So continuing the thread from yesterday...
I have a group of women of different age, experience, and life position who are getting ready to begin blogging about women's ministry (and women in ministry). What would you like to see us blog about? The door's wide open.
It is important that you know that my middle name is Anne (spelled with an "e"). It is my mother's middle name and my grandmother's middle name. It is the name of my favorite character, Anne of Green Gables. I want to be Anne of Green Gables, red hair and all. When not blogging, I love twirling and dancing to my favorite music on our smooth concrete floor.
Real life encounters, temptations...how to deal with modern issues with ancient grace. I'm interested in how the stuff that we women learn in the Bible ends up being useful with the needy and the difficult, "on the ground" and "in the battle."
I'm not at all interested in frou frou femaley stuff that made me stay away from "women's conferences" back when I was involved in one. :-/
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Just that it be honest and heartfelt and creative (not asking much, huh?)
piggybacking on my comments from the last post, i'd love to read about how to practice genuine spiritual formation among small groups of women (and by this i mean things like lectio divina but also more informal methods to move them along to sincere spiritual growth in the spirit and heart). similarly along those lines, it would be helpful to hear how to incorporate such practices in such a ministry so that it gathers support and understanding within the church and among those who would be getting involved. i find that "spiritual formation" is something many are not familiar with and sometimes even skeptical about, which breaks my heart. how do we help people understand its importance and therefore help motivate them to grasp onto it for themselves?
I went through a 2-year spiritual formation--I think I told you about it on my blog--which was an incredible experience. We used a curriculum of four books (each book took one semester, or two books per year)--Identity, Community, Integrity, and Ministry. I highly recommend that series. (You can learn about it, buy it, or download it free--book one, Identity; book two, Community; book three, Integrity; book four, Ministry.)
A second series that is based on a book called Choose the Life by Bill Hull (although you don't have to read the book to do the series) is also two year. It's called Experience the Life. This one incorporates lectio devina, which is why I thought of it for you. You can learn about it here.
Personally I like the first one better, although both are very good.
I'd like to see subjects and angles that no one else is willing to tackle brought home with practical solutions or at least practicals ways to try to apply Biblical wisdom.
Maybe like a Charles Swindoll for women.
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