Who Was That Masked Man Part 13 – Finis

July 31, 2012 By 12 Comments

by Calulu Let’s recap: Tom Smith has just spent something like nearly fifteen years meddling in my life under the guise of ‘Christian Brotherhood’ and we’d just left the church we attended with him for a mainstream denomination in our town. He’d led the villagers in a figurative angry mob with torches against us to [...]

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Updated FAQ: The Bible & Birth Control

July 30, 2012 By 6 Comments

Note:  Before reading this, please read the “Quiverfull and the Bible” FAQ.  Like the “nobleminded Bereans” (Acts 17:11), we are entitled to study for ourselves, so that we may read the Biblical text in an informed manner.  That FAQ provides the background for the method of informed Bible reading used here. by Kristen Rosser aka [...]

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Bad, Evil Psychology Helped Me

July 29, 2012 By 8 Comments

by Latebloomer Growing up, I heard a lot of scoffing at psychology in my family, homeschooling community, and fundamentalist church.  In those circles, the study and application of psychology represented a worthless human attempt to feel happier apart from God and become better without the guidance of the Bible.   The anti-psychology sentiment was so [...]

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Millipede Part 16

July 28, 2012 By 9 Comments
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by Millipede My story continued……. We were free from the world of Patriarchal religion. On a personal level, I began to blossom. I was working outside the home, not only paying the bills, but able to save a little money here and there. Gradually, the trappings of the Patriarchal movement fell away. I stopped wearing [...]

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The Hangover – Adventures in Recovery

July 27, 2012 By 11 Comments
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by Calulu It seems in spite of our attempts to be completely free of what we’ve suffered at our old church there are some issues that linger, things we need to deal with. Some of those things involve the relationship between my husband and myself. Hangovers. First allow me to say this is not one [...]

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