Beyond Ordinary Women Podcast

What are the essentials for leading your small group to spiritual growth? You can take actions right now that will help! Listen to encouraging ideas from Kelly Arabie, BOW Ministry Team Member, and then incorporate those necessary ingredients to foster discipleship in your group. You'll soon be focusing on the essentials to lead your group toward spiritual growth yourself. In this first of three e...

What is rape culture? Dr. Joy Skarka joins Kay Daigle to discuss it and ways to better care for and support victims in the church. Often the church is guilty of supporting rape culture. Joy speaks from her personal experience as well as her study and ministry focus on sexuality with Authentic Intimacy. This is a must-see episode for every disciple of Jesus. You can choose to watch it on video if y...

Kelly Arabie Kay Daigle What are the best practices for women's Bible studies? Dr. Kay Daigle and Kelly Arabie provide practical help for Bible study leadership—small group leaders, administrators and teachers. Between them, Kelly and Kay have many years of experience teaching, leading small groups and developing their skills, often by trial and error. They hope to save you from their mistakes by...

Virginia Grounds Virginia Grounds joins Sharifa Stevens to share her suggestions for persevering in ministry through hard times. Virginia speaks from her many years of ministry experience, and any disciple of Christ will find her suggestions helpful when life is difficult. You can connect to the video version if you prefer. To find other BOW resources to help you persevere in ministry, watch these...

Sharifa Stevens Dr. Sandra Glahn Dr. Sandra Glahn of DTS joins Sharifa Stevens of the BOW Ministry Team to discuss purity culture--why it came about, where it went wrong and how it can be corrected to be more biblical. An understanding of purity culture is needed for all of us involved in ministering to women. Alternately you can watch it on video. You may want to connect to the resources.that acc...

Jodie Niznik Why take a personal retreat? Jodie Niznik, author, speaker and Bible teacher, joins Kay Daigle to discuss how a personal retreat helps us maintain a healthy spiritual life. For those in places of spiritual leadership, it is a must. It is also very beneficial to any Christian to take time to be alone with God because it nourishes anyone's soul. If you are feeling tired spiritually, con...

Michelle Clifford Are the Christians in your church becoming pursuers of God? Or are they stuck, not growing and not knowing how to live out their faith? Michelle Clifford has created a unique curriculum, Pursuit, to develop passionate followers of Christ. In this BOW podcast episode, she and team member Kelley Mathews discuss why she created it, its elements and how it works. She points out how P...

Claudia McGuire How can we in the church show our support and love for widows? In this conversation with Kay Daigle, Claudia McGuire discusses the needs of widows and provides suggestions for churches and individuals to grow in understanding their grief and in finding practical ways to serve this community. Claudia's experience as a widow and a leader of a small group of widows provides her with t...

Oletha Barnett In this podcast episode Oletha Barnett concludes her series Fight Right on resolving conflict. Oletha suggests that we who are in conflict accept others' differences. That is the attitude required to resolve conflict, one of acceptance of others who are different than we are. Oletha calls us to accept others' differences in conflict. The video version can be found here. If you misse...

Oletha Barnett In this second episode on the topic of conflict, Oletha Barnett talks about the path to biblical resolution of conflict--navigating it God's way. Do you know God's way to resolve a conflict? Oletha Barnett shares her expertise as a Christian reconciliation specialist. This series is a must for us all! Oletha has provided an outline to help you as you navigate conflict. You can conne...

What is the nature of conflict? Oletha Barnett provides biblical help to those of us who encounter conflict, so it's a podcast episode for us all! In this first episode, she discusses the nature of conflict so that we understand it before trying to fix it. This series provides the foundation for conflict resolution. Don't miss the next two episodes in this series Fight Right: 2- Biblical Resolutio...

Dr. Kay Daigle With so many Bible studies to choose from, why study Who Is This Jesus?, a Bible study of the gospel of John. Kay Daigle, the author and founder of Beyond Ordinary Women, discusses its purpose and what makes it unique in this short podcast. Or watch Kay's comments on the video version. You may want to read our blog post, Choosing Bible study curriculum.

Why study Near to the Heart of God? Kay Daigle's Bible study of selected psalms will draw you nearer to God. In this podcast Kay explains why she wrote this study and how it will benefit you as a follower of Jesus. If you need help at times finding the right words for your prayers, a study of selected Psalms may be just what you need. You may want to read our blog post, Choosing Bible study curric...

