If Bella were my daughter, several alarm bells would be going off in my head about her relationship with Edward. I would not approve. Regardless of how “in love” she felt, I would argue that this romance was not good for her, and would not end well. It would ultimately be bad and not good for her soul.
Last week, Miss USA released the official contestant photos of 51 pageant hopefuls. The look? Lacy black lingerie, fishnets, smudged kohl eyeliner, knee-high boots, stilettos, voluptuous cleavage, and naked flesh, the like of which have traditionally been associated with prostitutes and porn stars, not beauty queens. The photo shoot, entitled “Waking up in Vegas,” featured steamy, seductive Playboy-like poses on a large bed and other bedroom furniture. What was once considered exploitative is now considered empowering.
This Mother’s Day marks the Golden Anniversary of the pill—the medical advancement that allows women to have sex without the potential consequence of becoming a mother. The irony is profound. Though there may be legitimate and beneficial uses for the pill, I believe that its impact on women, on motherhood, and on society has been [...]
The Globe and Mail recently suggested that women who get married should say “I don’t” to changing their name. It cited new research from the Netherlands, which demonstrates that a woman who assumes her partner’s name upon marriage is regarded as more emotional, less intelligent, less competent and less ambitious.
The Docker’s ad campaign reveals that there’s an underlying sentiment amongst men that their masculinity has been devalued. They have been feminized – “left stranded on the road between boyhood and androgyny.” The new cultural definition of manhood does not “fit” with who they are, and they are keenly feeling the disconnect.
God has some great big plans that so far has not included a wedding ring for me. These are my thoughts as I have continued to reflect on Proverbs 31.12 “She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.”
In this final episode of the Girls Gone Wise book blog, you’ll hear about a Wild Thing who discovered the alternate ending… the happily-ever-after one that we all dream about. You’ll find out how you, too, can choose that ending for your story. You’ll be challenged to do life differently, and to join the quiet [...]
You’re invited to a party! In fact, you’re invited to two. The catch is, you can’t go to both. You”ll have to make up your mind which one to attend. In this Girls Gone Wise Video Book Blog, you’ll see that the two characters in the Proverbs 7 tale chose to accept the invitation of [...]
Wise ‘N’ Wild Wednesday Featuring my Wise and Wild Spottings of the Week The Good Christian Girl: A Fable of a Frustrated Single An unmarried Christian woman voices frustration and disillusionment with the courtship dating philosophy that was popularized by such books as “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” and what she identifies as all the other [...]
Tomorrow, I’ll be joining Chris Adams on LifeWay’s very first live webcast for women in leadership. Chris is the senior lead women’s ministry specialist in LifeWay’s church resources division. But more than that, she’s also a dear friend.
Some women are caught in a pattern of revolving door relationships. That was the problem of the Wild Thing of Proverbs 7. She just couldn’t seem to make relationships work. One man after another passed through her heart and bed. In this book blog, you’ll see that the inability to sustain a relationship is often [...]
Women’s Lib. Feminism. And now, a generation of Girls Gone Wild. But the happiness that women desperately seek remains an elusive goal. Studies show that they are more dissatisfied than ever before. Next Tuesday, I will be joining host Chris Adams LIVE on the LifeWay Women’s Video Livestream Webcast to discuss the ministry challenges and [...]
Calling all Women’s Leaders! Do you want to know how to lead “in the Moment”? In this 60-minute message, which I delivered at the 2009 LifeWay Women’s Leaders’ National Forum in Nashville last November, I challenged leaders to “Seize the Moment” in order to bring women to a point of radical commitment to the gospel, [...]
Have you ever seen someone go wrong because he or she hung out with the wrong friend? That’s what happened to the young man in the Proverbs 7 story. The Wild Thing exerted a negative influence on him. When he hung out with her, his standards went right out the window. The Bible says that [...]
She was a sweet-talkin’ woman. She knew how to turn on the charm, butter him up, and get him to do her bidding. The way a woman uses words is another point of contrast between a wild and a wise woman. In this book blog, you’ll find out that using sweet talk is a strategy [...]
When it comes to inner purity, our thought-lives could be compared to a playground. One moment we climb the ladder toward victory and the next we’re nudged over the edge and can’t stop the downward spiral until we’ve fallen back where we started.
What happens if you cross your heart with your right hand, and cross your fingers with your left? Do you still have to keep your promise? What if you’re really mad at the person with whom you’ve made the agreement? Can you get out of it then? The Wild Thing of Proverbs 7 thought so. [...]
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