China's lip-synching actress and the myth of beauty
If you watched the Olympic opening ceremonies, you witnessed a small but upsetting detail that...
Today's Devotional: Seeing Creation with God's Eyes
My backyard opens up into a small wooded area—there's just enough greenery that if I look...
Today's devotional: finding beauty amidst brokenness
Can beauty come out of brokenness? When you or a loved one is reeling from an illness, injury, or...
Today's Devotional: You are beautiful
Do you think that you are beautiful?
Despite our pride, our lusts, our anger and disobedience,...
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How to Talk to Daughters about Body Image
Mothers whose daughters are having problems with eating and body image ask me, “Why? What have I done to cause my daughter to feel this way?” As parents there are roles we play within the family that can contribute to many forms of dysfunction, but in my opinion eating disorders are not exclusively a parental […]
http://faithgateway.com/how-to-talk-to-daughters-about-body-image/
Spectacle in the Sky - #6611
The much-hammered Apostle Paul put the troubles and the payoff on the scale and he weighed it this way: "Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed..." (Romans 8:18). I guess we should learn something from the way we all come into the world. Labor - baby. Painful process - beautiful result.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/spectacle-in-the-sky-6611
Lit Up From the Inside - #6552
If you're a woman, why not begin a beauty treatment on the inside? Let Christ do a makeover; He's good at those. And let His radiance and His magnetic glow come through you. You'll be a solid gold woman, beautiful, not because you're made up on the outside, but because you're lit up on the inside.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/lit-up-from-the-inside-6552
God's stunning world, as timelapse film
Exciting timelapse from Dustin Farrell. Make sure you watch it in full screen (that's the 4-arrows icon bottom-right of the YouTube player). The bigger your monitor, the better.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/5888
True Woman: Female Beauty Matters
I admit it. The topic of woman’s appearance is trivial compared to the war on the other side of the world–but given the reality of our culture, it’s a battle that hits much closer to home.
http://truewoman.com/?id=1718
True Woman: What Are You Really Teaching Your Daughter About Beauty?
As a young girl, I watched my mom go on every diet imaginable. I watched her make faces at herself in the mirror. I watched her duck and cover any time a camera lens was pointed in her direction. And I thought, “If there’s something wrong with my beautiful mom, there must be something wrong with me.”
http://truewoman.com/?id=1700
Turbulence That Transforms - #6251
The shaking you're enduring, the hits you're taking, those are tools in God's hands to bring out an amazing beauty in you: a strength, a tenderness, a maturity, a confidence, a compassion that comes only from being beautified in God's tumbler. So don't wallow in the "why is this happening?" quagmire. Instead, keep asking, "How can God use this?"
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/turbulence-that-transforms-6251
True Woman: LIVE From Indy: Food, Beauty, and Control
Bob Lepine courageously went “where angels fear to tread” as he talked to a room full of women this afternoon about the three areas he believes can easily take on an unhealthy, idolatrous nature: food, beauty, and control.
http://truewoman.com/?id=1268
True Beauty
Take this heart check test to help discern your thoughts, motives, and goals regarding beauty.
http://reviveourhearts.com/topics/downloads/index.php?id=10364
Revive Our Hearts: Graffiti with Erin Davis
Young women face so many pressures to fit the world’s definition of beauty. That definition is unattainable, and many women turn to destructive behaviors in the pursuit. Learn how to find your real value, as Nancy and Erin Davis explore true beauty.
http://reviveourhearts.com/topics/series.php?series=319&topic_name=Biblical Womanhood