Beyond Ordinary Women Podcast

Dr. Sue Edwards In this third episode in the series on organic mentoring, Dr. Edwards talks about mentoring matches that click." What are matches that click? They include that "something" that makes mentoring between generations work. Don't miss this helpful conversation between Dr. Edwards and Dr. Kay Daigle. Don't miss the previous two episodes on organic mentoring: 1-The Challenge and 2-The Sol...

Dr. Sue Edwards What are the solutions for organic mentoring? In the second episode of this series, we move from the challenge to the solutions. Based on her book Organic Mentoring: A Mentor's Guide to Relationships with Next Generation Women, Dr. Sue Edwards discusses solutions for organic mentoring problems with Dr. Kay Daigle. In the first episode, their conversation defined the challenge of or...

Dr. Sue Edwards Dr. Sue Edwards of Dallas Seminary talks about the challenge of organic mentoring from her book Organic Mentoring: A Mentor's Guide to Relationships with Next Generation Women with Dr. Kay Daigle of Beyond Ordinary Women. In this first episode, Sue helps us understand what it looks like for a mentoring relationship to be organic and what the challenge of organic mentoring is. If yo...

To embrace God's pace is hard because culture pushes against it. Jodie Niznik provides some easy but life-giving suggestions as she talks with Kelly Arabie, BOW Ministry Team Member, about her own life experience. The video version of this episode is also available. To download the resources mentioned, go to our Podcast/Video Extras page. Don't miss BOW's other podcast episodes dealing with a lead...

Nika Spaulding What's up with Millennials and fame? They seem to all be seeking high profile positions, big ministries and notoriety. Nika Spaulding, a Millennial herself, discusses the issue with Kay Daigle. Don't miss our previous conversations in this podcast series, "Millennials--the Good, the Bad and the Ministry:"  Identifying Millennials, Ministering WITH Millennials and Ministering TO Mill...

Dr. Amy Peeler Dr. Amy Peeler joins BOW Team member Sharifa Stevens for a lively conversation about her book Women and the Gender of God. Dr. Peeler tackles the issue of the incorrect assumption so prevalent in the church that God is male. She delves into the story of Mary and the incarnation. All Bible teachers and students should read this book!  

Elizabeth Woodson When life hasn't worked out as you hoped and expected, you need to embrace your life, according to Elizabeth Woodson. Elizabeth, Bible teacher and author, talks with Kay Daigle about her book, Embrace Your Life. sharing her personal story about learning to live joyously. This conversation is also available on video.

Claudia McGuire BOW Ministry Team Member Claudia McGuire joins Kay Daigle to discuss growing teams into community, requiring buy-in and longevity from its volunteers. Whether you are a volunteer team leader or lead a group on a church or non-profit staff, Claudia's insights on growing teams will challenge and encourage you. If you prefer, you can link to the video. As mentioned in this conversatio...

Dr. Sue Edwards Kelley Mathews If you have wondered about the biblical roles of women in ministry and yet left confused by all the books, this podcast episode may give you some direction. Dr. Sue Edwards and Kelley Mathews have tackled the subject of women in ministry. Their book looks at both complementation and egalitarian perspectives in their book 40 Questions About Women in Ministry. In this...

Dr. Gary Barnes Dr. Sandra Glahn What do you know about sexual and gender identities? Our culture is awash in conversations about gender and sex. Do we recognize how the two terms differ? Do we understand the process by which a person develops a sexual and gender identities? How should church leadership, other believers and parents respond? Our guests, DTS professors Dr. Sandra Glahn and Dr. Gary...

Dr. Sandra Glahn What do we need to know about the connection of gender and Scripture? Dr. Sandra Glahn, Professor at Dallas Seminary, joins Claudia McGuire, BOW Team Member, to help Christians comprehend the meaning of gender and how it relates to the Bible. Far too often we misunderstand and misuse the term. A video version is available if you prefer. You may also enjoy Dr. Glahn's conversation...

Standing: Kay and Gary Daigle Sitting: Evelyn Babcock, Irish Kinney, Deborah Herring As BOW celebrates our 10th anniversary, we asked for memories and favorite BOW resources from our Board and former board members. It's officially been ten years for Beyond Ordinary Women in January 2023.  We got together to remember a few of our best episodes. Celebrate by listening in as present and past board me...

