WM Contributing Writer

Amy Lively uses her degree in Practical Ministry to lead a neighborhood Bible study, The Rosewood Café, in her home on Rosewood Drive. As she teaches other women about this experience, she is praying for the woman who lives next door and the woman who may be inspired to open her own home for coffee, conversation and Christ. Amy is also writer and business owner.

Visit Amy at TheNeighborhoodCafe.

Taking it to the Streets Amy Lively Have you ever taken dirty laundry to a Bible study? No, not the kind we air to our girlfriends when we're having a bad day -- the real ring-around-the-collar kind. The Women's Ministry team at Chase Oaks Church in Plano, Texas is . . . keep reading 10 Tips for Taming Technology in Ministry and at Home Amy Lively Technology is supposed to improve our lives and make us more efficient. However, it can often become more of a life-interrupter rather than a life saver. Here are 10 ways you can begin to tame the technology beast. . . . keep reading Neighborhood Cafe: A Time for Everything Amy Lively In this series, I will share with you everything I learned about creating a home-based Bible study in my neighborhood. The Lord's exciting successes and my utter failures will be laid open for you to copy or avoid. You will be able to print invitations to pass out in your own neighborhood . . . keep reading Neighborhood Cafe: Fill your House Amy Lively You gotta love Lydia. A wife, mother, businesswoman and "worshipper of God," she was hanging out with some girlfriends at the park when the Lord opened her heart. She responded, and became the first Christian on her street, in her city and even in all of Europe! Lydia's faith impacted her entire . . . keep reading Neighborhood Cafe: The Appointed Season Amy Lively February 6 started out as any other day. I sat on the yellow loveseat beside a picture window having my morning devotions. I'm sure it was a typical wintery day in central Ohio. While I don't remember the exact weather, I will never forget . . . keep reading Neighborhood Cafe: At your Table, In your House Amy Lively The women in your neighborhood are likely to spend five hours and 24 minutes each month following their Facebook friends. Facebook has replaced face-to-face, heart-to-heart conversations. We tweet instead of talk. Our electronic disconnect . . . keep reading Titus 2 Style: Women's Ministry that Works Amy Lively I recently invested in a new health and wellness plan that my friends had been raving over. I did pretty well the first couple of weeks, but when it became apparent I wasn't going to drop a dress size before an upcoming dinner date, I let up . . . keep reading Titus 2 Style: 10 Qualifications for Women in Ministry, Part 2 Amy Lively In the first article in this series, Amy Lively introduced us to the first ever women's ministry and the apostle Paul's guidelines for the making of a woman in leadership. This week, Amy continues with a list of qualities . . . keep reading Titus 2 Style: 10 Qualifications for Women in Ministry, Part 1 Amy Lively "Girlfriend!" How many times have you made this desperate call? From the store fitting room or the hospital waiting room, a good, godly girlfriend is often the first one we call in a crisis--or in happier times, like when the last pair of clearance shoes is our . . . keep reading Neighborhood Cafe: Who is Your Neighbor? Amy Lively I had lived on the corner of Rosewood and Longwood Drive for over seven years, yet many of the women who lived nearby were complete strangers to me. I didn't know their joys or their pains, I had no one to call to borrow a cup of sugar . . . keep reading