by Mari Donald Miller, in “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” says that when you write a story, even though you hold the pen, the character does what it wants. It’s true. I once wrote a story for a fiction workshop about
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Filed Under: Abstinence, Beautiful Girlhood, Bible Interpretation, Biblical Chastisement, Biblical Culture, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Child Training, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Complimentarianism, Confession, Control, Controlling Emotions & being cheerful always, Dominionism / Christian Reconstruction, Drinking the Koolaid, Emotional Purity, Fear of Hell, Group Think, Help Meet, Honoring Parents, How Did I Get In This Mess?, Instant, Joyous, Obedience, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Life Stories, Lusting, Male Headship, Mari's Story, Markers of a Cult, Meek and Quiet Spirit, Men are Visual, Mental / Emotional Health, Motherhood, Mutuality, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, Patriarchy, Proverbs 31 Woman, Purity, Quiverfull & the Bible, Quiverfull Counterculture, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Topics, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, SASBN, Sheltering Children, Sibling Relationships, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Stay At Home Daughters (SAHDs), Submission, The Godly Woman, The Myth of Teenage Rebellion, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network Tagged With: Fiction writing, Isolation, Patriarchal fathers 2 Comments
Raised Quiverfull: Living the Life Part 1
by Libby Anne Raised Quiverfull Introduction — Questioning Summary Please be sure to click the above links to see an introduction to and explanation of this project, which involves a panel of nine young adults who were raised in Quiverfull families and have since questioned and left that ideology answering questions about their experiences. Question 1: [...]
Filed Under: Abstinence, Accountability, Advance Training Institute (ATI) / Institution for Basic Life Principles (IBLP) (Bill Gothard), Alienation, Any Cause Divorce, Beautiful Girlhood, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, Bill Gothard, Botkin Syndrome, Boundaries, Child Labor, Christian Modesty, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Control, Courtship / Betrothal, Covenant Breaking, Created To Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl, Divorce & Remarriage, Drinking the Koolaid, Educational Neglect, Elitism, Emotional Incest, Enmeshment, Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham, Family Integrated Church, Fear of Hell, Fundamentalism, Gender Equality, Group Think, Growing Kids God's Way / Babywise by Gary Ezzo, Help Meet, Home Church, Homemaking Skills, Homeschool, Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches (IFB), Isolation, Issues, Judgementalism, Learned Helplessness, Legalism, Like-Minded Fellowship, Maintaining Appearances, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing "Biblical Family Values", Marriage Covenant, Mary Pride, Maternal Martyr, Mega Churches, Mega-Families, Mental / Emotional Health, Motherhood, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, No Greater Joy (Michael & Debi Pearl), No Greater Joy by Michael Pearl, Parentification of Children, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Proverbs 31 Woman, Psalm 127 / Quiverfull: Be Fruitful & Multiply, Purity, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Resources, Quiverfull Topics, Raised Quiverfull, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, SASBN, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Preservation Factor, Self-Righteousness, Separation - Individuation, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Submission, The "Rod", The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, To Train Up A Child (TTUAC) by Michael Pearl, Toxic Relationships, Umbrella of Authority, William Branham - Message of the Hour, ¼ Inch Plumbing Supply Line Tagged With: Abstinence, Accountability, Advance Training Institute (ATI) / Institution for Basic Life Principles (IBLP) (Bill Gothard), Alienation, Any Cause Divorce, Beautiful Girlhood, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Big Happy Family Vision, bill gothard, Botkin Syndrome, boundaries, Child Labor, Christian Modesty, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Control, Courtship / Betrothal, Covenant Breaking, Created To Be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl, Divorce & Remarriage, Drinking the Koolaid, Educational Neglect, Elitism, Emotional Incest, Enmeshment, Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham, family-integrated church, fear of hell, fundamentalism, gender equality, Group Think, Growing Kids God’s Way / Babywise by Gary Ezzo, help meet, home church, Homemaking Skills, homeschool, Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches (IFB), Isolation, Issues, Judgementalism, Learned Helplessness, Legalism, like minded fellowship, Maintaining Appearances, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marketing “Biblical Family Values”, Marriage Covenant, mary pride, Maternal Martyr, Mega Churches, Mega-Families, Mental / Emotional Health, Motherhood, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, No Greater Joy (Michael & Debi Pearl), No Greater Joy by Michael Pearl, Parentification of Children, patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Proverbs 31 Woman, Psalm 127 / Quiverfull: Be Fruitful & Multiply, Purity, Quiverfull Ministries, Quiverfull Resources, Quiverfull Topics, Raised Quiverfull, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, SASBN, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Preservation Factor, Self-Righteousness, Separation – Individuation, spiritual abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Submission, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, The “Rod”, To Train Up A Child (TTUAC) by Michael Pearl, toxic relationships, Umbrella of Authority, William Branham – Message of the Hour, ¼ Inch Plumbing Supply Line 1 Comment
Dispelled: Part 10
by Chandra It didn’t take long for myself and Darren’s lengthy friendship to turn from dating to committed to one another. We were very much in love, and our voluminous email correspondence had already paved the ground for much of our relationship. I was so happy- I had met the man that I had been [...]
