Time Heals All Wounds ~ Part 5: A Leap of Faith

June 4, 2010 By

All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snow by Shelly Cruz Our family was planning an out of state move soon. My husband had been praying about our life up North. For him, everything seemed mundane, so he started [...]

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The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #8

February 27, 2010 By

Security vs. Anxiety -Structuring my life around that which is eternal and cannot be destroyed or taken away (John 6:27) – Bill Gothard by RazingRuth (Note from Ruth: This chapter is about my experience and my life.  This is not intended to represent any family but my own or any childhood but my own.  I fully [...]

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God gave them brains too

December 12, 2009 By

Why Michelle Duggar might not be done yet by Vyckie The Internet is buzzing with news of the premature birth of Josie Brooklyn Duggar ~ Michelle’s 19th child, who was delivered via emergency c-section last Thursday at only 25 weeks gestation and weighing a mere 1 lb. 6 oz.  Kate Harding, at Salon.com pointedly asks the [...]

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Raising My Daughter to be a Keeper at Home: Maybe, maybe not!

November 5, 2009 By

by Hopewell Recently in blog land there has been a good deal of discussion over whether daughters should be sent to college and prepared for careers or if they should be trained to be keepers at home and remain in their parents’ home until marriage. A lot of prayer and thought has gone into these [...]

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Christian Dominionism ~ Part 3: Bill Gothard and the Ties that Bind Extremist Politics to Christian Patriarchy

November 4, 2009 By

by km Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 You will never meet a homeschooler in North America who hasn’t heard of Bill Gothard.  Gothard has become a rich man from peddling his homeschooling program—Advanced Training Institute of America (ATIA)—and his self help seminars—the Institute in Basic Life Principles, the Advanced [...]

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