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About this Site

The purpose of this site is to provide women with the tools they need to live well, love well, and lead well through articles, meditations, interviews with women leaders from a variety of backgrounds.  It is a place that warmly welcomes open dialogue and honest discussion.   Ultimately, the purpose of this site is to help women (and men) live well (as Jesus taught), to love well (as Jesus demonstrated), and to lead well (as Jesus commanded).  Welcome to my site.  I hope you find something that will help you move closer to God and closer to a life well-lived.

On the Record Bio

My name is Halee Gray Scott.  I’m an author, independent scholar, and a researcher.  When I was a kid, I tortured my parents by asking hard, irritating questions (Mom, what color is clear?), and today, I do it for a living. Much of my writing, research, and speaking focuses on issues related to spiritual formation, leadership, and women leaders.  Currently, I teach spiritual formation and leadership at Wesley Seminary and theology at A.W. Tozer Seminary.

As a PhD candidate at Talbot School of Theology, my research focused on leadership development and spiritual formation, particularly in regards to women evangelical leaders. Why spiritual formation and leadership?  Because I believe a critical component of becoming a strong leader involves significant personal development through the process of spiritual formation.  My mission is to help people learn to live, love, and lead well through my writing, teaching, and spiritual direction.

Off the Record Bio

I am unapologetic Jesus freak.  I strive to make his teachings the core of who I am and what I do, but I fail miserably short every day.  I love and thrive on the art of writing and speaking but am terrified by a blank page and a live audience.  I am the quintessential perfectionist in every way–from the choices I make in my professional life to the way I hang a roll of toilet paper (it must always, always roll under, not over!).  I sometimes wonder whether getting a PhD made me really smart or really stupid.

I can quote the first four stanzas of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet by heart or give an hour discourse on the mal-effects of the French Enlightenment on contemporary society and our view of human anthropology, but I cannot make my oldest daughter eat or sleep.  I’m a new mom struggling to navigate this strange territory they call motherhood, refusing to sacrifice motherhood on the altar of my career nor sacrifice my mind on the altar of motherhood.

I’m married to the greatest guy on the planet (besides his tendency to feed our dog directly from our Mikasa ceramic plates).  I love my daughters.

When I am not writing, speaking, or researching, I am usually googling or climbing mountains.