June 17, 2010
Who wears the pants? And does it even matter? Because anything guys can do, girls can do better. Right? Well maybe-maybe not. But according to the Bible, roles aren’t based on who’s more capable or competent, or whose turn it is, or who wants to have a go at it. In this Girls Gone Wise [...]
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June 10, 2010
How hot is too hot? How much skin is too much skin? Which joints of your body need covering up? Everyone wants a list, but the Bible doesn’t provide one. It does, however, teach us the naked truth about clothing. The reason we wear clothes isn’t just to keep warm or “wow” people with the [...]
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June 8, 2010
Much like their big feline relatives, domestic cats are effective predators. But cats aren’t the only ones with exceptional hunting abilities. According to the Bible, the Girl-Gone-Wild is also adept at the hunt. She sets up traps, and then lies in wait– focused and highly alert for prey. She’s fixated on getting what she wants. [...]
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June 1, 2010
Girl Power! Girls Rule! I am Woman hear me ROAR!… Pop culture upholds a saucy, sassy, my-way-or-highway, karate-chopping, male-kicking attitude as the ideal for women. But the Bible portrays a loud, defiant disposition as an ugly, undesirable by-product of sin. It upholds a markedly different type of attitude for women as “very precious” in the [...]
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May 27, 2010
The image of Wile E. Coyote obsessively scheming to catch the Roadrunner fits the description of the Wild Thing to a T. Shes wily of heart. No matter how many times this approach blows up in her face, she continues to scheme to get the guy to do what she wants. In this Girls Gone [...]
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May 25, 2010
Popular mass media perpetually drips messages about gender, sex and relationships into our minds. The trouble is, it often promotes false or counterfeit images of what womanhood is all about. In this Girls Gone Wise video book blog, I challenge you to examine whether your mind is being deadened by that constant drip drip drip. [...]
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May 18, 2010
Welcome to the first Girls Gone Wise Video Book Blog! Girls Gone Wise examines the story of the “Wild Thing” of Proverbs seven. The author depicts her as a young, married woman– but she could be any woman. The point of the story isn’t her age or marital status. It’s about the “wild” characteristics she displays. In this introductory session, you’ll discover that the Girl-Gone-Wild could be the girl next door, your best friend, or the lady sitting next to you at church… she may even be you!
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April 7, 2010
THANK YOU FOR ENTERING… 100 of you have won Free Books Sorry, the Contest is now Closed. Moody Publishing gave away 2 FREE books to the first 100 women who signed up to study Girls Gone Wise with a Girlfriend.
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April 6, 2010
Hey Girls! I’m inviting you to study the “Girls Gone Wise” book online with me on the Girls Gone Wise Video Book Blog. The Video Book Blog will start on May 18, 2010, right here on GirlsGoneWise.com, and also on TrueWoman.com. We’ll study the book chapter by chapter. Twice a week, I’ll post a new [...]
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April 3, 2010
Last week, I joined Chris Fabry on his Moody Radio call-in show to discuss the antidote to the girls “going wild” spring break culture. We talked about what it means to be a Girl Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild. I loved talking to the former Girls-Gone-Wild who called in to share their stories [...]
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April 1, 2010
Today is the official release date of Girls Gone Wise. Yeah!!! I feel like I should throw a party or something. We’re celebrating Passover tonight, so maybe I’ll hand out a Girls Gone Wise book instead of the standard fist-full of pocket change to the kid who finds the Aphikomen- I wonder how that would [...]
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March 23, 2010
Kudo’s to Kimberly Davidson, who has the illustrious distinction of posting the FIRST review of my new Girls Gone Wise book on her blog, “Thoughts on the Word.” You can read her review below. You may also want to check out a follow up post, in which she adds some personal reflections on how she [...]
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