Send us a Text Message.Ladies, this week we are getting inside the mind of a teenage guy. Zach Lloyd is a fitness and anti-diet coach. As a teen guy, Zach was bullied quite a bit until he began to workout and get fit. He understood what it was like to be on both sides of the spectrum as a teen guy...someone who didn't fit in at all to someone who got a lot of attention.He talks to us about how teen guys try to gain the attention of teen girls. How the majority of teen guys are reall...

Send us a Text Message.I don’t think it comes as a surprise to anyone of you when I say that this world is crazy! And on top of that, there is a real enemy out there who wants nothing more than to steal our joy and our peace from us, to kill, and to destroy everything that we have. How do we keep our peace when life is hard. How do we walk through this life and win when we have an enemy who is out to get us? We’re all going to face challenging circumstances in life. Many of us have...

Send us a Text Message.On this week’s Ask Me Anything Episode, we are answering Chloe’s and Danika’s questions. Chloes says, “I have a friend who is not sure what to believe. I want to persuade them to turn to God but I’m not really sure how to do it without sounding like I'm forcing them. Danika says, “I have a question… I know this girl that is an atheist and she brought up a situation that made her question if the Lord is real. My question it was I sent to help her to turn to the...

Lately, I have had a lot of questions from you amazing ladies talking about your faith, and how doubts creep in or you find yourself questioning your faith and it scares you. So, let’s ask these questions, “is it a sin to question your faith? What do you do if doubts start to creep in and you ask yourself questions like, “Does God really exist?” “Is the Bible really true?” Does that mean you’re walking away from God. Does that mean that God is mad at you and that you are no longer a Chri...

This week I have the honor of interviewing Grace McCready on the UncommonTEEN Podcast! Grace is no stranger to our podcast or tothis week I get the incredible honor of interviewing somebody who is no stranger to the Uncommon Team podcast.This is actually the third time that she has been on our podcast, but I get the incredible honor of interviewing Grace McCready and I am so excited about what she's going to be talking to you all about today. Now Grace has a heart for Christian teen girls, ta...

We are on part 2 of answering Isy’s question. Isy said, “I’m a Christian and I love God, but I struggle with both depression and anxiety, and I feel sad and tired a lot of the time, I desperately want to keep looking to the Lord and receiving His joy and peace, but it just feels so hard to be joyful when I just feel so down and anxious. Do you have any tips on how I can keep on choosing God’s joy and peace even when it feels so far away?” Ladies, if you are feeling like Isy, I want ...

Isy says, “I’m a Christian and I love God, but I struggle with both depression and anxiety, and I feel sad and tired a lot of the time, I desperately want to keep looking to the Lord and receiving His joy and peace, but it just feels so hard to be joyful when I just feel so down and anxious. Do you have any tips on how I can keep on choosing God’s joy and peace even when it feels so far away?”First, I want to say that I hate that you’re walking through this. I truly believe that the enemy is ...

Leah says, “There's a girl in my grade, we'll call her Jane. Jane is the "queen bee" of our grade. She has the nicest clothes (her parents are very rich) and she is VERY popular because she's dating a popular boy as well. She's also a bully. She'll bully kids who are very shy, and a girl has left the school because of her. Also, recently our grade voted for prefects (class leaders), and I was made a perfect. Jane was not. She was very disappointed, but now she keeps interfering wit...

I used to be the queen of comparison. Every single time I would walk into a room, the first thing I would do is search out who was in the room.  I was not from a family who had a lot of money. We got new clothes once a year and that was right before school started, and they weren’t from the mall. They were the cheapest clothes that we could buy. So, as you can probably tell, they weren’t the nicest clothes, or the newest trends and I hated it.  I remember one time, while in middle school,...

This week's episode, we answer another AMA question with our special guest, Pastor Chris Dubois. This week, we are answering, "I like this Christian guy, but he doesn't like me back. What should I do?" We also dig deeper into what a healthy Christian Relationship actually looks like! The enemy wants nothing more than for you to lose in life, but with God on your side, he doesn't get to win! Chris Dubois Website Chris Dubois Book The Beautiful Movement's Summer Box is now available for...

In this week's episode, we're answering the questions, "Is Jesus the Only Way to Get to Heaven?" and "If someone has never heard about Jesus, so they haven't had the chance to accept or reject Him, dies, will they go to heaven?" A survey was done recently among Americans about what they believe about heaven. In this survey, these people were asked: Do you believe in Heaven? 73% said yes.Do you believe you are going to heaven? 60% said yes.How does someone get to heaven? 50% said that if you...

This week, Pastor Chris Dubois is joining us on the UncommonTEEN Podcast. He is the founder and senior Pastor of the Awakening Church in Dover, NH. Along with being a husband and father of 6 kids, he is also the author of three books, including the one we are going to be talking about today called, “A Better Approach to Dating: Navigating the Modern Dating Scene with God’s Guidance. This is a 2 part episode. In this week's episode, Pastor Chris Dubois answers the question, "What does a...

