BOW is excited to welcome Donna Skell as our guest blogger. Donna is Executive Director of Roaring Lambs, purposed to inspire, equip, and provide opportunities for Christians to communicate their…
My friend Dr. Jackie Roese describes herself as a lime green woman in a Christian culture that prizes pink women. (See her book Lime Green.) I so identify with her!…
I look around and see rancor, ignorance, division, tribalism, nationalism, dishonesty, and slander. There’s so many hurting people who are trying to be heard—the #metoo, #blacklivesmatter, and #churchtoo movements; refugees;…
Years ago we had a peach tree in our side yard. As it grew, it began to produce the most delicious peaches ever! One year we had a bumper crop,…
Studies, books, and articles cite a number of leadership essentials in common. The one that surprised me the most in secular studies was care. Believers are called to love and…
I so enjoyed the Great America Eclipse, as the media named it. I was too late to purchase the proper protection glasses, so I had to resort to finding other…
I’ve been disturbed by the trend to disagree without unity within the body of Christ, not only in this putrid political climate but also within churches. Belittling Christians who don’t…
As I write this, it is the eve of a new ministry launch. My team of co-leaders includes a gifted teacher, a sparkly-eyed new ministry coordinator, a hospitality guru, and…
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing and the power of God for us who are being saved,” (1 Corinthians 1:18-19) The message of…
What were the taboo subjects in the family you grew up in? For some of us, anything controversial was off the table. Politics, religion, sexuality, family secrets. For some of…