Wise vs. Wild Contrast #18: Influence
Influence Her Impact on others & their impact on her Girl-Gone-Wild: Positive Influence Girl-Gone-Wise: Negative Influence Girl-Gone-Wild: “She persuades him… she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter… he does not know that it will cost him his life.” Proverbs 7:21-23 Girl-Gone-Wise: “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” Proverbs 13:20 I w

Wise vs. Wild Contrast #17: Speech
Speech Her Speech Habits Girl-Gone-Wild: Excessive, Duplicitous, Manipulative Girl-Gone-Wise: Restrained, Sincere, Without Guile Girl-Gone-Wild: “With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.” Proverbs 7:21 Girl-Gone-Wise: “She keeps her tongue from evil and her lips from speaking guile.” 1 Peter 3:10*  The Sage warns his son several times about smooth-talking women. He wants to preserve him from the

Leading in the Moment
Here is my speaking outline for my keynote for this afternoon’s LifeWay National Women’s Leadership Forum. You can also scroll down to the bottom of the post and download it in a pdf file. There are over 600 women’s ministry leaders at the forum this year… enough to start a revolution. MOMENTum. . .  Leading in the Moment By Mary Kassian LifeWay Women’s Leadership Forum - November 13, 2009 1.      Moment, Momentum & Movements a. Moment from Latin momentum = movement i. A Moment is a brief period of time ii. A Moment can be an important or significant occasion

Summary Chart
Click the link to download a pdf chart of the 20 Points of Contrast between the Wild Thing of Proverbs 7 and a Girl-Gone-Wise. As I mentioned at the LifeWay National Women’s Forum in Nashville today, the 20 Points of Contrast serve as a great template for the target issues that need to be addressed in the discipleship of the women of this generation. The chart could just as easily be called “20 Target Discipleship Issues for Women.” 20 Points of Contrast Also, the graphic for today’s post is the first unveiling of the new Girls Gone Wise logo. What do you th

Live Webcast from Nashville Tomorrow
Join me tomorrow in Nashville by webcast, at the Lifeway National Women’s Leadership Forum. You can watch by clicking the following link to LifeWay’s All Access Blog: WATCH LIVE WEBCAST My keynote session, entitled, “Leading in the Moment” starts at about 4 pm Central Standard Time.Lifeway will be broadcasting live webcast interviews all day, so you can log on anytime. Worship will be led by Travis Cottrell and a special concert by Kelly Minter.  Priscilla Shirer and David Landrith will also deliver keynote addresses. The theme is MOMENTum-Living and Leading in Today’s C