2009

• Measuring Success
• 8 Ways To Connect with Us
• Dream Poppers
• Food For Thought
• Praying Together
• The Day I Met My Dream
• Food For Thought
• When Women Cling
• Emerging into Leadership
• Live from Synergy 2009--Day 3
• Live from Synergy 2009--Day 2
• Live from Synergy 2009
• "Coming to Know" in the ER

February 2009

• Lunching with the 'Blessed Alliance'
• Renewing the View of You
• Food For Thought
• Does 'Complementarian' Equal Anemic Women's Ministry?
• Time Well Spent
• Food For Thought
• Going Where God Wants You to Go
• Hope in Time of Recession
• Food for Thought
• Bible Study and the City
• The Rested Leader---Part II

January 2009

• Seeking More of God
• Supporting the Surge
• Top 10 in 2008
• Continuing Our Journey
• Devotional Journey--Day 14
• Devotional Journey--Day 13
• Devotional Journey—Day 12
• Devotional Journey--Day 11
• GFL Devotional Journey—Day 10
• Devotional Journey--Day 9
• Devotional Journey—Day 8
• Devotional Journey--Day 7
• Devotional Journey—Day 6
• Devotional Journey--Day 5
• Devotional Journey—Day 4
• GFL Devotional Journey—Day 3
• GFL Devotional Journey – Day 2
• Devotional Journey--Day 1
• The Rested Leader--Part 1

December 2008

• New Year Expectations
• Catch-Phrase Christians
• Taking a Sharpie to Your List
• Life in a Snow Globe
• Starting Over
• Creative Acts of Obedience
• Guided by Dreams
• A Crisis of Faith
• Like Tidbits in My Tummy
• Merry ... Advent?
• The Adulteress

November 2008

• Living Fearlessly
• Hands On Leadership
• Developing a Vision When You're Not a Visionary
• Brushes or Swords?
• Tra La La....Blah
• Good News Indeed!
• Finding Safe Women
• Confrontation: Fight or Flight?
• The Mixed-Gender Team
• Losing Yourself in a Move
• An Election-Day Letter from a Post-Church Refugee
• Two of Me

October 2008

• Trick-or-Treat?
• Angry at the Wrong People
• A Woman of Integrity
• What's Missing In Friendship
• How We Treat the "Missionary Wife"
• Loving Your Prodigal
• The Woman Who Got It Right
• Marriage: A Story Shared
• Workaholic Faith
• How Do I Uncover My Spiritual Gifts?
• What Love’s Got to Do with It
• The One Necessary Thing

September 2008

• Leading Like Life is On the Line
• Voting Christian
• Leading Men at Work
• The Gift of Doubt
• When a Pastor Becomes a Predator
• Recovering the Blessed Alliance
• Positively Stressed
• When Women Lead Like Women
• Redeeming Women
• Is She Driving You Crazy?
• Why I’m Glad Sarah Palin Didn’t Speak for Women
• Sexual Misconduct at Church
• Why God Created Women

August 2008

• Perfection Vs. Peace and Contentment
• Ceiling-Shattering Election Season
• Bold Forgiveness
• Tentative or Extravagant Hope
• When Yes Means No
• I Had an Affair
• The Fine Line Between Passion and Idolatry
• "God, Rock The Summit"
• Letting Mother Mary Be
• Ethnic Blends
• Surprised by the 'Old Guard'
• Developing a Business Plan and Strategy
• Feeling Like a Big Nothing

July 2008

• Wrestling My Inner E-Thug
• Food for Thought
• The Life You’ve Always Wanted (in Bed)
• Really Real Life
• Food for Thought
• The Word of the Lord
• Service Outside the Pew
• Food for Thought
• Jesus in Carhartts
• The Wow Factor
• Food for Thought
• World-Changing Politics
• The Little-by-Little Principle

June 2008

• Food for Thought
• Go Build Something
• How Do You Care for Yourself?
• Food for Thought
• Needy People
• The Right Timing for Talking
• Food for Thought
• Drowning in the Fishbowl
• Workplace War with the Armor of God
• Food for Thought
• Jesus and Fried Chicken
• Christ-Like Answers to Annoying Questions
• Food for Thought

May 2008

• When Men- and Women-Only IS Okay
• Armor at the Beach
• Food for Thought
• In The Face Of Tragedy
• The Title I Didn't Ask For
• Food for Thought
• Putting Relationship in Its Place
• 5 (un)Real Role Models
• Food for Thought
• Mother's Day's Surprising History
• Setting Ministry Boundaries
• Food for Thought
• The Peaceful Life

