One of my habits is to listen to the radio in the morning while I am getting ready. My radio is a rather old, battery operated little thing that I keep expecting to just conk out. It is rather temperamental. Sometimes--for a day or a week--it will only pick up one channel.
Sometimes it is NPR. True confession time--I do enjoy listening to some of NPR's programs, however, early morning is not the time for me to listen to NPR. I usually end up starting my day really agitated!
Sometimes the channel of the day is the local Moody Broadcasting station. Again, there are some things on there that I really enjoy. (Southern Gospel music is generally not among those programs!)
Anyway...
For a week or more I was listening to Moody and kept hearing about a book, Girls Gone Wise in A World Gone Wild by Mary Kassian. I was intrigued by the bits I was hearing and decided to see if I could get a copy sent from the publisher to review.
Moody Publishers were very kind and sent me a copy. I just finished reading it. It is an easy read in that the chapters are not long but is definitely not a quick read. There is much to be pondered and digested.
The author looks at 20 points of comparison between a Girl Gone Wild (much of that is taken from Proverbs 7) and a Girl Gone Wise (some taken from Proverbs and some from other places in scripture). She also does an excellent job of tying in "modern day" examples with each of the points.
I have to tell you honestly that I got this book with an eye toward guiding Gracen through the pre-teen and teen years in a culture that I don't even understand half the time! Reading through this book gave me many points to think through in my own life. It is definitely not just for the younger crowd.
The sections on appearance, sexual conduct, and hedges were among the best I thought. In the section on hedges, there are lists of ideas of hedges that a woman (both for singles and married women) may want to think about putting in her life. These were not given in a legalistic, this is what "good" Christian girls do but simply as thinking points.
Overall, the book was clear, well-written, and Biblically sound. I think this may be one I refer to in the next few years!
Thanks to Moody Publishers for sending a copy!
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
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4 comments:
thanks for posting this. I saw the book in Lifeway and also saw one of my college girls reading it. I've put it on my mental list of books to read.
Thanks for the review, Dana. Is this a book that is better for the mom to read and then discuss with her daughter, or would a teenage girl (i.e. Leeanna) find this "entertaining enough" to read this on her own? I think you get what I mean.
Thanks for posting this. I have added it to my Amazon wish list. Sounds very intriguing.
Kathy,
I was thinking about after I finished reading it! I think I would do the chapters together. There is probably enough that would catch the attention of a young girl but there is probably also much that needs to be discussed (with a parent) in each chapter. How's that for a sideways answer?! Hope that helps a little!
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