Susie Shellenberger

Ready to take an adventurous journey of hope and spiritual growth'Our journey with Christ begins as a great adventure, but we often find ourselves headed in the wrong direction. Why? Broken dreams, rejection, criticism, and much more can easily pull us off of the road God has us on. A wrong turn can take us onto the path of discouragement. It can also disconnect us from what's beautiful and right. It's comforting to know that God never says the journey is over if you take a wrong exit or a perilous road. He remains with us, redirecting, guiding, and even healing the broken areas in our lives that took us in the opposite direction. This book highlights real-life stories laced with some well-known and a few not-so-familiar Bible characters who experienced major potholes during their journey with God. During the times they felt they'd never again find direction and purpose, God appeared bringing wholeness, restoration, and strength. Divine Redirection is an adventurous journey of hope and spiritual growth. We've all taken wrong turns, searched hopelessly for the right exit, or found ourselves at a dead-end. And even though we're often on the right road, we're actually going the wrong direction. This book is about discovering God's hope and restoration through the wrong turns in our lives.

Smart girl, this guide was created just for you . . . The Smart Girl's Guide to Mean Girls, Manicures, and God's Amazing Plan for ME melds spiritual and practical advice with humor-a winning combination as you're trying to navigate the ups and downs of life with grace and confidence. 101 tips including. . . - Learn to wait.- Eliminate distractions.- Be intentional.- Be flexible.- Put down your phone. - Contribute to your community. - Iron something.- Live today as though it's your last.- Trust God. - Be a light. - Don't be a mean girl. . . . and dozens more will encourage and challenge your spirit, equipping you to go deeper in your faith and grow an increasingly intimate relationship with God-and you just might encounter a little fun along the way I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. Jeremiah 29:11 msg

Conversationsbetween God and a teenage girl inspire, teach, and motivate young women to prayand live a dynamic life for God. Most Christianteens don't know how to pray. And when they do pray, they don't know how todiscern God's voice. In Girl Talk With God, author Susie Shellenbergershows teens how to pray and challenges them to deepen specific areas in theirlives through a series of conversations between God and a teenage girl. As a trustedauthor and founder of Brio magazine, Shellenberger has proven a keen ability toreach this often-misunderstood age group with her signature blend of casual,non-threatening teaching. Updated for teensin 2010, this book will teach girls what it means to pray and know God asFather and Friend.

What Your Son Isn't Telling You provides a rare look at the secret lives of teen boys--a world characterized by loneliness and peer fear; one in which measuring up as a man means conforming to a code of always being a tough guy, never showing weakness, and never expressing true feelings. Too many boys feel the constant pressure to prove themselves in classrooms, on playing fields, and especially among their friends. Deep inside they hunger for family support and connection--and long to be accepted by their peers. Each chapter of this must-read book is packed with real-life stories and emails from teen boys that will give parents a new understanding of what their sons aren't telling them.

Bestselling author and "Brio" magazine editor Shellenberger reveals the energy and purpose that can come with daily time in God's Word in this follow-up to the popular "The One Year Devotions for Teens."

No issue is taboo for How to Help Your Hurting Friend, a frank and valuable handbook of practical advice for today’s teenage girls. Previously published as Help! My Friend Is Hurting Susie Shellenberger—author and teen advocate—addresses the most vital, personal, and life-challenging issues in young women’s lives. Presented in handbook form, this biblically-based, relevant, and contemporary-focused book empowers girls to salvage and maybe even save the lives of friends. She addresses such things as self-cutting and sexual abuse in a no-nonsense way and no advice is ever vague. This classic book for teenage girls distills the wisdom of the Bible and combines it with the wisdom of many experienced and anointed counselors. How to Help Your Hurting Friend:This is a reissued edition of Help! My Friend Is Hurting. Has a new format including sidebars and intriguing illustrations. Is a great resource for teens, young adults, and parents alikeIncludes commentary on today’s challenges, advice, and a section of letters to the author with helpful, relevant responses.

The years between ages 8-12 can be an awkward and uncertain time for many girls. Dear Diary is the perfect devotional for tweens looking for straight answers to issues of today. From author and teen advocate, Susie Shellenberger comes a unique and creative devotional just for girls ages 8-12. Dear Diary is a devotional that addresses many of the issues facing young girls today, by providing biblically based solutions at a time when straight answers and solutions to real-life challenges aren’t always clear-cut. Written in the style of a young girl writing in her diary, each devotion not only offers guidance but also encourages girls to develop their God-confidence. Dear Diary:Is written especially for girls ages 8-12Provides interactive devotions for timely topicsIs paperback for easy carrying in a backpack.

The Mother Daughter Connection is a book designed to help mothers form intimate, working relationships with their daughters by giving mothers an insider's view of their daughters' thoughts and feelings. The editor of Brio magazine for girls and a veteran youth expert, Susie Shellenberger helps mothers understand the angst and confusion teen girls feel when coping with such issues as body image, fashion envy, dating, fear of failure, and sharing one's faith. With creative questions, conversation starters, and diary entries, mothers are given the tools to not only help their daughters, but also to learn the "stuff they gotta know" to help their daughters survive the teenage years.