Who Was That Masked Man?: Food Insecurity

June 6, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Calulu Last night as I was channel surfing I ran across a political show that was talking about how Congressman Steven Fincher

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Quoting Quiverful: Christian Adoption Unapologetics?

June 1, 2013 By 6 Comments
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by John Piper of Desiring God – Christian Adoption: Disavowals and Affirmations Here is my effort to express the kind of commitments that would, I think, guard us from the kinds of abuses that have marred this otherwise beautiful movement of compassion and conviction in our day.

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Vision Forum & Defending Parental Rights at the Expense of Children

May 23, 2013 By 10 Comments
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by Calulu It seems that HSLDA isn’t the only weapon in the evangelical world against the wicked world supposedly persecuting them. This morning as I was reading through Doug Phillips of Vision Forum’s blog, dodging the pleas for money and the ads for all the crap Vision Forum sells,

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Bill Gothard has negatively affected my life: Part 2

May 22, 2013 By 5 Comments
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by Shadow Spring My twin sister flopped down on her bed, a dreamy look on her face. She was clutching a beautiful down parka to her chest, hugging it like a teddy bear. I sat tentatively on the edge of the bed, swinging my feet that were snugly encased in my new leather boots

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Bill Gothard has negatively affected my life…Part 1

May 21, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Shadow Spring I started this blog to have a space to write about how patriarchal fundamentalist thought had affected my marriage and resulted in disaster on many levels. The truth is that patriarchal fundamentalist thought had already wreaked havoc on my life before I even met my husband,

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