When Mother's Day Just Isn't Happy
Sheree Phillips takes a look at when holidays that are happy for so many bring pain and heartache to others....
Keep ReadingJanuary 31, 2012
"The gospel, applied to our hearts every day, frees us to be brutally honest with ourselves and with God. The assurance of His total forgiveness of our sins through the blood of Christ means we don't have to play defensive games anymore. We don't have to rationalize and excuse our sins. We can say we told a lie instead of saying we exaggerated a bit. We can admit an unforgiving spirit instead of continuing to blame our parents for our emotional distress. We can call sin exactly what it is, regardless of how ugly and shameful it may be, because we know that Jesus bore that sin in His body on the cross. With the assurance of total forgiveness through Christ, we have no reason to hide from our sins anymore."...
January 6, 2012
I'm at a season of life where it seems like it's time to slow down. Nothing is working quite right anymore. I need glasses for aging eyes and anti-inflammtories for aging joints. I forget names and what commonly used household gadgets are called. Solitude invites me to steal away (which I enjoy doing at times!) while a growing family and new church lovingly require me to get even busier than ever. The commercials say Benny and I should be anticipating retirement after all the years of being in the throes of parenting and pastoring. Sometimes I envy those who can....
May 5, 2016 | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, humility, parenting, counseling, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, authenticity, Mother's Day, mothers, pain
Sheree Phillips takes a look at when holidays that are happy for so many bring pain and heartache to others....
Keep ReadingFebruary 24, 2016 | 6 Comments by | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, jealousy, envy, Starbucks, MLM
Janelle Garrett writes about jealousy and the lens by which we filter social media. ...
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Confession breeds freedom....
Keep ReadingJuly 14, 2015 | 1 Comments | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, parenting, Redeemer Church at Lake Nona, homeschool, serving, feminism, Hear Me Roar, feminist, 1970s
Sheree Phillips explains living through the rise of second-wave feminism, and how her choices were not a total rejection of its values. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 28, 2014 | 4 Comments | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: homemaking, ladies, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, blog, lake Nona, ministry, bible, gospel, church life, Sheree Phillips, Orlando Church, Lake Nona Churches, Scripture, Identity, lee vista, family, odyssey, lee vista church, cultural values, redeemerchurch, redeemer, redeemer blog, women, mundane, cultural issues
At age 60 I remember the days when church women’s ministries were focused on Titus 2: 3-5 which in part teaches women to be “keepers at home.” In fact, I was one of those pastor’s wives who taught this passage in our own church’s women’s ministry. Honestly, I benefited from this. I gained a vision for my home as the primary focus of my gifts and ministry. I lea...
Keep ReadingAugust 21, 2014 | 1 Comments by Ginny Jacobson | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: women's leadership, leadership, ladies, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, blog, lake Nona, ministry, bible, Lake Nona Churches, lee vista, lee vista church, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, the gospel, redeemer blog, social issues, church ministry
An automated spiritual gifts test once assumed I was a man. It was a generic test, so at the end, the tally of my results indicated (to the formula of the test results) that I should serve as a teaching pastor or lead men’s ministry. I cried, and the elder leading our class had no idea how to console me. In his mumbling, he said this, “God didn’t mess up and you aren...
Keep ReadingAugust 14, 2014 by Taraleigh Davis | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: ladies, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, lake Nona, bible, church life, Lake Nona Churches, lee vista, Work, lee vista church, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, redeemer blog, women, cultural values, women and work, decision making
This month in our cultural value series we are sharing thoughts on different issues women face. Last week, Janelle discussed the issue of women and image. This week I want to touch on the topic of women and work. When you think about women and work there is SO much that has already been said and written on the subject. I am not going to attempt to address the question on w...
Keep ReadingAugust 7, 2014 | 2 Comments by | Category: Women's Issues | Tags: ladies, Redeemer Church, Lake Nona Church, blog, lake Nona, bible, gospel, Orlando Church, Lake Nona Churches, Hope, parenting, Idolatry, trayvon martin, Identity, lee vista, lee vista church, redeemerchurch, redeemer, lakenonachurch, redeemer blog, social issues, motherhood, women, kingdom of God, The church, image of God, cultural issues
Our culture gets it wrong when it comes to women and image. That is no surprise, and much has been said on the topic. Recently the Huffington Post did a piece on what tabloids would look like if they treated men the way they treated women. Westminster College has a well-researched article about beauty standards, women in the media, and how women internalize the “thin-bea...
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