Heyo, friends of mine!  So many of you have kindly mentioned to me that the blogging has not so much been happening since I got back from Italy.  I know.  I have been MIA recently and there are reasons but none of them are particularly interesting or exciting so please pretend that I listed the reasons out here and you were all “ooohhh…”   “ahhhhh….”  “I get it, now…”

 

But for real, one of the reasons I haven’t been blogging much is because I have been working on building some NEW and EXCITING and WONDERFUL things that will be launching SO SO SOON (please note: these all caps are intentional and not because I’m aging rapidly and cannot see things close up) (but also: I am aging rapidly and cannot see things close up.)

 

New & Exciting Thing #1:

For years, I’ve had a desire to put real energy and mind-muscle into helping women learn to become better communicators of both the Word of God and words in general.

I believe every woman has a story to tell that can change the world – but often lacks the confidence, skill and resources to get that story out on the stage or on the page.

 

My deep passion is to help women use words effectively and beautifully. That is what I love and, therefore, that is what I shall do (because doing what we love is the best kind of magical.)

 

I want to help women understand their place in the world of words, men, lexicons and lecterns. Let’s get after this, ladies!  There are stories to tell and the big, brilliant gospel to share!

 

This adventure will take the shape of conferences and consulting wherein I get bossy about the things of which I am certain and honest about the ways I’ve failed in the past twenty years while standing behind a podium or sitting at a keyboard.  It’s going to be a good time!

 

New & Exciting Thing #2:

Another passion of mine is to help women who feel stuck.  After twenty years of speaking at just less than 1 BILLION women’s events (number is approximate), I am deeply concerned about the State of Affairs among the women of the world.  I’ve met very few who are passionate, determined, happy and fulfilled.

 

The rest are….waiting.

  • Waiting for their real lives to begin.
  • Waiting for sorrow or disappointment or disillusionament to stop controlling them.
  • Waiting for permission to be seen and heard.
  • Waiting to feel qualified.
  • Waiting for the chance to truly make a difference with their beautiful lives.

 

Sisters, this ought not be!  Of all the people on the planet, women who love and follow the ways and words of Jesus, should be the most wonderfully wild and free and should say the most exuberant “YES!” to His purpose(s) for each day they’re given.  I have been building a  seven-hour intensive – the Wild & Free Conference –  around this one issue.  Created out of the beauty I found on the battlefield and the strategy I used while re-starting my life during my first year of widowhood, it is four hours of teaching + three hours of personal coursework + thirty days followup assignments and journaling.  Not gonna lie, it is intense.  It is deep. It is challenging. But I think women are ready for exactly this kind of adventure.  If you feel too young to settle for the life you have now, but too old to try anything new, this will be the event for you. 

New & Exciting (and bittersweet) Thing #3:

This one has to do with #1 & #2.  I will be launching a new website!  My current blog has been my baby since 2007.  It has seen me through sickness, health, grand babies, career changes and death.  It holds my thoughts through the deepest valleys of heartache, the green pastures of peace and the harrowing highways of the Shadowlands.  It will always be dear and important to me, but it is time for a new Yes.  The new blog is not the “yes” – but it is the room where we can all hang out and talk about the yes’s we are saying and living and dreaming.  I’m so excited to announce that the new living room for my thoughts and adventures will be called SHEology.  It will have everything from study tips to speaker tricks to lipstick recommendations and book reviews.  It will also contain a lot of resources for surviving tragedy, loss and pain, because that’s my lane and I try to stay in it.  Mostly, it will be a place that gives you permission to be your very best and very worst and very truest self.

 

 

So, those are the things and I am bursting at the seams to share all the new  with you!  I’ll keep posting updates as we go – here on this website and on my facebook and instagram.  I’ll also share the old, steady things as well:  I still love my job at Westside, I love my people, I love my city and I’m happier than I’ve been in a very long time. It’s the blend of old and new that makes life so beautiful, don’t you think?

 

Can’t wait to meet you out on the edge of the wild!

 

With hope,

 

Bo

 

 

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10 Comments

  1. A million times YES to ALL of this. (and also to leaving an actual blog comment because who even does that anymore?) Go get it, girl!

  2. Yes, I’m in- bring on SHEology!

  3. Sign me up!! I’m so excited about all you have in store, and I’m so on board!!

  4. Am so excited about all 3 of these but especially # 2. This is something I am passionate about too. I wasted too much of my life in the until then my life will start…and I see too many women struggle with this.

  5. Very excited to hear more Bo! I do feel too old to try anything new, but I have a feeling you could convince me I’m wrong. I’m listening!

  6. I’m so excited to hear all thsee things. I would be very interested in your Wild and Free training seminar.

  7. I’d love to bring myself and both of my college-aged daughters to your first Wild & Free conference. Waiting expectantly for what God has for you and for me!

  8. Wonderful and beautifully expressed , as always ..
    A NEW THING !
    Love it !!

  9. Excited for you!

  10. Our family attended Westside in 2005-2007. Our sons were in your youth group, and we met with Steve several times! I love reading what you have to say, your journey and the way you capture the thoughts of your heart and put them into written words. You bless me. If it’s not too late, I’d love to be a part!