Elizabeth Woodson Elizabeth Woodson and Kay Daigle complete their conversation about Singles and the Church. This time they discuss getting where we should be with singles. If you are involved in ministry to singles or belong to that demographic, please don't miss this episode! You can connect to the first podcast episode and the second, or you may prefer to watch them on video.

Elizabeth Woodson What would a vibrant ministry to singles look like? Elizabeth Woodson joins Kay Daigle in this second episode in this series, Singles and the Church. If you missed the first episode, in it they discussed the current state of singles ministry. Episode 3 provides answers as to how to get to where we should be with a vibrant ministry to singles in the church. All three episodes are...

Elizabeth Woodson What the state of singles and the church? What needs do singles have that we as the church are missing? Elizabeth Woodson joins Kay Daigle to share her perspective and expertise from ministering on church staff with singles and experiencing being a single in the church. This is the first of a three-part series: 2-Where We  Should Be and 3-How To Get Where We Should Be. You can wa...

Dr. Sandra Glahn Is motherhood our highest calling? Dr. Sandra Glahn, Professor at Dallas Seminary, joins Dr. Kay Daigle to talk about her latest book Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament. At issue is 1 Timothy 2:15, "But women will be saved through child-bearing--if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety." Does that mean that being a mothe...

Nika Spaulding Ministering to Gen Z, the latest generation now becoming adults, may be difficult for those of us in older generations. As we learn about them, how does the church respond well to their needs? Nika Spaulding joins Kay Daigle for this insightful conversation. Catch it on video if you prefer. You may also want to connect to the episodes on Millennials, also with Nika Spaulding: Identi...

Cheyenne Coote Cheyenne Coote joins Kay Daigle for this informative discussion about Barbie, the Bible and Feminism. Even if you haven't seen the Barbie movie, you likely have an opinion about it. How does it align with God's Word? How does the feminist movement apply? Do you know that good has come of the feminist movement? This episode is available on video as well. If you are interested, connec...

Nika Spaulding Pharisees make good neighbors. What? We've all heard about the Pharisees! We know them as legalistic, hypocritical and anti-Jesus. You might be surprised to learn, as I did, that we would love them as our neighbors. Nika Spaulding discusses what other writings of that era tell us about them, and how they lead us to understand that Pharisees make good neighbors indeed. This episode i...

With all the Bible studies you can use, why choose Coming Home to Jesus: A Study of the Gospel of Luke? Co-editor of this resource, Irish Kinney, shares her answers to this question. If spending nine weeks immersing yourself in the life of Jesus sounds intriguing, listen to this short podcast and consider its pluses. Kay Daigle, Founder of Beyond Ordinary Women, wrote this study for women to use i...

Elizabeth Woodson shares some practical suggestions for thriving as a leader. She learned these truths the hard way--through her own leadership experience in the church. Thriving as a leader applies to you whether you are a volunteer or in a paid role! Don't miss this conversation with Kay Daigle. A video version of this podcast is also available. Browse other leadership lessons from various leade...

Kingdom Living by Kay Daigle What is BOW's Bible study Kingdom Living, a study of the Sermon on the Mount about? Why choose to study it for yourself, your small group or churchwide women's Bible study? Co-editor Irish Kinney shares her experience working through this this Bible study Kingdom Living. She encourages others to study Kingdom Living because of it was so meaningful to her. Kingdom Livin...

Kay Daigle Learning to love our neighbors means that we follow the commands of Scripture. In this episode Kay Daigle shares with Kelley Mathews of BOW what her recent educational trip to the U.S.Mexican border was like. Kay traveled with Women of Welcome in conjunction with World Relief. Kay shares how the Bible informs our responses to immigrants. After you listen, you may wonder how you can help...

The One Story Why study The ONE Story? BOW Board Member Irish Kinney, co-editor of BOW's Bible study, The ONE Story, shares how it was meaningful in her own life as she worked through it. The author of The ONE Story is Dr. Kay Daigle, Founder of Beyond Ordinary Women Ministries. She believes that delving into the mega-narrative of the Bible is essential to understanding its parts. Irish's comments...