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Thanks for visiting the official website of Dannah Gresh. Over 10,000 visitors a month stop by Dannah’s sites—this one and secretkeepergirl.com—for help to encourage tweens and teens to be modest in their dress, and to pursue vibrant lives of purity. Dannah’s most popular works include And the Bride Wore White and Lies Young Women Believe (co-authored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss). Learn more about Dannah by clicking here.

CBN News recently spoke with Dannah Gresh, in regards to the letter she wrote to Miley's parents about the "Can't Be Tamed" video and Miley's new onstage persona.
-Dannah's letter is posted below

An Open Letter To Billy Ray & Tish Cyrus
Posted here by Dannah Gresh, Creator of Secret Keeper Girl
-Originaly posted on May 12,2010
I’ve built twelve years of ministry on many things. One of them is this: always stay positive. Instead of boycotting sexual clothing, I staged a 28,000-mom thank you for those who provide age-appropriate clothing. When Carrie Prejean was attacked for defending one-woman/one-man marriage in a bikini, I took a controversial stance and defended her… and suggested some public forgiveness for the immodesty! I like to stay positive, and that is why what I’m writing today is painful. I can’t find a way to be as positive as I’d like.

Perhaps you’ve seen Miley Cyrus’ new video, Can’t Be Tamed. (Sigh.) I wish I could have coffee with Tish Cyrus and ask her what’s really going on in her daughter’s heart. I can’t do that. I’m not connected enough. Not to her. But I am connected closely to many of her daughter’s fans (including two that have grown up in my own house). Through the years, I’ve stayed positive and placed a lot of hope in this family. I’ve prayed a lot of prayers. I offered positive thoughts about Miley when my readers asked, and encouraged forgiveness and a lot of second chances when I couldn’t be outright positive. But now I’m faced with a dilemna: Miley has just figuratively run across an eight-lane highway, and I know there are a lot of little girls who will follow her if I’m not strong about how I respond. Thanks to twelve years of researching the behavior of teen and tween girls, I know the carnage that will result if they keep feasting on Miley’s example. She has just pioneered the transport of transgressive sexuality into the view of little girls who love her and want to be like her, and I feel like not saying something would be wrong. Let me be honest: I hatethis! I could say that “I love Miley” and other countless good things that I have in my heart today, but they will be muted by what I’m about to write. I write it with confidence. While I wish I had their ear to say this privately, I don’t. So, here’s my open letter to Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus.

Dr. James Dobson Recommends Secret Keeper Girl In Bringing Up Girls
Dr.Dobson releases his much-anticipated Bringing Up Girls in response to the clamoring since his release of Bringing Up Boys almost ten years ago. Within that book he includes a section recommending just three resources. One of them is the original Secret Keeper Girl resource. Here’s what he says before the excerpt:

“I wish Secret Keeper Girl had been available when our daughter was moving through her tweens. She and her mother would have loved sharing these “great dates” together.”
-Dr. James Dobson

We are very honored to be included in what we are sure will be a great resource for parents. To learn more about the original Secret Keeper Girl resource, visit our webstore .

Dannah joins forces with Harvest House Publishers for a long-awaited book for moms of tweens.
Six Ways to Keep the Little in Your Girl By the time she is sixteen, a Christian girl has a 50/50 chance of surviving life without the experiences of sexual sin, eating disorders and depression. Parents who "did everything right" can't understand how it happened when their daughter fell on the wrong side of the stats. What they don't know is that they may have done everything right, but started too late. The foundation for building an emotionally healthy girl—who stands free from the norms of an at-risk culture—is built between the ages of 8-12. Though asked to on several occasions, Dannah would not write this book until her own daughters were well past the tween years and saw the fruit of values for purity lived out as teens. After five years of waiting, Dannah has selected a publisher for Six Ways to Keep the Little in Your Girl. Harvest House Publishers will release the book in September 2010. Harvest House has been publishing great books from authors like Stormie Omartian and Kay Arthur since 1974.

Spend A Mother/Daughter Weekend With Dannah Gresh & Nancy Leigh DeMoss
If you have a teenage daughter and desire that both of you live powerful lives of biblical womanhood, do not miss one of this year’s True Woman events! In 2008, over 6,300 women gathered in Chicago, Illinois for the first event. About 1000 of these were mother/daughter pairs who were looking for a great bonding experience along with a deep dip into God’s word. After much prayer, Revive Our Hearts is delighted to announce two more True Woman Conferences in 2010. Dannah Gresh is thrilled to have a full day to work with the teen women who attend each of these events. Your daughter will experience the plenary sessions with you, but she’ll spend all day Friday with Dannah and liesyoungwomenbelieve.com blog host Erin Davis, and experience Lies Young Women Believe Live! Using a talk-show meets game-show format, your daughter will enjoy special guests popping in for intimate chats over coffee interrupted with hilarious rounds of “Let’s Make A Deal.” Both Dannah and Erin will present specific Bible teaching related to critical areas of value formation for teen women. We’ll talk about purity, mean girls, true beauty and even the purpose of being a woman. Mark your calendar today, and prepare to be deeply transformed in:

Indianapolis, IN on
September 23-25, 2010

Fort Worth, TX on
October 14-16, 2010

You’ll enjoy the anointed worship of Keith and Kristyn Getty, writers of great modern hymns like “In Christ Alone.” Any dryness you are experiencing as you read the bible will be eliminated under the rich, fluid teaching of plenary session teachers Nancy Leigh DeMoss, James McDonald, and Mary Kassian. (Kay Arthur and Joni Eareckson Tada appear in some cities.) To learn more, visit the True Woman website this week to learn more and see a video of Dannah talking about true womanhood for teens.

Grace Prep High School
Visit Grace Prep, This exciting, new model in Christian education was founded by Dannah and her husband, Bob.

Lies Young Women Believe Nominated for Gold Medallion
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (EPCA) included Lies Young Women Believe by Dannah Gresh and Nancy Leigh DeMoss in its nominations for 2009 Christian Book Awards. Since 1978, this organization has recognized outstanding contributions to Christian literature. It is a great honor to have Lies Young Woman Believe acknowledged.