I love flying days. I know that there are many reasons to simply endure travel days, but I honestly love them and look forward to settling into “my time between.” Most of the time I travel alone so after I have said goodbyes at the airport drop off, I am on my own. I wander through…

The widow of Mark 12:41-44 shares some of the same challenges as people today in our congregations who have mental health struggles. As a poor widow, she lived with stigma and the perception that she was a burden to society. She also likely thought…

On March 16-25th six BGC women from across Canada went down to Honduras to visit the Hands Extended to Honduras Project. This trip was part of a 3-year project to encourage and support Anna and Gordon MacKenzie, our BGC Missionaries in Honduras and their work with Manos Extendidas team in Tegucigalpa. Manos Extendidas has various ministries to…

My husband and I were driving home one night in the kind of dark you find in the country. There were no street lights and the headlights of our car pushed back the darkness only so far. As we neared a bend in the road, our headlights shone on reflectors which showed us where to turn. Those reflectors were not a light source themselves but…

“Why Women’s Ministries?” is a question I have been asked often in the past couple of months. Does it continue to serve a purpose in 2017 or is it simply a model that has lost its meaning? Shouldn’t women simply participate in church services, small groups and various ministries along with the rest of the body, rather than needing a ministry specifically for women? And what about the women who don’t feel like they belong in typical women’s ministry groups? Women are too busy to attend planned events; maybe we should disband Women’s Ministry teams?