Here’s the official bio I send out for speaking engagements and such: Lisa Womble is co-pastor and founder of The Merge, a coffeehouse/church/concert venue in St. Louis, MO. Lisa formerly served on the faculty of St. Louis Christian College, where she taught courses such as “Small Group Dynamics” and “Expository Speaking.” She received her Master of Divinity from Lincoln Christian Seminary and is a certified Grip-Birkman coach.
Through the use of the Grip-Birkman and other assessment tools, Lisa helps people discover their spiritual gifts, personalities, intellectual styles, vocational aptitudes and motivators. Lisa is passionate about this part of her work and says, “Though there is a difference between spiritual gifts and inborn talents, both are part of God’s design, indicating how he wants to use us and has wired us to be most effective. It is a joy to help others see how they are fearfully and wonderfully made.” In addition to personalized life coaching, Lisa has worked with churches, corporations and non-profits for staff development and team-building. “I was honored recently to facilitate a staff retreat for a local branch of the Make-A-Wish foundation. I love knowing that the work I do helps others go out and do great things with renewed passion and increased effectiveness.”
Besides all that “official” stuff, you might want to know:
- I’m working on a book with a friend of mine who is in the Federal Witness Protection Program (we’re outing him). It’s a wonderful story of redemption I can’t wait to have told.
- I’m married (30 years) and have two grown children.
- I love to dabble in painting, drawing and various other art forms.
- I take comfort in the quote, “Every artist was first an amateur,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- I sing and have incorporated that into my speaking gigs whenever it seems fitting.
- I love to go on labyrinth walks.
- I’m a recovering workaholic.
- When I need inspiration, I usually go to Oswald Chambers, CS Lewis, or Anne LaMott.
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Hi, Lisa! So happy to meet you via OM’s blog! I look forward to reading more posts from you, and am grateful you found me–so I could find you.
Elouise
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Hi, Lisa. I just got a strange email message from WordPress, and clicked to find out more. It seems you didn’t have my actual blog address. Here it is: http://tellingthetruth1993.wordpress.com. Sorry to send it this way, but I didn’t have an email contact. The blog is public. The private site they referred to in the email message isn’t actually my blog address. Strange and stranger….
Elouise
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Yes, it was strange because I had looked at your blog before and was actually following it, but when I clicked it today it gave me the message to request to be approved for a private account. Must have just hit a wrong link or something.
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Just retraced my steps and it looks like I got the message when I clicked on your name. Just FYI.
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Lisa, you’ve been a busy woman (but I knew that, in general, already)! Can I say I knew you when? ‘Love your blog — I’ll be reading (oh, and commenting).
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Thanks, Sally. Look forward to your input.
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Awesome blog! I’ll be sure to visit often. What is a labyrinth walk? You mentioned it in your bio and I’ve never heard of such a thing, but sounds intriguing 🙂
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Thanks.
A labyrinth is like a maze except there are no “blocked” pathways. There is a path that leads you into the center and then one that leads you back out. I’m going to try to post a picture of one of my favorites at Mercy Conference and Retreat Center in St. Louis, MO. If I boggle that, here’s a link to their site (but their pic of the labyrinth is in it’s earlier phases before it had the beautiful foliage and such that it has now).
http://www.mercycenterstl.org/#!labyrinth/zoom/c1xs8/imagei0p
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Here’s a great site for locating a labyrinth near you.
http://labyrinthlocator.com/home
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Don’t want to bombard you, but I really love my labyrinth walks (I think you’ve inspired a new post – coming soon). This post http://t.co/ZuepWVJk3a was inspired by one of my walks and the pictures are from the labyrinth I was walking that day.
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Hey Roxi,
Since you asked about labyrinths, I thought I’d let you know I’ve started a page here where I post pictures and any articles that have to do with my labyrinth walks. Just FYI.
https://lisawomble.com/posts-and-pictures-from-my-labyrinth-walks/
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