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The Power of Not-So-Silent Women
I don’t want to be a pastor or lead a church. But I would like the freedom to share my story and the message that God has laid on my heart with both men and women. I’m not looking for power or authority; I just want a voice.I’m not a radical feminist. But I’d like to publish a book that doesn’t have flowers on the cover. This shouldn’t be too much to ask. Growing up in my conservative, patriarchal community, none of those ideas ever entered my mind. Women were created to be help-meets which meant they stayed home, cooked, cleaned, and produced copious amounts of children. Male leadership used…
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There’s Rebellion in My Heart…
I’m pretty good at being a rebel. Not the kind where you rebel against anything and everything for no reason. The kind where you think something is stupid and refuse to do it. This is where I get tripped up with the whole writing/speaking thing every time. Every. Time. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I started the journey of writing a book. I didn’t know what the industry was like. That it is often more about who you are than the message you are trying to share… That if you don’t have a “platform,” i.e. a large following, you don’t stand a chance at getting…