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Millipede: Part 10
by Millipede In face of these events, I found work. Once I overcame my husband’s reluctance to enter the workforce, he seemed to accept the situation. He drove me to pick up applications. He still held to his Patriarchal beliefs, but in light of our situation, he got over issue of my returning to the [...]
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Baptist Taliban: Part 3
by Cindy Foster THE CHURCH WE WERE The Preacher and his wife graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. At the time he attended there, the college was quite conservative. There were strict rules about dress, dating, curfews, entertainment, music and much more. The Preacher actually grew up in Springfield and was a member [...]
Filed Under: Accountability, Alienation, Baptist Taliban and Beyond - Cindy Foster, Baptist Taliban by Cindy Foster, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Boundaries, Child Training, Christian Modesty, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Control, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, Family Integrated Church, Fear of Hell, Fear tactics, Formulaic Religion, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamentalism, Group Think, Help Meet, Homeschool, Instant, Joyous, Obedience, Isolation, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Judgementalism, Kobayashi Maru ~ The No-Win Scenario, Legalism, Like-Minded Fellowship, Maintaining Appearances, Male Headship, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marriage Covenant, Mental / Emotional Health, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, No State Marriage License, Old Paths, Patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Proverbs 31 Woman, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Discernment Websites, Quiverfull Topics, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, SASBN, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Preservation Factor, Self-Righteousness, Shame, Shunning, Sibling Relationships, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Stockholm Syndrome, Submission, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Youth Group Tagged With: Accountability, Alienation, Baptist Taliban and Beyond – Cindy Foster, Baptist Taliban by Cindy Foster, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, boundaries, Child Training, Christian Modesty, Coercive Religious Groups (Cults), Control, Drinking the Koolaid, Elitism, family-integrated church, fear of hell, Fear tactics, Formulaic Religion, fruit of the spirit, fundamentalism, Group Think, help meet, homeschool, Instant, Isolation, Issues, J.O.Y (Self Denial), Joyous, Judgementalism, Kobayashi Maru ~ The No-Win Scenario, Legalism, like minded fellowship, Maintaining Appearances, male headship, Manipulation, Markers of a Cult, Marriage Covenant, Mental / Emotional Health, NLQ Miscellany, NLQ Open Comments, NLQ Stories, No State Marriage License, Obedience, Old Paths, patriarchy, Perfectionism, Personal Autonomy, Proverbs 31 Woman, Quiverfull Discernment, Quiverfull Discernment Websites, Quiverfull Topics, Recovering from Spiritual Abuse, SASBN, Self-Abnegation / Martydom, Self-Preservation Factor, Self-Righteousness, Shame, Shunning, Sibling Relationships, spiritual abuse, Spiritual Abuse & Recovery, Spiritual Abuse Survivors, Spiritual Issues, Stockholm Syndrome, Submission, The Godly Woman, The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network, Youth Group 7 Comments
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