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October 2012

October 07, 2012

Today I Saw the Life Chain

I grew up at the heart of the anti-abortion movement. As a child, I held...

October 04, 2012

What’s in a name? Honor, Providence, and Arrow

I knew three different girls named Mercy as a child, though Bible names were more...

October 02, 2012

Guest Post: Rebecca recounts her childhood in Operation Rescue

"I remember being a kindergarten-aged girl and sobbing in the kitchen, overwhelmed with the horror...

October 01, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Jenn’s Story

"My name is Jenn. My parents converted from Baptist to Evangelical not long after I...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

WWJD Bracelets, Veggie Tales, and Evangelical Culture

One thing about being evangelical was that you didn't believe in any of those sacred...

September 11, 2012

Whose Politics Is It Anyway?

Yesterday I was watching Rachel Maddow with Sally. Rachel had Elizabeth Warren on, and I...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

How Can We Bridge the Culture Wars Divide?

A guest blogger at Feministe named Eve has written a wonderful post about the culture...

August 25, 2012

The Mark of the Beast

Evangelicals in a school district in Louisiana are objecting to a palm scanner that kids...

August 02, 2012

Our F*cked Up Politics of Healthcare

You want to hear something sad? Just the other day I read that starting August...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Airplanes and me; Or, what a BIG family means

The other day I was talking to a friend about how much I would love...

July 29, 2012

It was like leaving my own children

Reader Rebecca recently posted a comment I really identify with: I always say that I...

July 28, 2012

I Remember: AWANA

When I was in kindergarten, someone invited my family to attend an AWANA program at...

July 26, 2012

I’m not collecting children anymore

For me, the whole Quiverfull mentality ended up being little more than a child collecting...

July 17, 2012

Kids need rules! Right?

I am constantly surprised by how much I was taught as common sense child rearing...

July 16, 2012

Staying together “for the children”?

Growing up, I believed that divorce was wrong and completely out of the question. Marriage...

July 10, 2012

“Conservative Kid Grows Up”

Ed of Dispatches from the Culture Wars just posted an interesting piece called "Conservative Kid...

July 07, 2012

On homeschooled children and being “well behaved”

"Is she homeschooled?" "What?" I stammered, looking up from the ribbon I was examining. Sally...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Having It All Is Not a “Woman’s Issue”

Having It All: Not a "Woman's Issue" As an aside, I have a secret fantasy...

June 21, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Looking Back on Your Childhood

How did you perceive your childhood at the time compared to how do you see...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: A Homeschooling Future?

Do you plan to homeschool/are you homeschooling your children? Why or why not? If you...

May 22, 2012

On Positive Parenting and Saying “I’m Sorry”

Today I yelled at Sally. I was trying to finish a project and she was...

May 15, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Junior Mother

If you were an older daughter, do you feel that you were expected to play...

May 14, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Siblings and Responsibilities

How many siblings did you grow up with? Did responsibilities in your family differ by...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Sex Abuse, the First Stone, Judge Not, and All That

On Sunday I put up a post about Voice of the Martyrs' president, Tom White,...

April 08, 2012

On Raising Progressive Children

The other day my daughter asked me why I wear a ring. I told her...

April 07, 2012

“I don’t like those loud voices”: Children and Demons

"Mommy, I don't like those loud voices." I turned to my daughter, sitting in her car-seat behind...

April 02, 2012

Emotional Incest, Part 1: Definitions

"Emotional incest" is a tricky term because it sounds as though it implies a sexual...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

So many kids they’re easy to lose…

A reader recently alerted me to an article about a five-year-old who was left at...

March 15, 2012

Homeschooling, vaccinations, and a giant loophole

I've seen some recent discussion of the existence of a religious exemption from vaccination requirements....

March 14, 2012

On sacrificing your children

I wrote a whole ago about an article by a secular woman dating an evangelical...