Joanna Godfrey Wood has been a Quaker all her life and she attended a Quaker school. She recently took the Equipping for Ministry course at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, England, which gave her a chance to study the works of Margaret Fell. In her local Quaker meeting her particular ministry is facilitating study groups. She has also written Travelling in the Light: How Margaret Fell's Writings can Speak to Quakers Today. Joanna spent her working life as a
We all know the popular phrase, “The struggle is real.” I know it all too well. An addicted mother, a father that gives you up at every turn, to suffering from depression, and suicidal thoughts. Let the talkers tell it, I was not supposed to amount to anything other than what society defines as a statistic. God had a plan that carried me to the other side so that I could be here to tell my story. Jesus is inserted all up in here; but don’t expect it to be watered down. I was imperative
A SMALL BOOK WITH POWERFUL WORDS
The title of this book “Black Girls Lives Matter Too!!” is derived from personal experiences. Valerie and her daughter continue to be affected by the challenges and harmfulness that confronts them. Valerie’s daughter wants you to know that she was adopted as an infant and her parents are magnificent parents! Even with a great upbringing with both Christian parents in their home, she faces many challenges in this life. It causes both to be in un
“That money talks, I’ll not deny. I heard it once, it said ‘goodbye!’” I grew up hearing this saying, and it often made me chuckle. Maybe that’s because on our farm we had plenty of land and livestock but little cash. Once I began pastoring a church, however, the humor in that little jingle began to fade.
There is little doubt that one of the great challenges for Christian leaders today is the task of securing adequate funding and other resources f