Fighting Lust with the Power of Gratitude
When I was a teen girl, I remember having moments where I viewed God’s boundaries for sexual purity as a bit…well — annoying. Striving for purity in my heart and mind wasn’t easy, and I struggled to keep my thoughts pure. I would find myself grumbling in my heart about how tough the single life […]
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When “The Best of Me” Isn’t That Good
Boy meets girl, they “fall in love,” they jump in bed together, and then grow up and move miles apart. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t end there. If having sex before marriage wasn’t bad enough, this pair of high school sweethearts return to their hometown many years later and decide to hook up again. There’s a […]
Fierce Girls Needed For Battle
FIERCE “I’m hot, I’m sexy and I’m in control.” A few years back a friend of mine pulled up the computer to show me pictures of a semi-finalist on the popular show America’s Next Top Model. It just so happened that the girl competing for the Top Model title attended my friends university. My friend […]
What Marilyn Monroe Didn’t Have
She starred in thirty major films, was awarded the Golden Globe for “Female World Film Favorite,” started her own production company, voted “2nd Greatest Movie Star” of all time by Premiere Magazine, and was chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the “100 Sexiest Stars in Film History.” She was beautiful, talented, successful, and seemed […]
How Boy-Crazy Are You? {Free Book Giveaway}
Does boy craziness seem so . . . junior high? You might be surprised. Take the Boy-Crazy Quiz to find out where your focus is. Simply answer yes or no to the following fourteen questions. I’m going to make a quick cup of chai while you’re working on it. See you in a few! In a […]
Are Pretty Faces Worth More?
I looked at the card and shoved it in my wallet. A recruiter for a local modeling agency was trying to convince me to pursue a career in the industry. I smiled at the woman and said, “I’ll think about it.” then walked away. I was seventeen or eighteen years old at this time. I […]
7 Habits of a Wimpy Girl
Bethany and I came home yesterday from an awesome weekend in Indianapolis attending the True Woman ’14 National Women’s Conference. We met some amazing women of faith and were challenged in our own understanding of biblical womanhood and what it means to have a personal walk with Jesus. On Friday morning we heard an eye […]
Reporting LIVE From True Woman ’14
Tuesday night Kristen and I packed our bags, preparing to fly out the next morning to attend one of the best womens’ events in history. Which event is that? The True Woman ‘14 Conference hosted by Revive Our Hearts and Nancy Leigh DeMoss. It’s seriously the most counter-cultural, mind-blowing, life-changing event that a young woman could […]
