Category Archives: Grow

How to Start Doing Hard Things

I thought it would be just another great book for teenagers by those Harris boys.  I planned to read it and review it.  Just like I read and reviewed Do Hard Things.  But it wouldn’t really apply to me, of course.
I read Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are.  And I was convicted.  [...]

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A Young Woman After God’s Own Heart

As a single young woman, one of the things God has laid on my heart is to reach out to younger girls who want to grow spiritually. God has opened doors in amazing ways, and over the last couple of years I’ve been in a position to really invest in the lives of several teenage [...]

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The Daily Dance of Joy

Are you dancing through life choosing the joy of the Lord with every step?  Or have the days become a drudgery of discontent?
Whether you are already focusing on choosing joy or know you have a lot to learn about the practice of joyfulness, you’ll want to read Sally Clarkson’s new book.  (Keep reading to find [...]

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Blooming

by Christine Brown

Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
-Jim Elliot
Don’t strain your eyes to see the future –
for you will not be able to see clearly what God wants you to see now.
-Elisabeth Elliot

Looks like the Elliots had a good handle on [...]

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The Best Piece of Advice

Last fall, a YLCF reader named Amanda asked me some fun and thought-provoking questions for an interview over at Feelin’ Feminine.  The one that really gave me pause was this: “What is the best advice you have ever received?”  Not just the best advice I’d read, or the best advice I’d given, but the best [...]

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