I Voted! (Suck it, Mr. Branham.)

November 7, 2012 By 4 Comments

by Sierra I voted. Deal with it. Growing up fundamentalist, I was reminded on a near monthly basis that I shouldn’t be allowed to vote. It was inescapable. Central to the Message of the Hour theology was a set of seven prophecies by William Branham that were supposed to usher in the end of the [...]

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The Main Thing is to Keep the Mane Thing the Main Thing

November 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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by Mari Within a few days of my youngest brother’s birth, my hair turned curly. I had had wavy hair since I actually got hair at about age 2-1/2, but as soon as little Timmy made his appearance, those waves turned into a full head of spiral curls. No, I didn’t get a perm.

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News & Links Saturday – November 3, 2012

November 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Instead of  putting it on random Thursdays the links and news items are moving to Saturday. We’ll also be featuring  some of our Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network members blog postings as well each week. Interesting week with the election happening in mere days and the sad aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. May the East Coast

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Jeremy Lott, Rachel Held Evans, and Taboos in the Evangelical Christian Culture Industry

November 2, 2012 By 5 Comments

by Sierra In the attempt to track down sales figures for the evangelical Christian marriage book market, I found the following article by Jeremy Lott. He originally wrote it in 2003, but recently reposted it on his blog. The article discusses the range of products that make up the Christian culture market, including books. I [...]

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The Parenting Project: Childhood Part 1

November 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Here’s the next set of questions for the Parenting Project. They deal with the type of parenting you received from your own parents and while you were at school. I hope you’re consider joining this project and sharing what you know about parenting. Again, only answer as much as you feel comfortable doing. I know [...]

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