When we begin brainstorming how to set godly goals, the typical list of life areas we desire to cover goes something like this: And before we even start getting specific, we've made the most common mistake already... ...because we trick ourselves into believing we are setting godly goals simply by making sure our faith is included. Here's the problem: Faith was never meant to merely be an addition to our lives. Faith should be our foundation. Instead of faith being simply another line item on our list, it should be the underlying motivation for every category that we deem to be goal-worthy. Let's take finances as an example. Here are the most common financial goals: And while there's certainly nothing wrong or evil about anything on the above list, if we attempt to summarize them, every goal listed boils down to wants and wealth. To be clear: Nowhere in the Bible does it say that you're automatically evil if you accumulate money and stuff. But over and over again, Scripture does warn of the danger in pursuing money and stuff. It also offers more direction than merely advice to [...]

Without question, these last few months have thrown you a role you never thought you'd have (homeschooling mom, medical professional in the middle of a global pandemic, IT director for virtual school, designated friend to coordinate Zoom game night, online church volunteer, etc.) Have you done it perfectly? Probably not. (If you have, don't admit it. You'll lose friends.) But you're still here. And God is still good. And we have been insanely proud of the faith, joy and light we continue to see in the women God has gathered here. But we also see your fatigue. And we don't just see it: we feel it ourselves. We have less margin than we ever have. And at the same time that we have less margin, living out the swHw mission has never been simultaneously more difficult and more important. So we're asking you to do something that is going to sound a little logistically crazy. Come to class every week in January. Because we're experts? No. Because we have every answer and all the solutions you're missing? Nope. But because the enemy has two tools that he uses most often to throw God's children off [...]