April 2008

• Is Women- or Men-Only Ever Okay?
• Food for Thought
• When Good Gifts Turn Bad
• Please Don't Interrupt Me
• Food for Thought
• The Cost of Principled Leadership
• Finding My Voice
• Food for Thought
• Live from Synergy 2008: Who We Really Are
• Live from Synergy 2008: Emotional Responses from Thinking Women
• Live from Synergy 2008: What Is the Future of Women’s Ministry?
• Live from Synergy 2008: The Return of the Ezer
• Crossing Chasms—With Courage
• Prodigal in the House—Part II
• Food for Thought
• How Harsh Environments Hurt Women and Men
• Prophets, Like Us

March 2008

• Food for Thought
• March Madness: 5 Life Lessons From Basketball
• Just Like Summer Camp…Well, Sort of
• Food for Thought
• Listening To God's Word
• A Woman's Worship Journey
• Food for Thought
• Savoring Synergy
• Competitive Balancing
• Synergy 2008 Conference
• Food, Culture, and True Communion
• Food for Thought
• My Night with Dennis Quaid
• Synergy 2008 Workshop Tracks
• Synergy 2008 Registration Information
• Deferring to God
• Synergy: The Vision
• Food for Thought

February 2008

• Overwhelmed
• The Women Out There
• Food for Thought
• Should Churches Differentiate?
• Why I Like Conferences
• Food for Thought
• Too Busy to Wave?
• Group Solitude
• A Deeper Spiritual Issue
• Food for Thought
• Prodigal in the House
• What We Deserve
• Food for Thought
• When A Woman Finds Her Voice

January 2008

• Lead as You Are
• Food for Thought
• Top 10 Articles from 2007
• Battling a Negative Self-Image
• Food For Thought
• Engaging in 'Sustained Dialogue'
• Is the Church Ready for Iron Ladies?
• Food for Thought
• Reproducing What We Are
• Confrontational Compassion
• Food for Thought
• RetroWomen: The Rise of Gender Fundamentalism
• Create a Culture of Mentorship

December 2007

• New Conversions or Changed Lives?
• Celebrating Milestones of Faith
• The Gift of Worship
• Wise Living, Online
• Leading Your Leaders
• Disappointed Women, Angry Men
• Comfort in a Time of Despair
• A More Soulful Religion
• Born to Follow?
• Food For Thought

November 2007

• Working Like Unbelievers
• Madam President?
• The Gift of Being Real
• What Our Femininity Means
• Food for Thought
• Questions about Sex, Difference, and Leadership
• Leading After Failed Change
• Rest from the Race
• The Dangerous Book for Women
• A New Conversation about Gender

October 2007

• Leading Anxious People through Change
• Let Men Get the Door
• The Trouble with Harmony
• Talking to Men
• Food for Thought
• Rise of the Postmodern Feminine: Part II
• Answering a "Real Simple" Question
• A Woman of Integrity
• Food for Thought
• Church Builder Challenge
• A Crisis of Faith
• The Rise of the Postmodern Feminine: Part I
• Passionate Reconciliation

September 2007

• Ideas for Women's Ministry
• Food for Thought
• Gossips Anonymous
• Becoming Enough
• Why Women Pastors Make More
• Working to Serve or Serving the Work?
• The Way of Wisdom: Truth of Womanhood
• Looking at God from Ground Zero
• The Age of the Quiet Influencer
• Why Forgiveness Works

August 2007

• Making Ugly Beautiful
• Why I Don’t Do Women’s Ministry
• What Women Wish Pastors Knew
• Responding to Emptiness
• Food For Thought
• Embracing Dark Nights of the Soul
• On the Outside Looking In
• The Black Hole of Fear
• What's Revealed in the Process
• The Sacrifice Survival Skills Require
• Food for Thought

July 2007

• Apologies That Work
• The Society Page
• Bringing Harry Potter to Church
• Full-Brained Leadership
• Food for Thought
• The Genderless Gifts
• Who’s Holding Up Your Arms?
• Me at My Best
• The Antidote for Darkness
• Following the Leader

June 2007

• When I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong
• Impasse to Action
• Solitude for the Busy Mom
• Tailor-Making Spiritual Formation
• The Audacity of Dreams
• In Memory of Ruth Bell Graham
• Leader-Moms Build Better Dads
• Edit Your Schedule, Practice Self-Control
• Leading toward a Higher Purpose
• Off the Agenda Rocks
• Loving Those We Lead

