Dating & Relationships

Flirting or Friendly?

Flirting or Friendly: How can I know?

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He opens the door for me every time I come to the building. He seems to always laugh at my jokes. He told me my new sweater was really pretty on me. He noticed my haircut and said he liked it. Is this being flirty or friendly? How can I tell the difference? In generations past, being polite, kind, respectful and even chivalrous were a normal part of our social relations with one another. Things have changed. People are more familiar with one another, but we also tend to not show as much kindness and care. So when someone (of…

When should he say I love you?

When Should My Boyfriend Say “I Love You”?

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My first love note came on a wrinkled piece of notebook paper. Playing outside one day, I remember a little boy in the neighborhood coming up to me and saying, “This is from Luke.” I uncrumpled the already wrinkled paper (I assume he changed his mind a few times before deciding to make the proclamation official)  and there it was — two hearts and the words “I Love You” in a wobbly kindergarten font. I was nine years old. I still have that paper. The words “I love you” leave an etching on a girl’s heart like no other words…

Hooking-Up? Biblical Tips for Teens

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Moms, as we’re moving forward with our new vision, we’re excited to bring you posts like this one that you can forward on to your girls. Feel free to share via email using the link at the bottom of the post. Recently I came across an article that Seventeen Magazine published called “The Hookup Handbook.”  Different emotions flooded me as a read through the tips and tricks of a good hookup.  The hottest hookup spots, tips to drive him wild and how to know when to hookup with a person all made the “tips” list.  With each passing category of advice,…

The Cinderella Rule by Bethany Jett

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God’s perfect man for me came wrapped in a United States Marine Corps uniform and driving a sun-faded ‘86 red Jeep Cherokee.  As for the food…when he asked me out to dinner for the first time, I was thinking Olive Garden. We went to Dairy Queen. After almost ten years of marriage and the addition of three rambunctious cutie-pie-little-misters, Justin and I still high-five and fist-bump like teenage “bros” anytime one of us demonstrates an act of awesomeness. I feel like our marriage is the “ever after” portion of fairy tales that end at weddings…the part little girls dream about…

What Kind of Husband Are You Sowing?

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A few years ago I was listening to a sermon on singleness when the pastor told the story of a young woman who had emailed him. She said that one day she went to her parents’ house and started to tell her mom about this young man she had met. She went on and on about how he was such a godly man, a strong Christian, and everything she had ever dreamed of in a husband. Her mom listened attentively to her daughter. Then the young woman said, “But he doesn’t even know I exist.” She was discouraged and felt…

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