Sheila Walsh

Every Friday for the next few months, Marcus Buckingham and I get to spend the day with several thousand women in an arena somewhere near you:) www.womenoffaith.com/imagine. In his nearly two decades as a Senior Researcher at Gallup Organization, Marcus studied the world’s best managers and organizations to investigate what drives great performance. This year, [...]

When I flew to St. Louis last week to meet Cindy Winters and interview her for a PBS show on, “Trusting God in the Darkest Places” I’m not sure what I expected. I knew the bare bones of her story. I knew that on a Sunday morning in March, 2009 a gunman walked into the [...]

Forgiveness-Part 1 On March 9, 2009 a gunman walked down the aisle of First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill, spoke briefly to the pastor, Fred Winters then shot him three times. Those who were closest to the front of the church that day said that the first shot sounded like a firecracker. It hit Pastor [...]

When my son Christian was a little boy, one of his favorite things to do was to burst into a room shouting, “Ta-da!” at the top of his lungs. He took great delight in presenting himself, whether he was in his best clothes or just a diaper. It never occurred to him that we would [...]

I knew something was wrong when I said, “Amen” and opened my eyes. I didn’t expect applause, after all, it was a prayer but neither did I expect the scrutiny of the entire prayer group intentionally focused on me. “What?” I said. “What was that?” Richard asked. “It was a prayer,” I replied indignantly. “You [...]