(This giveaway is dedicated to the youth minister, the youth ministry volunteer, small group leader, mentor ... anyone who serves middle-school or high-school girls.)
The new school year is starting, and for you that means:
Starbucks dates
Long conversations about boys
Weekend retreats
Slumber parties
Sunday mornings
Volleyball games
Late-night texts
Mid-morning texts
Afternoon texts
Anytime-of-day texts :)
Drama mediation
More Starbucks dates
More long conversations about boys
If any of this sounds familiar, that means you probably have chosen to walk alongside some of God's most lovely, yet, at times, most complicated, creatures: middle-school and high-school girls.
So today is a giveaway for those giving their lives away specifically to young women.
Thank you for being the one that is there - there through the break-ups, there when she loses the game, there when the bullying gets worse, there when she makes an "A," there when her parents separate, there when she gets into the university.
You are there.
More than fancy words, more than a solution, more than money ... just being there is the part she will remember.
"There" is one of the best gifts you can offer.
As a thank you, I'm doing a little giveaway of three books that you may want to read with the middle- school or high-school girl(s) in your world.
If you need a small group curriculum idea, something to read through on your coffee dates or just something you want to give to her on her Birthday, then who knows?
Maybe these books can help.
So sign up today for a chance to win three books:
"Redefining Beautiful - What God Sees When He Sees You"
"From Blaw to Awe - Shaking Up A Boring Faith"
"Love Is ... 6 Lessons On What Love Looks Like"
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or check them out HERE
Praying that each of you youth volunteers/workers is fueled by God's love to serve another semester with joy.
I admire you.
And I know those young girls in your world do to. (Even if they don't say it much).
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
WINNERS of "Redefining Beautiful" Giveaway!
Drum roll please ….
Congratulations to Paula L and Lynn D!!!
I will contact each of you personally.
Thanks to everyone who joined the giveaway!
And keep those eyes out for another giveaway very, very soon.
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Congratulations to Paula L and Lynn D!!!
I will contact each of you personally.
Thanks to everyone who joined the giveaway!
And keep those eyes out for another giveaway very, very soon.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Sunday, August 3, 2014
For Moms of Middle-School Girls
First, let me say that you are my heroes.
Moms of middle-school girls are my heroes.
You walk with them through it all.
Braces, puberty, first boyfriends, the "cool" crowd, the not-so-cool crowd, zits, gossip, homework, soccer, texting, band, drama …
Oh, middle school.
And amidst all of that chaos, middle-school girls are asking some big questions.
Maybe not always out loud but in their hearts.
Will they accept me?
Do I have to look a certain way for him to like me?
Am I smart enough?
Am I athletic enough?
Will I ever be as cool as she is?
Will my boobs ever grow? (Maybe that was just me:)
And then, I believe deep down most middle-school girls are asking this "doozy":
Am I beautiful?
And if we are honest, it's probably a question that we, who have had middle school in the rearview for miles upon miles, still ask at times.
Judith Rivers, a friend of mine, knew her daughters would be asking these questions, especially the questions surrounding this idea of beauty.
So she decided to give them a chance to talk about those kind of questions in a safe place with women they could look up to, women who had been in their shoes, women who wouldn't judge, just love.
Every month she, a few other middle-school-girl moms and their daughters, along with any of their daughters' friends, would discuss a chapter from a book I wrote a while back called, "Redefining Beautiful - What God Sees When He Sees You."
They would laugh, cry, talk, pray and, of COURSE, eat snacks.
Then, at the end of the school semester, they had a big party to celebrate the group coming to an end.
And I got to join!
It was a blast! We danced, sang, ate (a lot), and talked about what REAL beauty is.
Here we are being cray cray.
I'm somewhere in the middle of that sea of blue cuties.
So I started thinking with the new school year rolling up (YIKES!), maybe you would want to do something like my friend Judith.
Maybe you would be interested is having your own "Redefining Beautiful" group.
Or ... maybe you are thinking, "Girl, paleeeaase. You think I got time for that?!"
If so, it could be that you scale it way, way, way back.
Maybe just you and your daughter sit down once a month with some popcorn and nail-polish, read a chapter, then chat about it.
It can be as simple or grand as you want it.
To get ready for the school year, I'm doing a couple of "Redefining Beautiful" giveaways.
If you win, then you can check it out and see if it's something you would want to go through with that middle-school drama-mama… ahem … I mean … princess of yours;)
Here ya go! Hope you win it! And if not, you can check it out here.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Moms of middle-school girls are my heroes.
You walk with them through it all.
Braces, puberty, first boyfriends, the "cool" crowd, the not-so-cool crowd, zits, gossip, homework, soccer, texting, band, drama …
Oh, middle school.
And amidst all of that chaos, middle-school girls are asking some big questions.
Maybe not always out loud but in their hearts.
Will they accept me?
Do I have to look a certain way for him to like me?
Am I smart enough?
Am I athletic enough?
Will I ever be as cool as she is?
Will my boobs ever grow? (Maybe that was just me:)
And then, I believe deep down most middle-school girls are asking this "doozy":
Am I beautiful?
And if we are honest, it's probably a question that we, who have had middle school in the rearview for miles upon miles, still ask at times.
Judith Rivers, a friend of mine, knew her daughters would be asking these questions, especially the questions surrounding this idea of beauty.
So she decided to give them a chance to talk about those kind of questions in a safe place with women they could look up to, women who had been in their shoes, women who wouldn't judge, just love.
Every month she, a few other middle-school-girl moms and their daughters, along with any of their daughters' friends, would discuss a chapter from a book I wrote a while back called, "Redefining Beautiful - What God Sees When He Sees You."
They would laugh, cry, talk, pray and, of COURSE, eat snacks.
Then, at the end of the school semester, they had a big party to celebrate the group coming to an end.
And I got to join!
It was a blast! We danced, sang, ate (a lot), and talked about what REAL beauty is.
Here we are being cray cray.
I'm somewhere in the middle of that sea of blue cuties.
So I started thinking with the new school year rolling up (YIKES!), maybe you would want to do something like my friend Judith.
Maybe you would be interested is having your own "Redefining Beautiful" group.
Or ... maybe you are thinking, "Girl, paleeeaase. You think I got time for that?!"
If so, it could be that you scale it way, way, way back.
Maybe just you and your daughter sit down once a month with some popcorn and nail-polish, read a chapter, then chat about it.
It can be as simple or grand as you want it.
To get ready for the school year, I'm doing a couple of "Redefining Beautiful" giveaways.
If you win, then you can check it out and see if it's something you would want to go through with that middle-school drama-mama… ahem … I mean … princess of yours;)
Here ya go! Hope you win it! And if not, you can check it out here.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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