May 2007

• Confident Living
• Famished for God
• Marriage vs. Ministry?
• Have You Seen TodaysChristianWoman.com Lately?
• Knowing Who God Is
• Reading List
• A Leadership Check-Up
• Food for Thought
• Leading with Low Expectations
• The Heart of a Servant Leader
• 3 Temptations of Leadership, Part 3
• Re-Framing the Feminine
• Redeeming the Passion Within

April 2007

• Effective Mentoring
• Identity Crisis
• Leading Volunteers
• Antidote to Overachievement
• Dinner Table Talk in a Violent World
• Laying Down a Busy Life
• Synergy 2007 Wrap-Up
• Synergy 2007 Update
• Synergy 2007
• The Date I’ll Never Forget
• Announcing Gifted for Leadership Resources!
• Sredael Detfig
• Leaders Take Responsibility
• A Woman's Role
• The Emerging Church
• Gifted for Leadership Survey Results
• 3 Temptations of Leadership, Part 2

March 2007

• Following a Tough Call
• Developing a Vision When You're Not a Visionary (Part 2)
• Recalibrate Your Life
• Work Is a Sacred Trust
• Developing a Vision When You're Not a Visionary (Part 1)
• Picture-Perfect Leadership
• Meet Me at Synergy 2007
• Leading with One Voice
• Healed to Lead
• Tell Us Who You Are!
• 3 Temptations of Leadership, Part 1
• Leading Our Children, Part 2
• Help for a Woman in Ministry

February 2007

• Minding Your Mind
• Women’s Ministry that Works
• Fulfilling God-Sized Dreams
• Leading Our Children, Part 1
• A Spiritual Kick in the Pants
• Aren't We Always at Church?
• Witnessing from Weakness at Work
• Climbing the Corporate Web

January 2007

• The 'Sin' of Humility
• God’s Gift of Rest
• Designed for Diversity
• Do We Need a Space to Serve?
• Gifts, not Guilt
• Welcome to Gifted for Leadership!
• What Are You Waiting For?
• Spirituality vs. Jesus
• Making Connections
• Redefining Singles Ministry
• Balance or Bust?
• Too Busy Serving?
• Character Leading
• Amy Simpson
• Roxanne Wieman
• Caryn Rivadeneira
• Working Well with Men
• Born to Lead
• Does the Bible Really Say I Can’t Teach Men?
• Wrestling with God’s Leadership
• Gifted for Leadership Writers Guidelines
• Sally Morgenthaler
• Naomi Gaede-Penner
• Tracey Bianchi
• Heidi Husted Armstrong
• Priscilla Shirer
• Susan Arico
• Frederica Mathewes-Green
• Angie Ward
• Bonnie McMaken
• Sara Bentley
• Rosalie de Rosset
• Lauren F. Winner
• Anita Carman
• Brenda Salter McNeil
• Julie Pierce
• Linda Miller
• Miriam Adeney
• Nancy Beach
• Carla Barnhill
• Sarah Sumner
• Jill Briscoe
• Andrea Buczynski
• Elisa Morgan
• Denise George
• Andrea Minor
• Jill Savage
• Judy Douglass
• Sheila Ely
• Laurie McIntyre
• Cheryl Bridges Johns
• Kristin Swenson
• Nancy Ortberg
• Carla Foote
• Jaye Martin
• Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
• Halee Gray Scott
• Shayne Moore
• Ronna Detrick Miller
• Kirsten Strand
• Rebecca Guillory Gilmer
• Kelli Trujillo
• Eileen Button
• Jennifer Lahl
• Laura Polk
• Sherryl Stone
• Jodi Adams
• Blair Anderson
• Beth Jusino
• Carolyn Custis James
• Janine Petry
• Sara J. Moulton Reger
• Sue Edwards
• Ron R. Lee
• Kay Arthur
• Marian Liautaud
• Jennifer Thomas
• Hillary Prag
• T. Suzanne Eller
• Bev Murrill
• Emily Sutherland
• Karen Keen
• JoHannah Reardon
• Margaret Feinberg
• Tammy Melchien
• Leanne Dzubinski
• Carla Waterman
• Keri Wyatt Kent
• Sarah Flashing
• Nicole Unice
• Adie Johnson
• Jane Rubietta
• Jonalyn Fincher

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