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Singleness: An Opportunity to Thrive

By Arielle Estoria When I was younger, I remember attending a girls retreat where my mom was the leader. At this retreat she read a book to the group, “The Princess and the Kiss” was about a princess who on her 16th birthday received a gift- her first kiss. The…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 15, 2019

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The Honest-to-Goodness Real Secret of Beauty

Article and photograph by Allie Marie Smith In high school, you could say I suffered from a bit of social anxiety. At the grocery store checkout line, upon signing my receipt, my right hand would shake and I wasn’t able to look the clerk in the eye. In conversation with…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 13, 2019

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How to Have an Instagram Account and Maintain Your Sanity

Let's be honest. This little app can easily consume our every spare moment if we let it. It is designed to be highly addictive and to keep you consuming its content for as long as possible which ultimately results in more advertising dollars for Facebook (which has owned Instagram since…

WonderfullyMadeSeptember 22, 2018

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Something We Need to Talk About: National Suicide Prevention Week

By Allie Marie Smith Photo by Chlesea Steller September 9th - 15th, 2018 is Suicide Prevention Week. When it comes to dark days and nights I get it. I never wanted to die, but I wanted the agonizing pain to end. Part of major depression at its worst is believing…

WonderfullyMadeSeptember 9, 2018

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Unexpected Beauty

By Aimee Piersma Photography by Allie Marie Smith All this rain is worth it when I see a rainbow. This morning I made sure my girls saw it. Birdie glimpsed it before she ran off to class. Jellybean had more time. She said with awe, “That’s the first real rainbow…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 22, 2018

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Intentional Swiping: Navigating Dating Apps

By Arielle Estoria I want to meet him while reading a book in the corner of a coffee shop somewhere. Or maybe we’ll unexpectedly brush shoulders as we both enter onto a subway car and an Adele soundtrack will be playing in the background. .As the slow song begins to…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 14, 2018

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How to Talk with Your Friend or Daughter about Suicide

If you joined me for Part 1, you heard some of my story while also learning that our brains can heal despite any traumas we’ve suffered. I love that hope is real and healing is possible. Today I’m giving you specific ways to lead someone you love through the maze…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 10, 2018

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Opening the Conversation about Suicide

By Dr. Michelle Watson I’m so honored that you’re here for Part 1 of a two-part series. These two blogs are designed to help you navigate this delicate, yet intense topic should you find yourself walking this journey with a hurting friend or a struggling daughter. I trust that my…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 1, 2018

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Beauty and Purpose In the Waiting

By Arielle Estoria || There is something about this season that is just as frustrating as it is beautiful. It is the point in our lives where we decide to either sit and twiddle our thumbs waiting for someone to come along and give our lives purpose and excitement or…

WonderfullyMadeJuly 17, 2018

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Why You Don’t Need to Post Swimsuit or Lingerie Photos to be Body-Positive

There's quite a body-positive movement on social media these days. Girls and women of all shapes, sizes and colors are posting swimsuit or lingerie photos of themselves and in the captions, sharing about their relationship with their body image in the name of body-positivity. It is a beautiful sight to…

WonderfullyMadeJuly 3, 2018

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Sarah

"I didn't feel loved. I didn't feel valued or worthy. I had such a warped idea of what a father was. And here everyone calls God their father and I remember thinking if God is a good God why did he allow all this stuff to happen to me?" Portrayed…

WonderfullyMadeMay 24, 2018

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Kate

Kate Merrick is an author, speaker, pastor’s wife, mama of a teen and a toddler, surfer, and part-time cowgirl. She has been married to Britt for 19 years and they live in Carpinteria, California, where they founded the Reality family of churches. In 2013 she endured the death of her…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 28, 2018

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WonderfullyMadeOctober 25, 2017

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Spring Essentials

Featured Image by Jones Design Company By Angelina Rozhko I love Spring! Everything is budding, blooming, or in full bloom, letting out a fragrant aroma of the earth coming to life after a cold Winter. With the wintery frost melting away, the sun shining a little brighter and the temperatures…

WonderfullyMadeApril 9, 2017

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Season of Romance

Hey Ladies! Check out this post by Asia Major-Waithe who was willing to share her story about God drawing her into Him in a deeper way as her Bridegroom and Husband. Valentine’s Day might be over, but our relationship with God can continually grow deep, even as single ladies! By:…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 15, 2017

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Winter Essentials

By: Danielle Kingsley It might be February now, but winter is still in full swing! I may have grown up a So Cal girl, but after spending many a winter in Utah during my teenage years, I have grown to love this season! There is something fresh and magical about…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 8, 2017

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Trusting Completely

By: Danielle Kingsley “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 3, 2017

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Your invitation from Calvary Chapel Beaumont to RightNow Media

Wonderfully Made would like to pass on the message and gift from Calvary Chapel Beaumont! You are receiving free access to a huge, streaming, online, access-on-any-device library of over 10,000 video Bible studies, leadership videos and kids shows. To sum it up — it’s like the Netflix of Bible study…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 1, 2017

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Kelly

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 25, 2017