Should Your Teen Daughter Wear Thong Underwear?
Whale Tails, Granny Panties and Everything In Between: What Is Your Daughter Wearing Under There? With the rise (pun intended) of low-rise jeans, it’s become…
Should My Daughter Have To Wear A One-Piece To Youth Group Swim Party?
About this time of year, I begin getting letters from moms “disgusted” that their daughters cannot wear their bikinis to the youth group pool party,…
Dannah Gresh Talks About Talking to Teens
Read Julia’s post about Dannah’s book 6 Ways to Keep the Little in Your Girl. “When the world wants girls to grow up too fast,…
Is A Push-Up Bikini Top Really Worth Fighting Over?
Let’s overlook the fact that it’s a bikini. And forgive the sensual photos in the retailer’s ads. I’m not here to create a boycott or…
Do You Need A Miracle?
The New Testament is full of them. The blind seeing. The lame walking. The sinful made miraculously emotionally well. Miracles. We long for them. And despite…
The Story Behind “Secretariat” Could Save Your Marriage
Girls, I have just enjoyed the best year of my marriage (21 and counting, if you want to know). I can hardly stand myself because…
How to Connect with Your Child in the Car Pool Lane
I am Car Pool Queen … but it’s a disputable title! As school is well underway, I have plopped on my crown as the personal…
Simple Valentine’s Day Romance
Girls, it’s almost Valentine’s Day. And let’s face it, a lot of our husbands think it’s a Hallmark advertising day, and it bogs them down….
Noel Piper and Treasuring God in our Traditions
Okay, I admit it I’m a John Piper groupie. Love everything he writes, says, thinks. I’ve been like this since I discovered Desiring God. (Was…
Adopting an Older Child
I know that writing this will be a catharsis. I’m an adoptive mother struggling to reach into the recesses of a broken heart—that of my…