“Biblical” Parenting: Introduction

September 3, 2012 By 21 Comments

by Latebloomer Every once in a while, I realize something shockingly obvious, something that confronts yet another false assumption that has managed to cling to my mind even as I’ve moved further and further away from my fundamentalist Christian roots. In the whole Bible, there is not a single verse that credits parents for having [...]

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Before There Was Me

September 2, 2012 By 8 Comments
Mari

by Mari (Editors note: Please join me in welcoming the newest member Mari of the Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network. Mari will be telling her story here starting with her mother. Thanks for joining us Mari!) My mom spent her childhood in south central North Dakota and north central South Dakota. I’m not clear on [...]

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Greed, Giving & The Duggar Family

September 1, 2012 By 8 Comments
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by Calulu 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one should give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver This week as Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar seem to have been everywhere in the media I’ve kept returning to their family website, seeking to figure out the [...]

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Ann Romney’s Gendered Martyrdom: Women and Children First?

August 31, 2012 By 56 Comments

by Sierra Ann Romney cooking – you know, like she has to. Because she’s a lady. Credit isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I’m not talking about your credit score or the plastic in your wallet. I’m talking about public accolades. I’m talking about the river of molten gold that comes out of the [...]

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News Links August 30

August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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The Duggars were at the University of Arkansas yesterday. No one seems to know why. But here they are posing with the sorority girls from Alpha Delta Pi  house. Lots of links involving the Duggar family this week online. But most of them are rehashing of the one interview the Duggars did on NBC’s “Today [...]

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