More excellent and thought-provoking stuff on the Sophia website this month:

• Jenni Catron writes a review of Beyond sex roles by Gilbert Bilezikian in our Books That Have Shaped Us series

• There’s an interview with Helen Tomblin, Birmgham DYO, about her comedy club, The Laughing Sole

• Sharon Prior gives us wisdom for whinging women – don’t just moan, do something about it!

• Michelle Pestridge finds inspiration in the story of Miriam and her ability to get a party started.

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More stimulating articles on the website for you this month:

• An extended review of Why men hate going to church by David Murrow, from our first male contributor to the site, Ali Campbell
• A challenging article from Tearfund on how the belief that women are inferior to men is having devastating consequences in countries like Liberia
• An interview with Lucy Shattock, by Michelle Pestridge
• A devotional on Gideon by Lisa Malcolm.

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More top-quality input for you this month:

• Rachael Heffer interviews Jill Garrett, director of leadership development at Caret
• Lisa Malcolm reflects on the opportunities and challenges of working as a Christian for the statutory youth sector
• Sally Nash reviews God - His and Hers by Elizabeth Moltmann-Wendell and Jurgen Moltmann in the first in our Books that have shaped us series of reviews
• Sharon Prior finds inspiration in the story of Mary, the Mother of Jesus.

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What book has shaped your understanding of who you are and what God has called you to, particularly with respect to your gender? We're starting a new series of reviews called 'Books that have shaped us', and Sally Nash has written our first review which will be posted in the May update in a few days' time.

Some great articles on the website this month

• Jill Rowe writes about the privileges and potential of being single
• Sharon Prior interviews Lisa Malcolm, a Connexions personal adviser and Sophia Network member
• Anna Rossignoli finds Deborah the judge an inspiring role model
• And there are three book reviews: Michelle Pestridge reviews Velvet Elvis, Penny Simpkins reviews the Book of God and Jenny Baker reviews the Myth of Mars and Venus

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Fantastic articles on the website for you this month

• The text of a talk on women in Paul that Paula Gooder gave at the YFC staff conference in January, plus an introduction to Paula from Richard Bromley
• An interview with Amy Stock, director of schoolswork.co.uk
• Wise thoughts on Hagar from Emma Darby
• A book review of '10 lies the church tells about women' by Sharon Prior

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New articles on the website for February:

• Michelle Pestridge writes about her experience of jobsharing with her husband and sharing the care of their baby son.
• There’s an interview with Kate Robinson, Director of the newly launched Durham YFC.
• Penny Simpkins invites us to be inspired by the story of Sarai in the Bible.
• Emma Darby writes a review of Tough Choices by Carly Fiorina.

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