Claudia McGuire Kay Daigle Meetings that work require follow-up after the meeting is over. We've already looked at planning the meeting and leading the meeting, but good follow-up is essential. This third episode with Claudia McGuire shares with Kay Daigle helpful guidance for any kind of meeting. You can access this entire series on video if you prefer.

Kay Daigle Claudia McGuire To have meetings that work requires intentional action to be timely leading a meeting. Meetings can be the worst, but they do not have to be if the leader will realize that leading meetings is a skill that can be developed and improved on. She needs to be intentional before, during and after the meeting, which includes being timely leading a meeting. All of the episodes...

Claudia McGuire Kay Daigle Imagine that you who hate meetings and yet have been put in charge, so you want to learn to prepare for great meetings. Or imagine that you love meetings and are put in charge, and yet now find that you aren't accomplishing anything because it's a social hour. What can you do in advance to enhance the success of the meeting?  Claudia McGuire and Kay Daigle discuss the wa...

Kay Daigle Sharifa Stevens As we continue with our series Re-Imagining Discipleship, Kay Daigle talks with Sharifa Stevens about discipleship and kingdom prayers. In kingdom prayers we pray for God’s kingdom to come, moving the focus in prayer from me to we, from self to God's kingdom work. They are prayers asking for God to provide as he wants, not what we want. That's discipleship and kingdom pr...

Susan Binion How is our American discipleship seen through missions? How would we re-imagine discipleship? Susan Binion who has served as a missionary in South Africa for many years, shares her perspective as she and Kay Daigle discuss the missing elements in much American discipleship. What can we learn from other cultures about what works well in making biblically-based followers of Jesus? Don't...

Elizabeth Woodson Elizabeth Woodson, formerly on staff at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship and The Village in the Dallas Texas area, helps re-imagine discipleship as church staff. You don''t want to miss this episode in our series Re-Imagining Discipleship! Elizabeth shares three areas of focus for making disciples living the way of Jesus. Her wisdom applies to everyone from church staff to parents and...

Debbie Swindoll This episode in BOW's Re-imagining Discipleship series focuses on discipleship and spiritual formation. Because of the pettiness, disunity and antagonism among groups in the evangelical church today, Kay Daigle invited Debbie Swindoll to discuss what we might be missing in our discipleship and spiritual formation. Don't miss the other episodes with Nika Spaulding's Theological Pers...

Nika Spaulding Nika Spaulding discusses re-imagining discipleship theologically with three questions that lead to answers that all disciples should know. At BOW, we've been re-imagining discipleship because of the division, idolatry and cancel culture within the church itself. This lack of the fruit of the Spirit points to the need to rework our discipleship model. This episode on re-imagining dis...

Natalie Eastman Why study church issues for yourself? Are you unsure about what the Bible actually teaches on a topic? Do you know how to study it for yourself instead of simply agreeing with whatever you hear? Are you confused by different interpretations on an important issue? Natalie Eastman, author of Women, Leadership, and the Bible: How Do I Know What to Believe? A Practical Guide to Biblica...

Sharifa Stevens In light of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, we at BOW wondered how Christians can support mothers and babies well. Pro-life is a church issue and it involves supporting life of any age and stage. Sharifa Stevens, BOW Team Member and former board member for Abide Women's Health Services in Dallas, Texas, shares her ideas with Kay Daigle. You can also access this convers...

Susie Hawkins Kristen Pool What method is best for group Bible teaching--interactive or lecture? Have you wondered whether you're using the right method for your group? We have outstanding Bible teachers Susie Hawkins and Kristen Pool discuss the variables that help in deciding whether to lecture or have an interactive lesson. The video of this podcast is available for those who prefer to watch ra...

Archaeologist Angela Everett Archaeologist Angela Everett once again joins Kay Daigle to educate Christians about biblical archaeology. She discusses several important New Testament artifacts that have been discovered, supporting the truth of New Testament history. All episodes are available on video and because of the pictures of the artifacts, the videos are really better than the audio. Don't m...

Archaeologist Angela Everett Archaeologist Angela Everett joins Kay Daigle to describe important Old Testament artifacts that support its historicity in this second episode. You may prefer to access all of Angela's episodes on video to see the various artifacts that she discusses. If you missed it, go back and hear from Angela as to why biblical archaeology is important to the Christian faith in E...