Help Out a Quivering Daughter

November 11, 2012 By 20 Comments
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An escaping daughter from a Quiverfull family is trying to win a scholarship through WyzAnt Scholarships. In order to get a scholarship she needs people to vote on her essay. Her essay is entitled ‘Quiverfull Freedom’.  Jennifer from Charlotte, North Carolina has written about how

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News & Links Saturday – November 9, 2012

November 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Most of today’s links have to do with missteps by the Religious Right and the Evangelicals and the election. If you’re sensitive to political talk then please don’t click the links. Most of them are examining why pushing the religious agenda in the Republican party has been a failure.  America soundly rejected the ideas put [...]

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The Parenting Project – Teen Years

November 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
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The next set of questions for the Parenting Project has to do with how you were parented as a teenager and how that affected your future parenting. 1. Did the type of parenting or discipline change as you moved into your teenage years? 2. Were you rebellious as a teen? How did your parents react [...]

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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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Things I Have Learned Not to Fear

November 6, 2012 By 4 Comments
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by Kristen Rosser When I was a young Christian in charismatic evangelicalism (Assemblies of God, followed by Maranatha Campus Ministries), 2 Timothy 2:7 was frequently preached: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and love, and a sound mind.” Other verses emphasized the point: “For ye have not received [...]

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