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April 2012
Posted on 04.30.12 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: True Woman Conferences
Are you attending the True Woman '12 Conference in Indianapolis this September? If so, you are being prayed for daily by 150 women from the PAL, GALS, and APAL barracks in the McPherson Unit (a prison for women in Newport, Arkansas) and the Hawkins unit (a prison outside of Little Rock, AR).
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Posted on 04.27.12 by Dawn Wilson | Twitter: @HeartChoices
Topics: Relationship with God
I searched for a visual picture that would help me understand. If everything flows from the presence of God,
how could I live in God's presence? A speaker at a women's conference supplied the illustration . . .
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Posted on 04.26.12 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Do you ever think you have to be like “that woman” in order to be a “true woman”? Change who you are to fit that cookie cutter shape? Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Mary Kassian, and their friends debunk this myth in this short video. Laugh along with them about some of their own differences—beginning with the ones seen at dinner time!
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Posted on 04.25.12 by Maggie Paulus
Topics: Relationship with God
Everyday I do all this cleaning. And it really doesn't matter how spic-n-span I get things the day before, a new day comes and it's not long at all before we've got a big ole' mess on our hands. And quite honestly, I get kinda tired of it. It wears me out. But, I've been learning something pretty cool . . .
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Posted on 04.24.12 by a Guest Blogger
Topics: Impacting your world
Our time together was filled with tears, laughter, and many "Yes, Lord" moments. What a wonderful 60th birthday this was for me, celebrating with ninety-two friends, learning how to be true women of God!
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Posted on 04.21.12 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Topics: Impacting your world
Charles Colson is now Home with the Lord that he loved and served so earnestly. I wanted to share this brief video tribute of a dear friend whose life and ministry have left an unforgettable mark on our generation.
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Posted on 04.20.12 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
Today we've reached the pinnacle in this blog series on worship where we ask why. Why should we worship? What's the big deal?
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Posted on 04.19.12 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Relationship with God
Logophile or not, you'll appreciate this short video. In it, Nancy's friends get a little boisterous when she drops the word "obstreperous" into the conversation. Click play to learn what this word means, as well as to be reminded of the power of the WORD to transform any and all obstreperous women!
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Posted on 04.18.12 by Karen Waddles
The author subtly promotes a Sisters Solidarity Sunday in which all of the women in church stay home to force male leadership to acknowledge their value, influence, and power; and to provide more leadership opportunities for them.
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Posted on 04.17.12 by Erin Davis | Twitter: @ErinGraffiti
Dannah Gresh and I, facilitators of the Teen Track at True Woman '12, have a top ten list of ideas that can help you and your daughter bond (hint: junk food is involved). Just press play on the short video below and let the bonding begin!
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Posted on 04.16.12 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Have you ever had a gripe with someone in a position of spiritual leadership? Maybe you're nursing one of those "gripes" today. Then learn a lesson from the life of Miriam, who had become jealous of her little brother Moses, the one God had raised up to lead His people.
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Posted on 04.13.12 by Dan Jarvis | Twitter: @DanJarvisus
Topics: Relationship with God
My mom was an emotional wreck due to guilt over bad decisions; my dad was a heavy drug user. There was a moment in my childhood (actually more than one) when the fragile alliance we called "our family" was on the brink of breakup.
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Posted on 04.12.12 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Topics: Womanhood
Tupperware! Ovens! Floor wax! Electric washers! Vacuums! Polyester! . . . The message of womanhood in the 1950? You'll be happy when you have your stuff.
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Posted on 04.11.12 by a Guest Blogger
In 2008, when I attended my first True Woman Conference, I had no idea how God would use that weekend to set me on a new path in my walk with Christ. It was the day after my 34th birthday, and Mary Kassian's message rocked my thinking.
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Posted on 04.10.12 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian
Topics: Womanhood
Sexual violence is a problem that ought to concern us all. However, I fear that SlutWalks do little to improve woman's lot. In fact, they arguably exacerbate the very problem they say they're trying to solve.
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Posted on 04.09.12 by Carrie Ward | Twitter: @AnEverydayMama
I kept telling my kids to hang in there because God is going to speak. Trouble is, He speaks in chapter thirty-eight. So we had to get through thirty-five chapters of dialogue before God speaks! Not too far in, my oldest daughter turned to me with a desperate look and said, "Can we please read something else? He keeps sayin' the same thing over and over again."
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Posted on 04.06.12 by Nancy Leigh DeMoss | Twitter: @NancyDeMoss
Topics: Relationship with God
My own heart was freshly warmed and stirred as I contemplated Christ in this light, and I trust yours will be, too, on this Good Friday.
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Posted on 04.05.12 by Paula Hendricks | Twitter: @PaulaWrites678
Hear Dannah Gresh’s story of redemption, and marvel at how Christ “takes our greatest weaknesses and stamps His strength in that place.”
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Posted on 04.04.12 by Mary Kassian | Twitter: @MaryKassian
A whole generation of girls is being raised to believe that men are inconsequential. Take the T-shirt a friend of mine spotted for sale in Target, for example . . .
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Posted on 04.03.12 by Erin Davis | Twitter: @ErinGraffiti
We want to hear from YOU! Check out this video asking for your insights on what we should address at the True Woman '12 Teen Track.
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Posted on 04.02.12 by Kimberly Wagner | Twitter: @KimberlyWagner7
A few years ago, I was leading a high-school Bible study,and one night several of the students started getting honest about hidden sins. They expressed two things: sincere brokenness and complete frustration. They pressed me for an answer to why . . . why was the pull of sin so strong, so powerful?
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