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January 2016

January 21, 2016

Demons and the Consequences of Feeding Children’s Fears

So, demons. I've written on this topic before, but it's been a while, and when...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

When Demons Are Real

I struggled with fear of demons my entire childhood. I would lay awake in bed...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

“Daddy, Is the Devil Real?” A Response

A reader recently sent me a post from a blog on the progressive Christian channel...

September 09, 2013

Christian Homeschool Girl. Teenage Exorcist.

So, I was initially sure this was satire. I grew up believing in demons and...

April 2013

April 02, 2013

Narnia and Tolkien, Yes. Harry Potter, No.

My parents didn't allow Harry Potter books in the house, but read both Narnia and...

December 2012

December 22, 2012

Evil and Demons and Sin, Oh My!

After the website Ladies Against Feminism suggests that the son of Liza Long, who penned...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Fear and the Fundamentalist Child

Today is Halloween. Sally is giddy with excitement. I'm taking her trick-or-treating this evening, and...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

Demons v. Psychology: Possession and depression

Do you remember that after the Aurora shooting happened this summer some Christian religious leaders...

April 2012

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...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts: The Recent Controversy

A few weeks ago an image started circulating on facebook, urging people not to buy...

March 04, 2012

I used to think aliens were demons, and other musings

Growing up, I was taught that there was no possibility that there was actual extraterrestrial life out...

March 01, 2012

Tarot Cards and Me

This is a slightly edited repost from last summer that I thought my readers might...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Bombing Demons; Or, the Fear of Hell

I recently received the following email: Just wanted to preface that I've been following your...

October 2011

October 30, 2011

Witches, Demons, Halloween, and Fear

When I was a Christian, Halloween always terrified me. Now don't get me wrong, I...

September 2011

September 09, 2011

Tarot Cards and Me

I feel like this blog has been too serious lately. So, time for a more...

July 2011

July 01, 2011

The Green-Eyed Demon

I laid in my bed terrified, my eyes tight closed. I was afraid, petrified of...