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My friend and fellow Redbud Connie Jakab is a dynamo, approximately five feet of raw, passionate energy that she channels toward combating poverty, creating “culture rebels,” and choreographing some great hip-hop shows. If you follow me on Facebook you’ve probably read (and liked!) her stuff. But just in case you’ve missed out on the awesomeness […]

In my last post, I talked about some of the godly men who have had a profound influence in my life. Now it’s the women’s turn. Yesterday, as I was studying, a cold draft came through the window, and I pulled an afghan my Great-Grandma Harmon had crocheted up over my legs. I was overwhelmed […]

Women are natural communicators. No one doubts this, really, and a quick, unscientific glance at the blogosphere confirms the female desire to enter into the conversation about important issues impacting our world. But why are so many of these bubbling female voices still running underground, or being siphoned off into their own little “women’s quarters” […]

It seems like an epidemic nowadays–women being pushed to the point that they can no longer cope with their circumstances. When they cease to function normally, and create a whole world of upheaval for themselves and others. This is not always a bad thing. I think of Leymah Gbowee and the women of Liberia risking […]