Note: This page tells you about some of my favorite speaking topics. These are presented in more of a teaching/consulting format. If you are interested in my coaching services, please see my Coaching page.
Inspiration – Motivation – Teaching/Training
Keynote Addresses – Retreats – Conferences – Business Lunches – After-Dinner Talks – Church Classes – Worship Speaking – Teaching – Panel Discussions – Secular and Sacred Topics – Women’s Clubs – Book Clubs – Community Organizations – Home Groups
I love to speak to groups of any size–and I have 30+ years experience with audiences ranging from 7 to 7,000. I see any opportunity to speak as a chance to teach. My favorite topics include a motivational leadership focus based on the practical, timeless examples of biblical women leaders, and I especially enjoy speaking when it can be interactive with the audience. However, I have spoken on a variety of topics related to leadership development, professional development, missions, ministry, singleness, spiritual development, and American women’s history. I have also taught through numerous books of the Bible.
I am happy to customize a topic to fit your group’s needs or your event’s theme. If you would like to talk to me more about whether I would be a good fit for your event, fill out the form at the bottom of the page and I will be happy to contact you within 3 business days. When we talk, we will be able to determine the cost of my speaking engagement for your event.
Here is a sampling of my topics:
God Chose a Woman First: Discover the Keys to Resilient Confidence through the Voices of Biblical Women
Listen to me talk about my book in this 2.5-minute radio spot on the Texas Standard Radio Program here.
Description: Based on my forthcoming book of the same title, this seminar will inspire participants through an interactive encounter with the stories of times God chose a woman to be the first person ever to encounter God in a unique way or to express a particular truth about God. These confidence-building stories from the Bible show that God chose a woman to be
- the first person to encounter the angel of the LORD and to give God a name
- the first person to authenticate scripture
- the first person to confirm the coming birth of the Messiah
- the first person to voice a public Messianic confession
- the first person to encounter the Risen Christ and to announce the Resurrection—the foundational truth of the Christian faith!
- and more!
Time length: Customizable from a 45-minute keynote address to a 2-hour seminar to a full weekend retreat experience
Suitable for: Faith-based groups or secular groups (especially women’s civic clubs, book clubs, women’s studies classrooms)
Can be offered as: a keynote address, class lecture, Bible study, leadership retreat, a multi-week leadership development training seminar, or a one-day seminar
The Expectant Heart: What the Women of Advent Teach Us about Hope
Description: An inspirational message about the way God worked through women’s words and willingness to share the Savior with the world. Re-imagine the roles of Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna to help shape your understanding of the Advent Season.
Time length: Adaptable (Short sermon or 45-min lecture or 4 one-hour sessions)
Suitable for: church groups, faith-based groups, or secular women’s groups
Can be offered as: Christmas event at church or a lecture in a women’s community group
How to Read the Bible Like a Woman
Description: What questions and assumptions do we as women bring to a Scripture text? What are we missing when we read? What are the background details that can inform our understanding of Scripture as women? This mini-workshop will open your mind and heart to some new techniques for getting the most out of your personal Bible study.
Time length: 45 min-1 hour (based on structure of event)
Suitable for: women’s classes, Bible study groups, book clubs
Can be offered as: a Sunday School lesson, a women’s group lecture, a women’s luncheon keynote
Growing in Wisdom and Compassion – A Spiritual Intelligence Workshop
Description: A fun, interactive, and informative workshop which explores the four areas of spiritual intelligence: knowing yourself, knowing your world, self mastery, and social mastery/spiritual presence. You will be introduced to the SQ21 spiritual intelligence self-assessment and how it helps you identify areas for personal growth. The topic of spiritual intelligence is suitable for business and secular groups because it is not about faith or religion. It focuses on the broader ideas of wisdom, peace, and compassion, which can be discussed by a very diverse group. For a faith-based group, the workshop includes a discussion of how the skills of spiritual intelligence relate to the spiritual disciplines and biblical models of spiritual transformation.
Time length: 3-4 hours (based on structure of event)
Suitable for: church groups, secular groups (with modifications)
Can be offered as: a professional development seminar in a business or school environment, a church retreat, a half-day conference, a series of one-hour lectures
Spiritual Intelligence: Bringing Wisdom and Compassion to Your Corner of the World
Description: An introduction to the four areas of spiritual intelligence: knowing yourself, knowing your world, self mastery, and social mastery/spiritual presence. Our application of these spiritual skills can bring more peace or more drama to any situation. This topic is broader than religion or faith-based concepts and can be discussed in any setting.
