Former feminist pens survival manual for mothers & daughters

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Don’t be fooled by the innocent-looking cover for the new Broadman & Holman book, Your Girl. Inside, author Vicki Courtney has penned a battle plan to train women—young and old—how to live godly in today’s permissive society.

“This is a survival manual,” Courtney, a mother of three, said from the offices of Virtuous Reality Ministries, an organization the former feminist founded in Austin, Texas. “... We mothers have our heads in the sand and don’t want to believe things are as bad as they are.”

How bad are they? Pre-teen girls from that event asked anonymous questions indicating attempted suicide, sexual abuse, date rape, promiscuity and low self-worth.

In Your Girl, Courtney advocates Bible-based living as the key to effectively engaging the culture. She points to God’s Word for answers to issues of gossip, jealousy and peer pressure. selves, love God’s Word.”

Chapters include motherhood, modesty, countering the culture, teen views on sex and three detailed primers on using God’s Word, prayer and faith to “arm our daughters for battle.”

Courtney is a national speaker and the author of Bible studies for LifeWay Christian Resources. To order the book, go on-line to: www.lifeway.com.