Shaunti Fledhahn

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 4/25/2008 1:55 PM

Jeff and I dropped the kids off with their grandparents, my parents, and flew to Fresno, California in the middle of a heat wave. Fresno is in the desert in California and when we got off the plane, it was 111 degrees Fahrenheit, and we went to this absolutely fabulous Church called ‘The Wall’ in Fresno to do a marriage conference than actually really a relationship conference together.

The thing that was so cool about this Church is that the average age in this Church as I think has over thousand people in it; the average age of the full Church is 25; the average Christian is 25 and that is so exciting to us because even though we are a few older than that. Aha! Actually a more than a few years older than that, we hear all the time from people who hear the findings about how men are wired or about the women are wired and they say “Aha! We wish that have been able to hear that’s right at the beginning of our marriage or how we wish we have been able to hear 1:28 we are dating or s ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 4/23/2008 8:00 AM

My family spent the weekend camping in the beautiful Tennessee mountains, because it was halfway to Nashville where I was invited to speak on Monday at the GMA Week. This is the week every year where the Gospel Music Association and all the Christian broadcasters come together to have their annual convention. In the exhibit hall they have presentations on developing their business as broadcasters and get to hear new bands and old ones and generally reconnect.

So it is a lot like the big week in July of every year where the Christian publishing industry comes together. I was expecting to feel somewhat at home, even though I had never been to a GMA Convention before. But I was surprised. It was full of energy and vigor and interest, but wow, is it different from the Christian publishing industry. In the publishing world, you have lots of people in business suits and dresses and people in their 30s, 40s and 50s, who have been a presence ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 4/4/2008 8:00 AM

I had the most wonderful weekend this weekend, as I am calling this in; I am driving home from the airport on a rainy Saturday night, and looking forward to being with my kids. But also thinking about what a fun and slightly unusual weekend I just had with the ladies of Heritage United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg.

The reason that this is unusual is that Paula, the Pastor’s wife, who also runs the Women’s Ministry events told me that their goal and their purpose for their Women’s Ministry events is to purposefully go deeper and dig deeper into the issues while at the same time to have retreats that are just fun times to get women together to fellowship, socialize and teach. At the same time it’s important to really make an effort to be proactive to ensure that the women walk away with a very good idea of how to apply this teaching ... Read More »