And yet, as writer and women's Bible study teacher Jen Wilkin
observes, we would not all look the same way even if we all fulfilled
our New Year's resolutions to eat well and exercise regularly. So why do
we grade ourselves and one another so harshly? Why do we convince our
sons they need the perfect Justin Bieber haircut and talk to them about
women in such a way that we unwittingly dictate what a wife needs to
look like?
Earlier this week Wilkin wrote a tremendously helpful article
aimed especially at Christian women to encourage them to "banish
body-talk to the same list of off-limits topics as salaries,
name-dropping, and colonoscopies." In the latest edition of Going Deeper with TGC,
Wilkin talks with Mark Mellinger and me about why women should stop
telling their friends they look skinny and start complimenting them
about godly attitudes and behavior. Wilkin even responded to my
unexpected question about plastic surgery. So go easy on her for an
impromptu response on one of the most personally explosive issues of our
day. Continue at Jen Wilkin
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