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(CBS Local)– Money has been and continues to be a taboo subject for couples, families and friends and Claire Wasserman wants to change that. The author and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a global community that champions the financial advancement of women, has been traveling the country for years to ask women very simple questions about money.
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Wasserman’s new book from Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, is called “Ladies Get Paid” and tackles several important topics like professional advancement, negotiating a salary and developing a plan to achieve all of your financial goals.
“All of this comes from real women and I followed the lives of nine real women in the book,” said Wasserman, in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith. “Everyone is going through a different professional challenge like who am I, why am I here and what should I be doing. It’s everything in the life cycle of your career, minus the retirement part. It took almost two years to write this. I never considered myself a feminist and had a complete misunderstanding of what feminism is. It was about five and a half years ago when I had a sexist experience that woke me up. It was enough to startle me out of naivete, but also awkward gender power dynamics. I knew nothing about systemic inequality and the wage gap and the leadership gap.”
The author’s explorations of all these topics allowed her to learn about things like microaggressions and the statistics about women in the workplace. Wasserman’s curiosity led her to the start of the Ladies Get Paid business, which featured offline events with women around the country talking about money.
“I got women in a room and said what does money mean to you,” said Wasserman. “I knew it would really be a conversation about power and that is what I wanted women to get. You first have to understand what might be holding us back. That’s how we’re socialized. Before you can advocate for yourself, you have to deeply believe that you are worthy. I have a sense of what women want and need in their lives and what the universals are. The book is all of those learnings condensed. No matter where you live, what you do or how old you are, a lot of this stuff is universal. Women recognize that if they are going through something similar, they can speak up and band together.”
“Ladies Get Paid” is available wherever books are sold on Tuesday, January 12 and watch all of DJ Sixsmith’s interviews from “The Sit-Down” series here.
Paul is thirty years old when he is an official witness at the stoning of Stephen. His Pharisaic zeal for God's law and dedication to stopping the early spread of Christianity knew no bounds. After seeing Stephen's life taken, he leads the first great wave of persecution against the early church. On reflecting on his pre-conversion days Paul says the following.
'For you heard of my (Paul is speaking) former conduct when I was in Judaism, how I was excessively persecuting the church of God and was destroying it; And I was advancing in Judaism far beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.' (Galatians 1:13 - 14, HBFV)
How bad were the persecutions of Paul against the early New Testament church? His dedication to eradicating those believing in the teachings of Jesus led him to take bold actions, such as going from house to house in order to find believers (Acts 8:1, 3)!
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After his efforts to stop the spread of early Christian beliefs in Jerusalem, he sets his sights on achieving the even more audacious goal of removing any Christian influence in the synagogues of Damascus. He receives written permission from the temple's High Priest to rid the city's synagogues of any who believe in 'the way.' His intention is to arrest those who believe Jesus is the Messiah and escort them back to Jerusalem for punishment.
It is during his trip to Damascus that the pivotal event in the life of Paul occurs. A spotlight from heaven shines on him (Saul) during his travel and the voice of Jesus asks 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?' (Acts 9:4) God strikes him blind and his traveling companions must lead him to the city. These events lead to his total repentance and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. God also heals him of his blindness.
After his conversion, the same zeal and single-minded dedication Paul had against Christianity transforms into a hyperactive-like quest to spread the gospel worldwide. His amazing ministry lasts thirty-five years until his death at the age of sixty-six. His accomplishments are astonishing given the rudimentary (by today's standard) level of transportation and other difficulties that exist in the first century.
Important events and accomplishments in the life of Paul include his witnessing of the stoning of Stephen. He is personally taught by Jesus, for three years, while living in Arabia. During his ministry he resurrects at least one person from the dead and is resurrected himself after being stoned to death. Paul carries out at least five evangelistic journeys, visits more than 50 cities in his travels and preaches the gospel to Emperor Caesar and his entire household.
He also writes no less than fourteen books (epistles) of the Bible (the most of any author), trains other evangelists and gospel preachers like John Mark and Timothy, and endures a total of more than five years in prison.
The apostle Paul, whose life was cut short by the Romans in 68 A.D., is easily the most influential Christian in the New Testament short of Jesus himself. In our last lesson, we will tie everything together with a basic timeline of the Bible that shows its story flow.
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