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Tips for the Clumsy, Awkward, Self-Conscious Christian Girl

It’s happened to the best of us. That moment when something so horribly embarrassing happens and you just want to sink through the floor. I had one of those “sink-through-the-floor-moments” several years back when I was in high school. I was in tenth grade and had just finished competing in a huge basketball tournament. My […]

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My Problem: I Was Dressing Modestly for Guys and Not for God

“Sometimes I wonder why I even dress modestly. I mean, guys see immodest women all the time anyway. It’s not like they don’t know what cleavage is. I’m starting to wonder if modesty is really worth it.” Those were the words of a girl who was feeling super discouraged about modesty. As she shared her […]

Girl and Guy

50 Questions to Ask Before Falling In Love

You like him. He likes you. The chemistry is jiving. Now what? Where do you go from there? Working through the nitty gritty of a relationship can be exciting and totally confusing at the same time. Figuring out if this guy is someone you want to spend your life with can be really *really* hard. […]

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Is Being a Woman about More than Getting Married and Having Babies?

If being a woman is entirely about getting married and having babies, then Kristen and I are failing miserably. I don’t have a husband, which means I don’t have children, and Kristen has a husband but God hasn’t given her children yet. As most of you know I would love to get married and Kristen […]

Bethany’s Journal Entries Following a Difficult Breakup

I didn’t want to be that girl. That girl who sat on her bed sobbing over an ended relationship. I didn’t want to be in that sad/heart-wrenching position, but there I was. Broken hearted and wondering why it had to be me. In the moments that followed my breakup, I didn’t know what to do […]

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Choosing to Surrender Your Dreams and Future to God

I remember three distinct times in my life that I had to surrender my dreams to God. Once at age seventeen, twenty, and twenty-four. When I was seventeen I’d been offered several full basketball scholarships to division one universities. Basketball was my passion and I loved playing (like LOVED playing!). When I wasn’t playing basketball […]

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