Celebrating Women’s History Month I can’t believe it’s been two years since the beginning of the pandemic. I can’t believe it’s ONLY been two years since the beginning of the pandemic. Where do you land? In late 2021, I spent some time surveying women in church...
“Bloom” Where You’re Planting Did you always dream of a career in ministry? Well—here you are now: a real live church planter! Oddly, as a 28-year-old woman, one of my favorite movies has always been the 1992 film, A River Runs Through It (OK, I may have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Cheering On One Another: The Plant Strong Podcast Stadia invited Lisa Bennett, Host of the Plant Strong podcast, to share why she is so passionate about the mission of Bloom and what gets her so excited about their podcast. I was never a cheerleader, but some of my...
When Life Gives You Lemons, Host an Online Retreat For Women in Church Planting Have you seen the mug that says: “I miss precedented times”? The first time I saw it I wanted to ‘buy now with one click’ (thanks, Amazon, for this helpful and dangerous...
