Empowered Women – Red Tent Living

Unleashed

By: redtentwomen May 17, 2022May 16, 2022

Faith, Femininity, Monthly Themes, WarriorEmpowered Women, Janna Barber, Poet, Voice, Women, Women in the Church3 Comments

(for Judy) I may not be firstborn, nor am I male. Yet I’m a member of your Levitical tribe. Ordained before you, a minister just like my father. And in his image, I speak light into darkness.

She Is Here, and She Wears White

By: redtentwomen September 21, 2020August 31, 2020

Day to Day, Femininity, Intentional LivingDignity, Empowered Women, Gender Equality, Jill English, Redemption, Restoration2 Comments

I listened with the suspended premonition that accompanies “one of those moments.” A moment often accompanied by a niggling prod to pay attention—something pivotal is about to happen.

Calling Ourselves Home

By: redtentwomen August 9, 2019August 3, 2019

Day to Day, Femininity, Monthly ThemesEmpowered Women, Femininity, Haley Wiggers, Let Your Life Speak2 Comments

I was sitting in a room full of men. Okay, this isn’t that rare, but I was taken aback at how uneasy I felt in the moment. In between some semi-offensive comments made by one man, and other talk that I couldn’t participate in, I realized that I had shrunk–I began taking up less and…

Something She’s Ready For

By: redtentwomen May 17, 2019May 16, 2019

Day to Day, FemininityAlison Shields, Empowered Women, India, vulnerability, Women in the workplace, Women Leading2 Comments

I transitioned from standing at the front of an auditorium scrolling through powerpoint slides to filling my plate in the buffet line at the restaurant in the heart of Delhi. My company sent my boss and me to facilitate a design thinking workshop for our team in India. As I was filling my plate with…

I Am Not a Dimmer Switch

By: redtentwomen April 17, 2019May 5, 2019

Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesEmpowered Women, Girl Rising, image, Natasha Stevens, sisterhood2 Comments

I am letting go of everything that no longer serves me. How many times have we whispered or even screamed into the pillow with hot tears strolling down our faces in full determination to do so? I lost track of the times. But this time, I meant it. Two of my life coaches are males…

Rewriting the Refrain

By: redtentwomen June 4, 2018June 3, 2018

Faith, relationshipsCarolyn Custus James, Empowered Women, Leadership, relationships, Susan Tucker, Voice, Women11 Comments

“No one listened to me, so I stopped using my voice.” My friend’s words disappeared into the animated discussion filling the room, but I reached out to catch them. It was an honest admission that needed to be received by another. I’m listening, I thought. Yet, I knew she was referring to a historic dismissal…

Inspired by Elizabeth

By: redtentwomen May 3, 2018November 7, 2021

Day to Day, Literature#MeToo, Empowered Women, Jane Austen, Let Your Life Speak, Madeline Albright, Pride and Prejudice, Susan Tucker, Truth Telling4 Comments

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” Madeleine Albright Asking me to choose a favorite moment in Pride and Prejudice is a bit like asking me to choose my favorite dessert. They are all so delicious; how can…

Redeeming an Evil Queen

By: redtentwomen February 23, 2015August 4, 2015

Day to DayABC, Anna Hull, Empowered Women, Evil Regina, Once Upon a Time, vulnerability4 Comments

There is a popular show on ABC called “Once Upon A Time.” The nostalgia and genius of the show that reinvents all of the Fairy Tales we thought we knew is its uncanny ability to speak to everyday life.