by Josie Barton | May 28, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Church Planting Resources, US Church Planting
Wanting To Be A Woman I Wasn’t Many, many moons ago, when I was but 22 years old, I wanted to be a woman that I wasn’t. Having been raised in church, I had a strange theology surrounding womanhood – not one that had ever been explicitly taught to me, but one...
by Josie Barton | May 8, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women
Finding My Place in The Church I’ll never forget my experience going through Stadia’s Church Planting Assessment Center. Our first child was a few months old and staying with her grandparents, so this was the most sleep I had gotten in months. (If you’ve gone through...
by Josie Barton | Mar 4, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Prayer
This blog is part of our 2021 Prayer Series, inspired and guided by Luke 11:09. Praying for Women in Church Planting Stop dilly-dallying. Stop dilly-dallying is one of my key parenting phrases. “Please no dilly-dallying as you get ready for the day.” “Stop...
by Josie Barton | Jan 8, 2021 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Church Planting Resources
Empowered in Everyday Life True Confession: I am incredibly jealous of professional basketball players. My closest friends know this about me: I love all of the unique jerseys, athleisure, fancy shoes, and accessories that professional athletes get to wear. It’s not...
by Josie Barton | Nov 20, 2020 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women
God Is Not Surprised By Your Gifts “God is not surprised by your gifts.” Jo Saxton made this statement so matter-of-factly at the 2020 Bloom Retreat this past September. These words and her confidence in stating them covered my heart like a soothing balm. As she...
by Josie Barton | Oct 22, 2020 | All, Bloom: Church Planting Women, Prayer
Living in the Exchange My heart would bleed every time I turned on the television or opened a social media app. Hearing and seeing devastating news of loss, our country being plagued by a novel virus, lives of black and brown men and women taken with no regard for...
