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February 2012

February 06, 2012
I've noticed a lot of comments on No Longer Quivering recently claiming that there's a...

December 2011

December 22, 2011
As a former retail slave, I have a request to make of all last-minute holiday...
December 19, 2011
There is now a new addition to my story on No Longer Quivering: Daughter of...

November 2011

November 22, 2011
Inevitably, when I write about the modesty issue, I get some variation of the following...
November 21, 2011
This isn't a story about how modest clothes allowed me to "let myself go" and...
November 14, 2011
I've been having great fun with the holidays this year. I made a Halloween costume....

October 2011

October 18, 2011
The American political sphere is something like a gladiator's ring taken over by staggering drunks...

September 2011

September 21, 2011
This is cross-posted at No Longer Quivering. Growing up in fundamentalism was like living with...
September 16, 2011
Message of the Hour believers claim that William Branham was the last of seven prophets...
September 13, 2011
Fundamentalism has a nasty habit of redefining words. You can tell they're doing it when...
September 11, 2011
The Message, when you're in it, can feel like an island. You might think every...
September 07, 2011
I miss my mother's best friend's children. Does that sound complicated? It doesn't make a...
September 05, 2011
Women in the Message of the Hour are not allowed to wear makeup. They are...

August 2011

August 31, 2011
"Culture" is a fraught concept just about everywhere. In the academy, people debate what it...
August 28, 2011
My garden has been growing unchecked for at least a month while I tended to...
August 28, 2011
I've been writing this blog for a year now, which means a number of things:...
August 19, 2011
Nothing to read on the internet?! Never fear! Here are a few posts I've read...
August 15, 2011
One Sunday, about a year or two before I left my Message church, my pastor...
August 10, 2011
The main message of the Message is this: the world is ending soon, and only...
August 08, 2011
William Branham's life story is published in a book series called Supernatural (no relation to...
August 07, 2011
Women's clothing is a favorite pig to roast in the Message. Some preachers, like one...

July 2011

July 13, 2011
I decided that, lacking time to write in-depth blog entries, I'm going to refocus my...

May 2011

May 22, 2011
I received an email today from Nathan Rivera, a former believer who was born and...
May 19, 2011
The internet is abuzz with the fact that tomorrow is evidently going to be the...

April 2011

April 21, 2011
What makes people believe the Message? What makes them keep believing even when it's become...

March 2011

March 08, 2011
This post is forthcoming on No Longer Quivering. As followers of God’s final prophet and...

February 2011

February 03, 2011
William Branham told a lot of stories to illustrate his points. I suspect that he...

December 2010

December 22, 2010
Another installment of my (Sierra's) story is now posted at No Longer Quivering: Daughter of...

November 2010

November 19, 2010
It has been rumored that some of William Branham's unsavory doctrines stemmed from a personal...
November 10, 2010
My friends at No Longer Quivering and I are frequently accused of unforgiveness. The blog...
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