Raising Godly Girls

Today's RGG Podcast episode takes hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose on a deep-dive journey into the Lenten practice of fasting, including the many ways that modern families embrace this spiritual discipline with an aim to commune more closely with God.      After some honest confession from the hosts, they lay aside the need to fast perfectly and reinforce the need to see the practice fi...

To honor the season of Lent on the Church calendar, Raising Godly Girls Podcast hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose open a conversation about what this season means and why there is a growing movement of Christian families  seeking  to embrace a more liturgical way of living.      Whether listeners things of liturgy or traditions in their own Christian circles, this podcast episode keeps a...

Motherhood, marriage, ministry—each of these roles is a beautiful gift from God. But even good gifts can quietly drift into first place in our hearts. Somewhere along the way, we can begin to measure our worth by how well we love, lead, serve, and sacrifice—rather than by the unchanging truth that we are already chosen and beloved daughters of the King.     Before we were anyone's wife, mother, me...

On this Thursday episode, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden continue unpacking Biblical womanhood, this time through the lens of control and the importance of mother's modeling a healthy release of control for their daughters. Launching from a book quote by Dr. Larry Crabb on Biblical femininity, Rachael and Melissa reflect on their own notions of God's design for women—specifically whet...

As the Raising Godly Girls Podcast launches another week of insightful Christian parenting conversation, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden dive into the world of Biblical womanhood, especially as it relates to idols. After sharing prominent women and celebrities they idolized as girls, both hosts reflect on the  many different ways  idolatry can seep into modern Christian life in America...

We live in a culture that constantly urges us—and our daughters—to "find ourselves." To chase affirmation. To define our identity by looking inward. But when our gaze is fixed  on  the mirror, comparison, anxiety, and exhaustion often follow. For many girls growing up today, the pressure to curate a self can feel relentless. And for moms? The weight of modeling confidence while secretly wrestling...

This challenging Thursday podcast episode poses a hope-filled path to Christian parents and listeners: What does it take to free girls from the burden of self-focused living?  Hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose continue the layered conversation on Biblical humility, but today with a challenge to take Scripture at its word and live out Philippians 2:1-9 as Christ did.     From childhood so...

In this Tuesday podcast episode, hosts Rachael and Natalie tackle the big question:  is it possible for a girl to achieve humility?  Through an insightful conversation anchored in Biblical wisdom, Raising Godly Girls aims for a multi-faceted approach to understand and cultivate this Christian virtue throughout a girl's journey without the pressure to live it perfectly.      Under the identity of C...

In a world filled with noise, pressure, and uncertainty, many families are longing for something deeper than surface-level calm— they're  searching for true peace at home.   This week on the Raising Godly Girls Podcast,  we've  been exploring what it means to cultivate a home marked by  shalom —the kind of deep, abiding peace God intends for His people. Not a peace dependent on perfect schedules o...

Is your home a place of refuge—or a source of  overwhelm ?     In today's busy world, moms are carrying more than ever. Between mental  load , schedules, discipleship, and daily responsibilities, the state of our homes can quietly shape the tone of family life. On this Thursday episode of the  Raising Godly Girls Podcast , hosts Rachael Culpepper and Melissa Bearden turn their attention to the env...

In today's parenting conversations, one phrase keeps rising to the surface:  mental load . The invisible weight of remembering, managing,  anticipating , and holding everything together often lands squarely on a mother's shoulders—leaving many moms exhausted, lonely, and quietly overwhelmed.     On this episode of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast, Rachael  Culpepper  and Melissa Bearden step into t...

In a culture saturated with comparison and impossible beauty standards, many girls are quietly asking a deeper question beneath body image struggles:  Do I matter?  This weekend edition of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast speaks directly into that ache—with truth, tenderness, and Gospel hope.     Host Melissa Bearden welcomes best-selling author and Bible teacher Lisa Whittle for a powerful convers...

On this Thursday episode of the podcast, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose continue digging deeper  on  body image and practical ways to instill a healthy approach for our girls today.     In a time when cultural messages and marketing language are thrown around 24 hours a day, seven days a week, girls are bombarded by plenty of ways to think about their bodies, but none of  it aligns  w...

In this episode, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose use the analogy of parenting instincts to recognize oncoming illness in their kids as a framework to approach a girl's body image struggles. While parents are usually pretty good at connecting symptoms to oncoming illness in their kids, it's not always as clear when body image issues surface in our girls. So this week the podcast is focu...

As February fills our culture with pink hearts and romantic gestures, today's Valentine's weekend episode of the  Raising Godly Girls Podcast  invites families to pause and remember where love truly begins—at home. Before our daughters ever understand dating or marriage, they first learn what love looks like around the dinner table, in everyday conversations, and in the way family members treat on...

As Valentine's Day approaches,  we're  shifting the spotlight from romantic love to one of God's most foundational gifts: the love of family. On today's Thursday episode of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose invite you into a joyful, practical conversation about Family Game Night—and how simple moments of play can strengthen connection, build unity, and he...

Valentine's Day often  points  our attention toward romantic love—but what if this season became an invitation to strengthen the most formative love a girl will ever know? In this episode of the Raising Godly Girls Podcast, hosts Rachael Culpepper and Natalie Ambrose  reframe  Valentine's week through a family lens, reminding parents that the home is the first and best place for a girl to learn ho...

Friendship is one of God's sweetest gifts— and also  one of the most tender places in a girl's heart. From playground dynamics to group texts and even church friendships, many girls are quietly wrestling with the ache of wanting to belong. In a culture that elevates popularity and visibility,  it's  easy for girls to believe that being included defines their worth. But Scripture offers a far riche...

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 g...

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 wo...

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 w...

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 conviction...

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 d...

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 soli...

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...