Spiritual Words of Encouragement and Strength in Hard Times

Biblical encouragement for leaders

If you are in leadership, hard times will come, testing your resilience and decision-making abilities like never before. During these challenging periods, I believe true leaders are forged. They gain muscles emotionally and spiritually as they navigate the complexities of their roles while providing guidance and support to others. Embracing adversity not only helps in … Read more

Women in Christian Leadership

Challenges women in Christian Leadership face are quiet different from their male counterparts

Regardless of whether you’re a man or a woman, leadership is sometimes plain hard. I’ve been meaning to blog about challenges women in Christian leadership face for some time. Glad I finally got around to it.

But, you’re nothing more than delusional if you don’t recognize women encounter way more challenges in leadership than men. This is especially true for women leaders in Christian ministries, churches or organizations.

Yes, I plan to go there–all the way there. I’m gonna talk about male “hangups” and a few issues women may have too.I could list a million reasons why women face difficulty in leadership, but lucky for you, I’ve narrowed my list to a noble list of five.

Challenge #1: Misinterpreted scripture.

I am no Bible expert. In all the years I’ve been blogging GodsyGirl you’ve never heard me say I’m a theologian. In fact, I’d rather be a constipated, 3-eyed martin than a pastor. Yet, I’ve got common sense and I know my Bible.  I have a pretty good idea what it says and what it doesn’t say.

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Christian Accountability Partner

Christian accountability partners - hands linked supporting one another

Why Accountability Partners Are Vital for Christian Women—and Pastors Too Christian woman, I have been troubled, no—concerned… no, sickened by the news of a young pastor living a double life. It made me think about the concept of the Christian accountability partner and how absolutely vital it is. It’s not so much that I’m angry at the … Read more

“Jesus CEO” – Worth Reading

Years ago, I was assigned to a ministry leadership role in my church. Taking the assignment very seriously, I was in a heated search for resources written by Christian leaders to help me shape and form my leadership style. I needed a solid Christian leadership book – Ideally one for Christian women leaders. An Equitable … Read more