Time length: ~ 1 hour
Suitable for: secular groups or faith-based groups
Can be offered as: a lunchtime lecture, a keynote address, a book club discussion on SQ21: The Twenty-one Skills of Spiritual Intelligence by Cindy Wigglesworth
Faith Gives Birth to Feminism: Discover the Source You Didn’t Know Was Behind the Movement You Do
Description: A lecture on the lives of five 19th-century American women activists and how they gave voice to their biblically-based convictions about the abolition of slavery and the equality of the genders and races. “Sheroes” studied: Lucretia Coffin Mott, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sojourner Truth, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I also show how their interconnectedness created a web of influence that made history!
Time length: 45 min – 1 hour or shorter to cover fewer women
Suitable for: secular or faith-based groups
Can be offered as: a Women’s History Month keynote, a guest lecture in a university, a lecture for a women’s group/club, a lecture for a historical foundation/museum
The Generous Life: How to Share Your God-Colors and God-Flavors with the World
Description: An interactive 2-part experience that helps the participants relate to scripture in a personal way and gives them practical ideas for having an intentional influence on the lives of others.
- Participants get to the know themselves and others better through reflection exercises, discussion groups, and sensory experiences.
- Participants explore the lives of selected biblical women and the long-lasting influence those women had on the people around them and their situations, inspiring participants to shape their own life experiences to have similar influence.
- Participants gain a deeper understanding of the long-standing legacies of biblical women.
- Time length: 2 interactive, discussion-based sessions, 1.5-hours each
Time length: 2 one-and-a-half hour sessions
Part 1: How to Bring Out Your God-Colors – Participants will explore the lives of selected women from the Old Testament: Deborah, Ruth, Hannah, Jehosheba, and Huldah
Part 2: How to Bring Out Your God-Flavors – Participants will explore the lives of selected women from the New Testament: Elizabeth, Martha of Bethany, Mary Magdalene, Phoebe, and Priscilla
Suitable for: faith-based groups
Can be offered as: a one-day conference for women or mixed audiences, a two-day women’s retreat, a mini-series of lectures/discussions over a multi-week timeframe
How to Bloom Where You’re Planted (good for women’s groups) OR (Re)Building on a Solid Foundation (good for men’s or mixed groups)
Description: An interactive, Bible-study driven experience exploring the lives of biblical characters who grew in their relationship with God and others and how their life lessons can guide our modern-day pursuit of a passionate relationship with the God of compassion.
How to Love God with All Your . . .
- Heart – explore who you are (Session 1)
- Soul – sojourn your spiritual path (Session 2)
- Mind – renew yourself with a transformed mind (Session 3)
- Strength – live like Christ (Session 4)
- How to Love your Neighbor as Yourself – show people they’re your priority (Session 5)
Time length: 5 one-hour sessions including interaction OR 3 one-hour sessions with less interaction
Suitable for: faith groups
Can be offered as: a half-day conference of lectures, a one-day interactive conference, a two-day retreat, a five-week mini-series
Your Leadership Legacy
Description: An interactive experience where participants find common ground with characters from ancient literature, identify their personal leadership strengths, and determine their potential for intentional influence over the next generation.
Women studied: Hannah, Jehosheba, Huldah, Elizabeth, Martha, Phoebe
Time length: 45 min – 1 hour
Suitable for: secular or faith groups
Can be offered as: a lunch-time seminar, a women’s group guest lecture, a one-session Bible study/discussion
Living Significantly Single
Description: A seminar offering practical guidelines for contented single living in a world of matched pairs. Based on the secret of the “abundant life” promised by a single adult more than 2,000 years ago, this seminar is filled with humor, biblical principles, and real-life stories from my personal experience as a long-time single. Your single adults will be enlivened and encouraged as they discover their deepest yearning and how to declare their distinct YES!
Time length: Flexible from an after-dinner keynote to a full, interactive two-day retreat
Suitable for: secular or faith groups
Can be offered as: an after-dinner keynote, a one-day conference, a two-day retreat
More topic descriptions coming soon . . .
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