The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #16: Puberty

(Note: This is not a post about “sex” or purity. This is a post about how my journey into puberty occurred. I’ll get to the purity stuff later.) Discretion vs. Simplemindedness – The ability to avoid words, actions, and attitudes which could result in undesirable consequences (Proverbs 22:3) – Bill Gothard by RazingRuth My body [...]

The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #15: Hypocrisy

Sincerity vs. Hypocrisy – Eagerness to do what is right with transparent motives (I Peter 1:22) – Bill Gothard by RazingRuth Sincerity? – My dad was very careful about our public image. Most ATI patriarchs are. Though we didn’t go out in public very often, and certainly we never went out alone, when we did [...]

The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #14

Sensitivity vs. Callousness – Exercising my senses so I can perceive the true spirit and emotions of those around me (Romans 12:15) – Bill Gothard’s Character Traits by RazingRuth Before I talk about my own experience, I want to talk about birthdays, in this movement, as a whole. Birthdays in a Gothard family can vary [...]

The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #3

Discernment vs. Judgment – The God-given ability to understand why things happen (I Samuel 16:7) by RazingRuth Two babies in ten months.  Samuel came three weeks early.  That was my mother’s introduction to parenting.  I’m sure she must’ve been over-whelmed.  With my father starting to travel on occasion, I’m sure she was lonely.  But she had her church [...]

The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #2

Deference vs. Rudeness – Limiting my freedom in order not offend the tastes of those whom God has called me to serve (Romans 14:21) – Bill Gothard by RazingRuth Within five months of ‘Elijah’s birth, my mom figured out she was expecting again.  It dawned on my mother, on Elijah’s fifth month birthday, that she hadn’t [...]