Colorful, ornate St. Basil Cathedral, against a deep blue sky with gathering white-gray cumulus clouds. Next to the huge cathedral, the people crossing the huge square look rather like ants.

When getting there is the battle

As we struggled to reach another hemisphere and to connect with the people of Russia and Ukraine, hindrances just kept coming. Then, the breakthroughs began.

Pink flowers in a green woodsy setting, opening to the sun shining directly above

What about women, Lord?

Two weeks after I asked readers to pray with me for wisdom and strength for a final push, my updated e-book is live! It tells my story of all the ways God answered, from the moment I finally asked him: “What about women, Lord? What do you say about how women in your kingdom relate to other people and to you?”

Smoke and mirrors: A looking glass - held up in front of a large, wispy plume of smoke in the distance - reveals only thick, impenetrable smoke, very near at hand.

Beth Moore and LifeWay: The ploy

When the "threat alarm" goes off in an abusive church system, the response is orchestrated and brutal. But it's church: Appearances must be kept up. People loyal to the system confuse while pretending to clarify, cover-up while pretending to address, attack while seeming to answer, put-down while pretending to help.

Closeup of a shiny, multicolored, beaded curtain. Behind it, a haze of green light - and who knows what else.

Behind the scenes at Living Proof Live

This is what happened when I served as onsite leader for a Beth Moore Living Proof Live event. It’s a peek into celebrity culture, the exploitation and manipulation of women and abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.