NLQ FAQ: Are Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar "Quiverfull"?

March 8, 2010 By 13 Comments

by Hopewell Q: Are the Duggars Quiverfull? By their own admission, Jim-Bob and Michelle were so “grieved” after reading the information pamphlet in a birth control pill package that they turned their fertility over to God. (“About Us” para.1 See also, Dallas News).  That decision has been the reason for their incredible family size of [...]

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The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #10: Basic Training II

March 3, 2010 By

Persuasiveness vs. Contentiousness – Guiding vital truths around another’s mental roadblocks (II Timothy 2:24) – Bill Gothard by RazingRuth One of the goals of homeschooling, for ATI and I’m sure other communities that homeschool, is to forge tighter bonds within the family unit. As my teacher and the only other female in the house (prior to the first [...]

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Looking Back: My Family 10 Years on From Fundamentalism

March 1, 2010 By

by Arietty The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. ~ L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between When looking back at my family during our days of patriarchal fundamentalism this opening line in the novel The Go-Between often comes to mind. In the last decade we have journeyed so far from where we once [...]

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The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #7

February 24, 2010 By

Resourcefulness vs. Wastefulness – Wise use of that which others would normally overlook or discard (Luke 16:10) – Bill Gothard by RazingRuth Six boys in one room and me, sitting like a princess, in my canopy bed.  If that’s not a recipe for jealousy, then I don’t know what is. My parents would often go to little [...]

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People Magazine: Duggars "won't rule out having baby #20"

January 29, 2010 By

Why Michelle Duggar can’t say, “We’re done!”   “We’ll just wait and see what God has in store.” ~ Michelle Duggar, People, Feb. 8, 2010 by Vyckie  As a former Quiverfull mom of seven, I’ve had such a variety of birth experiences ~ emergency c-sections, scheduled repeat c-sections, failed homebirth attempt, successful homebirth (after four [...]

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