RESOURCES from 4word
Max Lucado Encourages You to Give Your Fears Of Growth to the Father
Max Lucado returns to the 4word blog to encourage us to follow Jesus' example of facing fear and acknowledge what we're feeling so we can bring our exact needs before our Heavenly Father. Read More
Reframe a ‘Setback’ Into A ‘Stepping Forward’ With Advice From An Executive Coach
Executive coach Jill Perrin dives into the professional shift almost all women are facing in the post-pandemic workplace, and encourages all of us to go through the process of adjusting our mindsets about the current workforce into a "stepping forward" instead of seeing everything COVID upended as a "setback." Read More
Don’t Let a Detour Derail Your Dreams—How to Grow From Setbacks
Deborah Bradshaw, author, TEDx Speaker, and Master Certified Life Coach, gives her advice to women in the workplace who feel like their dreams won't ever get back on track, and reminds all of us that setbacks are still a part of God's plan. Read More
God Doesn’t Want You to Be Perfect
This past month's discussion on simplicity has been one of the most eye-opening and convicting yet. Would you agree? Many of us think we've toned down our lives and trimmed the fat of overcommitment, but in reality, we're still driving ourselves to exhaustion and attempting to… Read More
The Relationship You’ve Been Waiting For
We blinked and February is done! It's been so refreshing to see the response to this month's discussion on relationships. As we shared back at the beginning of this month, relationships are something to think of beyond the constraints of romantic love and Valentine's Day. Our lives… Read More
The Real Reason We Set Goals
"Why is it important to set goals?" After taking a month to talk about dreams and goals, this may seem like a foolish question to end on, but bear with us. We shared lots of advice with you over the month of January, covering personal goal setting and… Read More
Mind Your Own Business When It Comes to Goals
Diving deeper into the topic of “dreams and goals,” we wanted to know why most of us find it so hard to stick to the plan! 4word woman Bridget Mburu shared from the heart about setting goals, at any point in your life, and being open to… Read More
Three Questions to Help You Live Your Priorities
As you transition through your seasons of life, how can you readjust your priorities? Mary Tomlinson, coach, speaker, and author of Wholehearted Purpose – Women Discovering Their One-Of-A-Kind Design, shares how to keep focused on what is most important. 4word: Last month, we talked all… Read More
Who Are You?
Do you know who you are? When someone looks at you, can they tell that there's something "different" about you? Cynthia Garrett, TV host and Christian actress, is passionate about people discovering their true identities in Christ and using that knowledge to guide their life's path. ------ 4word:… Read More
I’m Too Young to be a Mentor!
As a member of the 4word team, mentorship is part of my everyday vocabulary. Prior to working at 4word, mentorship was not something I really knew anything about. I pictured mentors as older men and women sitting behind grand desks, rattling off statistics and hard-earned knowledge to a… Read More
I Know that You are For Me.
God, I know that you are for me. It’s dance competition season. As she wriggles into the dance costume that would be the first of four that night, my 11-year-old daughter, Bethany, notices the tiny red dots that had shown up on her legs three weeks ago are… Read More
Be Silent and Surrender
One of the biggest dilemmas we face in life is whether or not what we’re doing is “right.” Are we at the right job? Are we with the right person? Have we surrounded ourselves with the right people? Stephanie Kaihoi, Executive Director of Legacy Living Ministries, talks with… Read More
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
“Our hearts ache, but we always have joy," (2 Corinthians 6:10, NLT). I have never gone through anything as horrible as watching my daughter, Annie, suffer through ten months of debilitating pain. Oh, I’ve experienced suffering before…a divorce, a rebellious teenager, the loss of my parents…but this tops… Read More
When Family Finds You: Meet 4word’s NEW Chair of the Board
Career spanning two decades with global leadership and c-suite roles? Check. Managing Partner in a dream firm? Check. Board Chair for 4word? Check. Husband? Sigh. With 4word’s announcement of new Board Chair Kelly McDermott, we decided to find out more about her. Who is this 4word woman? What… Read More
Find What You’re CREATED to Do
Have you ever wondered if what you are doing is truly what you should be doing? Whether it’s your current career, relationship, or church family, we all have a set plan for our lives, and it’s our job to seek out what that plan is. Cindy Fiala, Family… Read More
From Veggies to Bankruptcy to Jellyfish
Jellyfish Labs’ latest project What’s in the Bible? is available now in 4word’s online store! This faith-focused resource is an excellent Christmas gift option for not only your own family, but every family in your life that desires a deeper understanding of God’s word. JellyTelly, a unique… Read More
Racing Towards MENTORSHIP: Olympian Lopez Lomong & Me
As a professional Christian woman who started 4word to minister specifically to professional Christian women, I felt like it was fairly obvious who I would be led to mentor. God, of course, had other plans for me. He placed a mentee in my path whose life looks almost nothing… Read More
Does Working Mom = Massive Guilt?
Meet Tracy Thomas, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Bright Hope, wife of Tojy and mother to Soraya, Caleb and Zachary. Tracy has been a working woman since her teens – she paid for college working at carnivals every summer (as a “carnie” she likes to call it), selling… Read More