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Christian Teen Magazine 'Brio' Returns With A Biblical Worldview

For about 20 years starting in 1990, Brio magazine was the evangelical answer to Seventeen. Focus on the Family is bringing it back, saying it sees a renewed need among teens for alternative voices.
For about 20 years starting in 1990, <em>Brio</em> magazine was the evangelical answer to <em>Seventeen</em>. Focus on the Family is bringing it back, saying they see a renewed need among teens for alternative voices.

A lot of teenage girls grow up looking to magazines like Seventeen or Teen Vogue for tips on fashion and dating. But for some conservative Christian girls and their parents, those magazines can seem a bit risqué. For about two decades starting in 1990, the evangelical Christian group Focus on the Family offered an alternative: Brio magazine, which is making a comeback in May.

In some ways, was a lot like other teen magazines in the 1990s. remembers "devouring" articles on issues like clothing and DIY manicures — things she definitely wasn't learning from

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