![Thoughts on Q Women 2014 Thoughts on Q Women 2014](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49902.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Last month I attended the Q Women gathering with my leader friend Jodie. We both were looking for challenging conversations that would stimulate our thinking about faith and women leaders. The tagline for Q drew me in: “Stay Curious. Think Well. Advance Good.” ...
![Lead Me On: When Even J. Lo Doesnāt Like Herself Lead Me On: When Even J. Lo Doesnāt Like Herself](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49900.jpg?h=168&w=300)
In an interview with Maria Shriver this month, Jennifer Lopez confessed that she has struggled with low self-esteem. It’s getting better. She’s working on it. But there it is.
If this person, who is strong, savvy, and successful, and who sports a booty that ...
!['Light upon Light' Brings Meaning to Advent and Beyond 'Light upon Light' Brings Meaning to Advent and Beyond](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49761.jpg?h=168&w=300)
Each year I look for ways to make the Advent season more meaningful. It can be surprisingly hard to find something fresh and new. But a new release compiled by Sarah Arthur, Light upon Light, is my pièce de résistance for this year.
As Arthur says in her introduction: ...
![Time to Stop Worrying Time to Stop Worrying](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49759.jpg?h=168&w=300)
The sensational displays of God's power described in the Bible may seem to us as though they happened all the time, because they are collected and familiar. But like us, most people throughout history, even ancient history, never saw such faith-bolstering events. They ...
![Study Reveals Missing Influence of Women among Nonprofit Leaders Study Reveals Missing Influence of Women among Nonprofit Leaders](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49628.jpg?h=168&w=300)
The Women in Leadership National Study, funded by the Imago Dei Fund of Boston, has completed two phases of a three-part study that examines institutional leadership among evangelical nonprofit organizations. Researchers have studied a number of organizations that include ...
![Did Jesus Say to Welcome Only the Documented Stranger? Did Jesus Say to Welcome Only the Documented Stranger?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49624.jpg?h=168&w=300)
When my former boss sent a link to preview the new film The Stranger, I grabbed a pen and a journal, ready to take notes. I was so eager to learn more about immigration from a Christian worldview. I desired to become more educated about immigration reform, so I couldn’t ...
![What Iāve learned from Working with Young Immigrants What Iāve learned from Working with Young Immigrants](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/49361.jpg?h=168&w=300)
She was petite, with softly colored brown skin, brown eyes, and long brown hair. This tenderhearted young Latina of 15 was weeping, torn between obeying her father, full of machismo, or blending in with the American culture of her adolescence. Straddling two worlds, she sought ...