Dayla says, “I have a relationship with Jesus, but I struggle when I feel like I’m not close to Him. When I’m close with Him, I know that I would go to heaven, but sometimes I feel like when I don't feel  close to Him, that I won’t go to heaven and I’m very scared about that.” In this week's episode, we're going to answer the questions: 1. What is Salvation? 2. How do we know if we are saved? 3. How do we get saved? 4. If you mess up, can you lose your salvation? 5. What does it mean to...

How many of you would agree that we can be our own biggest obstacle? Like, we want to do something, but yet we let fear stop us. Or, we have these great desires, yet we lack the motivation to do what we need to do in order to get them done. Or someone compliments us on something, yet we immediately start thinking of all the ways that we aren’t good enough.   Joshua felt the same way when God was calling him to do big things. He felt weak. He was scared. He probably had the thought, “Who am I...

One thing I love about author, speaker and life coach Caris Snider is her heart for God and her message on how to overcome anxiety with the Word of God! I guess that's really two things! This week, Caris gives us practical steps that we can take in order to not just deal with anxiety and depression, but overcome them once and for all! Ladies, there is hope! There is freedom!! Be sure to check out Caris Snider's new Devotional for Teens! This is a must-have book for everyone ages 13 through...

This week’s AMA question is a compilation of several questions I have received over the past couple months. I have had questions on, what do I do if I’m dating a guy and I know it’s not right to what does a pure Christian relationship look like to when do I even know it’s time to start dating? So, I’m going to answer these questions and more!   All right, so let’s start with the question, how do you know when it’s time to start dating. Well, I can give you my advice, but in the end it’s...

In this week's Ask Me Anything Episode, Grace asks: "Why do you believe in God? And why should I? Why do I believe in God?  When I was at the lowest of lows, God came in and rescued me.  When I was completely broken, He still wanted me.  When my own family didn’t want me, God said, “I want you!”  When the world said there was no use for me, I was just a throwaway, God said, “I have a purpose for you.”  When the world said that I wasn’t worth loving, God said, “I love you so much that I...

Ladies, I am so excited about our special guest this week, Mandie Maass.  Mandie is a Bible teacher, a speaker, a published writer, and the host of the Be the Brave Ones podcast. She is also the founder and visionary behind Brave Girls Gather, which is a ministry on a mission to see your generation live out their faith with resilience and courage.  She has been championing Encouraging and mentoring teens for over a decade. And she wants girls everywhere to know that they have what it takes...

I heard my pastor say this years ago and it had such an impact on me that it has stuck with me ever since. He said, “Big dreams and small dreams cost you the same…your life.”  Ephesians 3:16-20 tells us the same thing. It says, and this is Paul speaking, “I pray that from God’s glorious, unlimited resources that He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you...

Have you ever wondered if your prayers are working? Have you ever felt like you were just talking to yourself when you were praying…or maybe you felt like you just aren’t doing it right…like maybe God’s not listening because there’s something you’re missing?   If that’s you, know that I have been there, too! When I first gave my life to Jesus at the age of 17, I felt this exact same way. When I became a Christian, nobody explained to me how to pray or how to even read the Bible. I had to...

Loneliness has become such an epidemic today…many people are even calling it a crisis. And the hard part is, when we feel that way, we don’t feel like we can talk about it…we feel like will understand or like they’ll judge us.    And loneliness is no longer a problem with not being around people as I shared before. You can be surrounded by your friends; you can be surrounded by a large group of people and still feel lonely.  According to the Christian Research Institute, loneliness is not...

This week on the UncommonTEEN Podcast, we answer 5 of the top questions that every Christian Teen Girl asks themselves: Do I really matter?Does God really care about me?Am I really that important to this life?Does God really have a good plan for me?Does what I do really make a difference?Spoiler Alert: The answer to all of those questions is YES!!! Have you grabbed the Winter box from the Beautiful Movement, yet? The theme this month is, “Loved,” a box to remind you of your true worth and...

I was reading an article from the sweet Sara Barrett talking about why teens today are in what many people call an identity crisis. When we talk about identity as Christians and who God says we are, we miss out on one very important piece of information. Before we can really receive who it is that God says we are, we have to answer the question, who is God that I should trust Him?" First of all…God is love!  If you are anything like me, I had a dad growing up who didn’t understand what it...

There’s a trend that I have noticed over the past 3 years with coaching Christian teen girls. About 95% of the girls that I coach, have a challenge with reading their Bibles daily. I know if these girls are struggling, there are probably a lot more of you who are struggling as well. A couple weeks ago, I decided to do some research and this is what I found:  60% of American Christians either rarely read their Bibles or never read their Bibles.39% of Christian teens worldwide, not just in...

Merry Christmas!! Have you ever had a challenging day and out of nowhere, someone comes up to you and says something to you and it just so encouraged you? I know I have. There was a time several years ago that I was worried about something. It was something I had never done before and honestly, I was scared. Out of nowhere, someone came up to me and encouraged me and let me know that God was with me that I didn’t need to be afraid. It was exactly what I needed to hear at exactly the right...