It’s 1983: Tony and I are in Seoul, South Korea. The insurance money from a burglary has given us the excuse to visit Tony’s parents in Hong Kong. We’ve left our kids with them while we visit the largest church in the world–at that time around 350,000 members–where Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho is the pastor.… Read More
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Lessons from our dog…
Tony, my husband, and I used to have a dog called Sugar—a faithful and loyal companion, though of dubious parentage and limited intelligence. Sugar had one major character flaw. She loved to wander. We live in a house with a fenced yard and an electric gate across the driveway. Sugar used to hide, lying in… Read More
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A book on the role of women
Many women in leadership have few peer friendships–the simple reason being that there aren’t that many of us who take strategic leadership roles, and cross-gender friendships are often perceived as inappropriate. What’s a woman in church leadership to do? Some years ago, I contacted several women I knew who were in that position and we started “meeting”… Read More
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The hemiplegic bride
The body of Christ in the West is hemiplegic. Hemiplegia is a medical term used to describe paralysis down one side of the body, for example, after a stroke. The body of Christ is present in our churches, but half of it–the female half–is significantly weakened. Where are the women apostles? Where are the women… Read More
Ricardo with veteran missionary to Venezuela, Buck Smith Puerto Ayacucho Prayer at dawn overlooking Pto. Ayacucho Here is another story about Sophie Muller. (For more information about her from people who knew her, check out the comments on the post, “The Amazing Story of Sophie Muller.“) Again, this is in Ricardo’s own words. “I was born in the… Read More
I’m currently in Taiwan speaking at a conference so the next few posts will be reposts. Looking over the Orinoco River to Columbia Earlier this month I had the incredible privilege of visiting the Amazon jungle in Venezuela. Many of those living there were tribespeople recently out of the jungle where they still live very primitive lives.… Read More
After the last post on women apostles, I received a comment raising a number of questions about women in leadership. I thought it might be worthwhile to respond a little more publicly, so here goes! I blogged extensively on the subject of women a few months back. There are around 20 posts, beginning here. These… Read More
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Female apostles?
I have several friends who are women who function apostolically. They run regional events; they coordinate different groups across a region; they plant churches and train others to plant churches; they strategize and extend the Kingdom. They are extremely effective in what they do, and I love to learn from them. Some people question the… Read More
I believe we are on the point of seeing more women reaching their full potential and destiny in the body of Christ during this coming year. I recently listened to a very interesting TED talk on the changing role of women within society. You can listen to it here, and it is well worth the… Read More
Here are some of the trends I believe God is bringing into the body of Christ and more specifically into the simple/organic/house church movement that we will see in the coming year: An increasing emphasis on the Kingdom of God Groups on mission with God, listening to what he says to them and obeying what… Read More