Author Archives: carolyncustisjames

Some are saying Synergy2010 was our best conference ever! You can download or order plenary & workshop audios here. Plenary Sessions: Conflict in the Story – Carolyn Custis James Leadership Fragranced by Fire– Michelle Loyd-Paige Angry Conversations with God – … Continue reading →

“. . . you are the devil’s gateway. . . you are she who persuaded him, whom the devil did not dare attack. . . . Do you not know that you are each an Eve? The sentence of God … Continue reading →

A blog by Dr. Richard Beck, Associate Professor at Abilene Christian University, offers a thought provoking response to Mark Driscoll’s campaign to masculinize the church.Thoughts on Mark Driscoll… while I’m knitting Dr. Beck raises important points. Do we not have … Continue reading →

Lately, I’ve been finding statements from the public sector that point to the importance of a Blessed Alliance between men and women in the corporate world. I just ran across one in the video below from Forbes’ Most Powerful Women … Continue reading →

Two stories ran concurrently this past week about two marriages, two wives, two choices, and two books. Both stories centered on the husbands’ public infidelities and their wives’ very different responses in the aftermath. The February issue of Christianity Today … Continue reading →

Our 6th National Synergy conference is just around the corner! In less than a month now, we’ll all be in warm, sunny, no-ear muffs, no-snow-boots, no-mittens Orlando again. I must admit, beautiful as winter is in Massachusetts, this sounds great … Continue reading →

NPR’s Jennifer Ludden reports that according to a recent Pew Foundation Study there’s been a shift in the economics of marriage that has “turned the marriage market on its head.” The subtitle of her report, “The Rise of the Sugar … Continue reading →

Nicholas Kristof’s latest piece in the NY Times carries echoes of what God had in mind for us in the beginning–getting caught up “to work with others on a cause larger than yourself . . . being hard-wired to be … Continue reading →

I do not understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. —Anne Lamott

Don’t miss this eye-opening article on Jesus healing of the unclean woman in Mark 5. Author L. Lewis Wall is professor of obstetrics/gynecology in the School of Medicine and professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at … Continue reading →