by Shannon Popkin | Nov 16, 2012 | Anxiety, Differences, Disagreement, Family, Holidays, Problems, Roles, Women
I’d like to call for a huddle before we kick off the holiday seasons. Calling all the women in the family, please. Can we huddle up for a moment?Now, please don’t call me coach. I’m really not in a position to be coaching anyone on these matters. So...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 28, 2012 | Anxiety, Church, Faith, God, Hardship, Leadership, Serving, Women
Last year, we left our church. Not the Church, mind you. But still, it was our church. And while we felt the Lord leading us to do so (despite our strong convictions against ‘church-hopping’), it was still really hard to leave. And hard to begin somewhere else.One of...
by Shannon Popkin | Jun 25, 2012 | Leadership, Published, Women
My friend, Jocelyn Green, has done a phenomenal job of rallying military wives and offered spiritual support and encouragement with her book Faith Deployed and its website.Now, in her debut fiction piece, Jocelyn turns the page back 150 years and writes about another...
by Shannon Popkin | May 13, 2012 | Holidays, Hospitality, Kids' Perspective, Women
Once when I was a new teacher, my mom gave me a perm. (It was stylish in those days to frizz your hair out like a big brillo pad.) When I went to school the next day, one of the other teachers said, “Oh, I love your perm! I wish I had enough money to get a...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 9, 2012 | Differences, Marriage, Women
My friend recently went on a first date. She said the guy was nice, but the way he paid for her coffee was a little awkward. It didn’t bother her that he wanted to pay. That was nice. Maybe he was just a little too emphatic about it. “No, no! I...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 23, 2011 | Leadership, Mistakes, Speaking, Wisdom, Women
This is the question I asked last time, and I loved all of the delightful responses. First, about non-sweaty work-out instructors: One woman said, “Seeing a skinny, toned person working out is believable because you DO get skinny and toned if you work out…” But...