I love reading, but I lost the love of it just after college. I guess so much required reading for four years resulted in a craving to rest, but I wish I had not given in to the temptation. I wish I had chosen to force myself to keep reading, even if it were easy […]
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With classic children’s’ pastimes dying to the habits of the digital age, we’ll do anything to get our kids noses out of screens. It’s a rare and valuable thing to pull them out of the virtual world and into the real world where they get exercise for their bodies and minds! So when our kids […]
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I want to tell you a story that may seem familiar to you. It’s one I hear all too often as mothers struggle to help with their daughter’s self-esteem. This issue is one that most girls face at some point in their young lives, and it can be difficult for mom to tackle! But what […]
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“I just don’t feel like my story could be useful on this stage.” Those were the words of a Secret Keeper Girl intern who was just about to lead worship at one of our events. The enemy of her soul was lying to her and telling her that her story disqualified her from being used. […]
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In a nationwide survey of over 1,500 Christian tween girls, 29% admitted that they had either been the bully or stood by and let it happen without doing anything to stop it. That burdened me, and I wanted to pass the information on to you. After studying the plentiful club of mean girls of the […]
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In recent years, I traveled across the country to eleven cities, made coffee, and invited mothers of tween daughters to tell me how I could encourage them as they seek to raise girls. There is one thing that really has moms freaked out: emotions. Words mothers used to describe their daughters included insecure, embarrassed, confused, […]
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As we look back on this year, we wanted to share with you how much God has worked in 2018! This has been a whirlwind of a year for our ministry, between debuting a brand new Secret Keeper Girl event, beginning the Born to Be Brave Tour, and working on the upcoming release of Lies Girls […]
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or… Is it? I love Christmas just as much as the next mom, but sometimes I feel like Christmastime gives us another full-time job. The expectations for a perfect holiday are thrown at us, disguised as “fun” via cute Pinterest DIYs, class parties, Christmas cookies and more. […]
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Should your tween use social media? Here are 3 questions to consider before you decide. God took time to make sure Adam and Eve knew the truth about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. He knew Satan would lie to them, so He warned them of the dire consequences of failing to […]
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“Hi honey, how are you?” “Fine.” “That’s good! How was school today?” “Fine.” “Did anything interesting happen?” “No”. Does this conversation sound familiar to you? We’ve all been there. You pick your daughter up from school and you’re SO excited for a few minutes to find out how her day went, but instead of […]
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