Beyond Ordinary Women Podcast

Has your life worked out as you hoped and expected? If not, how do you deal with that? Bible teacher and author Elizabeth Woodson talks with Kay Daigle about her book Embrace Your Life. sharing her personal story about learning to live joyously. This conversation is also available on video.

BOW Ministry Team Member Claudia McGuire joins Kay Daigle to discuss the kind of team-building that develops buy-in and longevity of volunteers. Whether you are a volunteer team leader or lead a group on a church or non-profit staff, Claudia's insights will challenge and encourage you. If you prefer, you can link to the video. As mentioned in this conversation, BOW offers a download containing examples of job descriptions to help you as a team leader prepare your team members well for the job ahead. BOW offers many other resources to help you as a team leader: The series Meetings that Work: 1. Before the Meeting, 2. During the Meeting and 3. After the Meeting. Blog posts: Gifted, Trained and Organized Leadership, Maximizing Volunteers, Tips for Team-building, Distributing the Weight of Ministry.

If you have wondered about the issue of what women can do in ministry but are confused by all the books, this podcast may give you some direction. Dr. Sue Edwards and Kelley Mathews have tackled the subject from both complementation and egalitarian perspectives in their book 40 Questions About Women in Ministry. In this conversation with BOW Ministry Team member Kelly Arabie, they discuss their book and some of the specific issues. It also available on video if you prefer.

What a timely topic! Our culture is awash in conversations about gender and sex. Do we recognize how the two terms differ? Do we understand the process by which a person develops a sexual or gender identity? How should church leadership, other believers and parents respond? Our guests, DTS professors Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. Gary Barnes, provide helpful answers and suggestions. You can download the chart mentioned and resource list for further reading. This episode is also available on video if you prefer.

Dr. Sandra Glahn, Professor at Dallas Seminary, joins Claudia McGuire, BOW Team Member, to help Christians comprehend the meaning of gender and how it relates to the Bible. Far too often we misunderstand and misuse the term.  A video version is available if you prefer.

In 2023 it's officially been ten years for Beyond Ordinary Women in January 2023, so we got together to remember a few of our best podcasts/videos. Celebrate by listening in as present and past board members Irish Kinney, Evelyn Babcock, Deborah Herring, Kay Daigle, John and Sandy Sparks talk about BOW's best resources and their memories. Maybe you're overwhelmed by the number of resources we've made available. This conversation should help, and you'll find those we discuss easily on our media list where you can search by speaker, title or topic. And thank you for your encouragement and support over this decade. All glory goes to God.

We've looked at planning the meeting and leading the meeting, but good follow-through is essential. This 3rd episode with Claudia McGuire provides helpful guidance for any kind of meeting. You can access this entire series on video if you prefer.

Meetings can be the worst, but they do not have to be if the leader will realize that leading meetings is a skill that can be developed and improved on. She needs to be intentional before, during and after the meeting. All of the episodes in this series are so helpful if you want to have meetings that your team or group actually enjoys. In fact, this second one is a must. In it, Claudia McGuire and Kay Daigle discuss how to use your meeting time well. If you missed the first episode Before the Meeting, it's message is also essential to a productive and engaging meeting. All episodes in this series are available to watch on video if you prefer.

Do you dread meetings and find yourself having to lead them? Claudia McGuire & Kay Daigle discuss how preparation creates a great meeting. Claudia refers to BOW's blog post "Why I Hate Meetings with No Agenda" during this episode. This is the first in a series of three episodes. It's also available on video.

As we continue with our series Re-Imagining Discipleship, Kay Daigle and Sharifa Stevens discuss how to pray for God’s kingdom to come, moving the focus from me to we, from self to God's kingdom work. Don't miss the previous episodes in this series: A Theological Perspective with Nika Spaulding, A Spiritual Formation Perspective with Debbie Swindoll, A Church Leader Perspective with Elizabeth Woodson and A Missions Perspective with Susan Binion. All episodes are available on video.