Dr. Amy Peeler

Dr. Amy Peeler joins BOW Team member Sharifa Stevens for a lively conversation about her book Women and the Gender of God.

Dr. Peeler tackles the issue of the incorrect assumption so prevalent in the church that God is male. She delves into the story of Mary and the incarnation. All Bible teachers and students should read this book!

Elizabeth Woodson

When life hasn't worked out as you hoped and expected, you need to embrace your life, according to Elizabeth Woodson. Elizabeth, Bible teacher and author, 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.

Claudia McGuire

BOW Ministry Team Member Claudia McGuire joins Kay Daigle to discuss growing teams into community, requiring buy-in and longevity from its volunteers. Whether you are a volunteer team leader or lead a group on a church or non-profit staff, Claudia's insights on growing teams 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.

Dr. Sue Edwards

Kelley Mathews

If you have wondered about the biblical roles of women in ministry and yet left confused by all the books, this podcast episode may give you some direction. Dr. Sue Edwards and Kelley Mathews have tackled the subject of women in ministry. Their book looks at 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.

This episode is also available on video if you prefer.

Dr. Gary Barnes

Dr. Sandra Glahn

What do you know about sexual and gender identities?

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 and gender identities? 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 to watch rather than listen to the podcast episode.

Dr. Sandra Glahn

What do we need to know about the connection of gender and Scripture? 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.

You may also enjoy Dr. Glahn's conversation with Sharifa Stevens, Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.

Standing: Kay and Gary Daigle Sitting: Evelyn Babcock, Irish Kinney, Deborah Herring

As BOW celebrates our 10th anniversary, we asked for memories and favorite BOW resources from our Board and former board members. It's officially been ten years for Beyond Ordinary Women in January 2023.  We got together to remember a few of our best episodes. Celebrate by listening in as present and past board members talk about their favorite BOW resources and memories. Thank you, Irish Kinney, Evelyn Babcock, Deborah Herring, and John and Sandy Sparks.

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. You may enjoy visiting our Vimeo page as well.

And thank you for your encouragement and support over this decade. All glory goes to God.

Claudia McGuire

Kay Daigle

Meetings that work require follow-up after the meeting is over. We've already looked at planning the meeting and leading the meeting, but good follow-up is essential. This third episode with Claudia McGuire shares with Kay Daigle helpful guidance for any kind of meeting.

You can access this entire series on video if you prefer.

Kay Daigle

Claudia McGuire

To have meetings that work requires intentional action to be timely leading a meeting. 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, which includes being timely leading a 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 be timely leading a meeting.

If you missed the first episode Before the Meeting, its message is also essential to a productive and engaging meeting. The final episode focuses on after the meeting, and yes, you do need to be intentional after the meeting as well!

All episodes in this series are available to watch on video if you prefer.

Claudia McGuire

Kay Daigle

Imagine that you who hate meetings and yet have been put in charge, so you want to learn to prepare for great meetings. Or imagine that you love meetings and are put in charge, and yet now find that you aren't accomplishing anything because it's a social hour. What can you do in advance to enhance the success of the meeting?  Claudia McGuire and Kay Daigle discuss the ways to prepare for great meetings.

Don't miss the other two episodes of this series Meetings that Work: During the Meeting and After the Meeting. All of these episodes are available on video if you prefer.

Claudia refers to BOW's blog post "Why I Hate Meetings with No Agenda" during this episode.