About
Sharon Hodde Miller is a North Carolina girl, born and raised! She is originally from Charlotte, NC, and she received her undergraduate degree and Masters of Divinity from Duke University.
Sharon has worked for Proverbs 31 Ministries where she was a contributing writer to the ministry’s daily devotions and radio broadcasts. She has written for Relevant Magazine’s online articles, Lifeway’s Collegiate Magazine, Ungrind Webzine, and she continues to write and minister to women all over the world about being a Christian woman in an ever-changing culture.
Sharon currently lives in Durham, North Carolina with her husband, who is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Duke Divinity School.
If you would like to contact her regarding a speaking or writing opportunity, if you have any questions, or would like to submit a blog topic, please e-mail her at sharon(at)sheworships(dot)com.
September 24th, 2008 at 3:08 am
I loved your post today about women’s ministry. I feel myself “preaching to the choir” of my friends about this same topic. Thanks for the encouraging word!
April 7th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I enjoyed the balanced arguement presented in misusing singleness. I hope you don’t mind if I share this with others. =)
April 9th, 2009 at 10:55 am
A friend introduced me to your site and I’m looking forward to reading and sharing with my friends. What a powerful ministry.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:26 am
Hi Sharon! I just read your post about encouraging women to become church planters. I am the founding senior pastor of a non-denominational church in upstate, NY and I am looking to connect with other non-denominational, church planting women. The problem is, I can’t find any!!! I have found women who have co-planted a church with their husband (also in pastoral role), but very few where the woman is established as senior pastor. I feel very called by God to be an encouragement to women and am now praying how God could use me in a greater capacity for that. If you know of any such women, please encourage them to contact me at lin@blessedhopecc.org. Thanks and God Bless you for all you do in Jesus’ name! Lin
May 7th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Sharon,
Just wanted to say that I am so happy to have found your site. Your words are refreshing and inspiring and I look forward to having this reference point. I would love to use some of your insights on beauty and princesses in a talk I’ll be giving @ a mother/daughter event … is that okay?
God Bless,
Amy
May 15th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Sharon- I found your blog through Spence Shelton as he regularly contributes to a site I’m an editor for. It looks like we have similar passions/topics on our blogs. Feel free to peruse my site when you have time. I look forward to checking out yours.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I’ve just discovered your blog and just wanted to say that your viewpoints are awesome and so wise! You rock and may God bless you!
July 7th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Hi, Sharon! I am a friend of your mom’s from FSU / Kappa Alpha Theta. Debbie is one of the reasons why I’m a CHRISTIAN.
You are a brilliant, and anointed writer. Thank you for your gift. Your name is officially on my prayer list. I know that God will direct you and continue to use you in POWERFUL ways. I pray for you to be overflowing in love, joy, peace, wisdom, and confidence as you begin your marriage and continue in your ministry.
Love, Morgan
July 25th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Sharon,
I can’t thank you enough for providing honest, Christ-centered advice on dating. The article(s) on sleeping over especially helped me recently as I struggled with the issue. May God bless your ministry, and I look forward to reading more of your thoughts!
October 1st, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Hi! I recently started reading your blog! It is such a great resource. Thank you for your insight and perseverance!
January 10th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Hey Sharon. I recently started reading your blog. Great posts. I was actually looking through some of them trying to find if you had anything on how close a couple should get emotionally and physically (married or not). I know that God needs to always remain #1 and there is a certain line that can’t be crossed. Did you have any posts on that?
January 10th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Hello Sharon I am very pleased to have found your site. I looked up “Gentle and Quiet Spirit” on Google and behold there you were, and I am glad that you were. I am a very outgoing person but I’ve found that after years and years of being told to “shut up” and other things that were told to me at a very young age that I can’t be out going or the person God made me because it’s just not “mature” or it bothered people…I am now finding it revealing to the point of tears that I wasn’t wrong in having this personality, I know there is SO much I have to learn so I will continue to study this topic but I wanted to say Thank You for letting God use you in this way of ministering to women. I find it hard to let myself out of my shell often, I am young and I know I have a lot of life ahead of me, I strive and yearn to build my relationship with Christ but I struggle in the area of coming out of my hole that I’ve blockaded myself in for so long because of the criticism that came a lot from my family. I am also in a place where I am 18 years old, I am out of school and I am struggling with being alone all the time and whenever I’m not it’s like relating to people is hard and I am too often left in tears because I want to be outgoing and loving, I want to help people but I have nowhere to unleash any of it. I am alone 99% of my week, the only time I see people outside my dad, mom and brother is church. I am about to be going to a school in New York called Word Of Life Bible Institute in the fall and I am afraid the “climate change” per say is going to take it’s toll…no matte what I do I don’t know how to get rid of this fear inside of me…do you have any idea how I can deal with this biblically?
January 10th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I may not be the typical demographic that your site is geared towards, as I am a single 47 year old male, but still I have found a great deal of wisdom and insight in the pages of your blog. So I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you and may God bless and watch over you and your husband.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Thanks for all the awesome comments lately! Ya’ll are so encouraging and affirming!!
Ani–on the topic of dating intimacy I’ve written a LOT! I would check out my two part series on “Sleeping Over,” “Jacob Waited, And So Can Your Boyfriend,” “Sex and Marriage,” “What God Thinks About Your Sex Life,” “Intimacy By Convenience,” and “Submission in Dating.” That focuses mostly on the physical, but hopefully it’s a start. If you still have questions that my other posts don’t answer then let me know and I’ll write a new post on it!
Candy–First of all I wanted you to know that my pastor went to Word of Life when he was younger and he is incredible! I hope it will impact your life as much as it did his. It also sounds like it will be a great opportunity for you to get out and finally be around people. The sudden change in social life might be a shock at first but I bet you’ll meet a lot of awesome people who will love you a lot.
Concerning your fear, it sounds like you are powerfully impacted by the opinions of others, not just your family but how other people see you in social settings. In response to this, I am reminded of 1 John 4:18 which tells us, “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear.” I would encourage you to check out the whole passage and spend some time praying over it. Even memorize it and make it your theme verse for the year! But the heart of this verse is that we have no reason to be afraid because the Creator of the Universe who keeps all things in motion and works all things for good for those who love Him–well he loves US! And His love is perfect, which means it will not fail or falter, and He does not make mistakes. You are loved perfectly and completely.
And last but not least, try to not worry about tomorrow. I think Jesus was protecting us from ourselves when he gave us that wisdom. When we think about the future we will easily get overwhelmed so Jesus reminds us to not even think about that. Just focus on today, the fact that God is good and He is providing for you TODAY. tomorrow will come, so for now it doesn’t matter. Just keep speaking those truths into your heart until they take root! Life can be scary but God is so much bigger–He can more than handle everything that comes your way.
January 15th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
I found your site yesterday while searching for “a gentle and quiet spirit” and got a lot more in return. Thank you.