Ep. 327 – Key Ingredients for Trusted Friendships in Today’s Girls
Release Date: 02/03/2026
Ep. 328 – When Your Girl’s Friend Drama Spills into the Family
Raising Godly Girls
Continuing a week of episodes on Godly friendship, hosts Melissa Bearden and Rachael Culpepper put the friend drama under the spotlight. When boy crazy seasons affect girls’ friendships to then folding core relational skills that play into a marriage setting, both hosts share personal issues they’ve parented through personally. Leaning on the wisdom of healthy boundaries communicated in grace, Melissa and Rachael share a core tenet of maintaining interactions in the midst of oversharing, obsessive tendencies toward...
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Ep. 327 – Key Ingredients for Trusted Friendships in Today’s Girls
Raising Godly Girls
On this Tuesday episode of the RGG Podcast, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden launch a week of conversations surrounding friendships—something that Christian girls might struggle to navigate Biblically and often the source of a girl’s first heartbreak. With the banner of John 13 in the spotlight, this episode peels back the curtain on Christian girlhood friendships—by showing the world “who and Whose they are” by how they walk out the bond of friendship with other girls. Melissa unhitches from a worldly notion of cancel culture or...
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Ep. 326 – Helping Girls Develop a Biblical Worldview in a Culture of Confusion with Dr. Jeff Myers
Raising Godly Girls
In this weekend edition of the podcast, AHG Founder & Executive Director Emeritus Patti Garibay welcomes Dr. Jeff Myers, apologist and President of Summit Ministries as a guest. From various book titles to teaching work through Summit, Dr. Myers specializes in guiding families into confidence so they can raise well-equipped kids whose faith tracks throughout their lives. Patti describes a world where girls who believe in absolute truth are often mocked and that the cultural message of “live your truth” is steeped in deception and a shaky foundation....
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Ep. 325 – Equipping Girls to Defend the Bible’s Toughest Questions
Raising Godly Girls
To continue this week on the Raising Godly Girls Podcast’s deep dive into Apologetics, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden tease out the basics of how to approach daily conversations so parents can guide girls as they are going in daily life. Both hosts describe ‘speechless’ moments they each had when they didn’t know how to respond to tough questions regarding their faith convictions. Rachael talks about ‘sprinkling apologetics’ into normal situations like car rides and daily real life so...
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Ep. 324 – Why Your Daughter’s Faith Needs Apologetics (Now More Than Ever!)
Raising Godly Girls
In this Tuesday episode of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden take on the lofty topic of Christian Apologetics with an aim to bring it down to bite-sized chunks for families seeking to disciple their girls according to a Biblical Worldview in today’s busy life. Both hosts share the first times they figured out that people outside of their homes had different worldviews and how that shifted them into a new era of maturity as Christ followers. Rachael shares that girls are hearing big questions sooner, and from...
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Ep. 323 — Raising a Gender-Confident Girl in a Confused Culture with Dr. Kathy Koch
Raising Godly Girls
In this Saturday episode, AHG Founder & Executive Director Emeritus Patti Garibay welcomes Dr. Kathy Koch back to the podcast as a returning guest to talk about ways we can raise gender-confident girls in a world steeped in confusion. Even when the culture tells us that Scripture is antiquated and oppressive, girls can embrace the clarity, purpose, and peace God offers us through His Word—a solid foundation for both Patti and Dr. Kathy in this conversation. Dr. Kathy shares about her new book Raising Gender-Confident Kids, co-authored with Dr....
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BONUS EPISODE — Giving a Voice to the Most Vulnerable & Relentless Advocacy for Pre-Born Life with Abby Johnson
Raising Godly Girls
In this Bonus Episode on Raising Godly Girls, Patti Garibay sits down with Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood clinic director and founder of And Then There Were None, for a special bonus episode ahead of the 2026 March for Life. Abby shares her powerful journey from working inside the abortion industry to becoming one of the most influential voices in the pro-life movement. Her story is a testimony to redemption, courage, and the unwavering value of every human life. Abby opens up about the “fire in her belly” moment that changed her path,...
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Ep. 322 — Gender Roles, Modern Family, & the Christian Ethic
Raising Godly Girls
This Thursday episode of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast dives into the often misunderstood world of gender roles and seeks to offer Biblical freedom and joy in places that have previously been understood as stifling and rigid. Throughout the conversation, hosts Natalie Ambrose and Melissa Bearden maintain anchors in a Biblical Worldview regarding gender and the various roles that girls and women play within the Kingdom of God. After a fun discussion of ‘girls’ chores’ versus ‘boys chores’, Melissa and Natalie settle...
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Ep. 321 — Teaching a Girl to Embrace God's Design for her Body
Raising Godly Girls
On this Tuesday episode of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast, hosts Natalie Ambrose and Melissa Bearden embark upon a journey to understand God’s design for girls’ bodies and how we can guide them Biblically in this self-view. From the Body Positivity Movement to AI modeling trends, Natalie and Melissa begin to unpack the nuances of these cultural messages and their effect on girls. Melissa offers a gentle reminder that Christ-followers do not obsess on lateral comparisons, since that leads to self-loathing and discontentment. Both hosts...
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Ep. 320 — How to Nurture a Kingdom Vision in Your Kids with Dr. Esau McCaulley
Raising Godly Girls
In this Saturday episode of the podcast, Dr. Esau McCaulley joins host Patti Garibay to talk about a Biblical approach to ethnic diversity in God’s Kingdom. This episode serves as an invitation to lift our eyes beyond my world and to behold the breathtaking beauty of God’s design for humanity, and how His Church should lead in that design. Dr. McCaulley’s work involves serving as a founding pastor, podcaster, author, and public theologian—on top of being a husband and father. Esau unpacks his motivation for the...
info_outlineOn this Tuesday episode of the RGG Podcast, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden launch a week of conversations surrounding friendships—something that Christian girls might struggle to navigate Biblically and often the source of a girl’s first heartbreak.
With the banner of John 13 in the spotlight, this episode peels back the curtain on Christian girlhood friendships—by showing the world “who and Whose they are” by how they walk out the bond of friendship with other girls. Melissa unhitches from a worldly notion of cancel culture or even bullying tactics when a friendships go awry. Since conflict is inevitable in friendship, it’s important to lead girls to stay aligned with the Lord’s character when navigating those difficulties.
The Raising Godly Girls Minute poses a provocative mindset shift—what if girls were to offload the pressure of “best friend forever” and opted to embrace true friendship in loyalty? This slight distinction liberates today’s Christian girls to take on a Biblical approach rather than a culture-fueled narrative.
From an older girl parenting to a younger girl parenting perspective, both hosts unpack how they lead their daughters to navigate conflict. ‘Friendship breaks’ can help a girl rein in her own emotions. Rachael shares about all the drama that often comes along with middle school friendships in the midst of hormonal changes. Both hosts land on a healthy approach to boundaries in order to shut down patterns of manipulation and hurtful behaviors.
Rachael offers three key ways to think of a trusted friendship as a recipe, inviting girls to build something beautiful and let God lead the way in her friendships.
Three Things to Consider:
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A Trusted Friendship is Christ-centered.
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A Trusted Friendship is Flexible & Adaptable.
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A Trusted Friendship brings JOY!
Scriptures Shared in this Episode:
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John 13:34-35
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1 Corinthians 13:4-6
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Proverbs 27:17
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Romans 12:15
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