Why Michelle Duggar can’t say, “We’re done!” “We’ll just wait and see what God has in store.” ~ Michelle Duggar, People, Feb. 8, 2010 by Vyckie As a former Quiverfull mom of seven, I’ve had such a variety of birth experiences ~ emergency c-sections, scheduled repeat c-sections, failed homebirth attempt, successful homebirth (after four cesareans!), hospital VBAC, and with my last birth ~ which I had planned to have unassisted at home, I ended up with a 5th c-section due to partial uterine rupture. My complicated birthing history made living out the Quiverfull ideal of Full post …
Archive for January, 2010
The 49 Character Qualities of Ruth #4
“Humility v Pride” – Recognizing that it is actually God and others who are responsible for the achievements in my life (James 4:6) by RazingRuth Disclaimer: With my father, I have to be careful of the details I give. His place in the movement is easily identifiable with a few key data points. I hope my readers can understand that even though I hate what was done to me, I hate what could be done to people I love even more. In which case, identifying my dad isn’t something I want to do. It’s also unnecessary for Full post …
The God Card: Subordinate But Equal
Subordinate But Equal (Piper and other Complementarians on ‘Biblical Womanhood’) The God Card ~ Thoughts on Patriarchal Teachings by Journey The patriarchy camp loves to say that, at the core, it believes men and women are equal. A common phrase goes something like, “Men and women are equal, but simply have different roles to play.” The statement often works like a charm. After all, hey, they just said men and women are fundamentally equal, right? People playing different roles isn’t necessarily bad. In fact, it’s usually positive. Images of actors on state are conjured up in Full post …
Barren
by Calulu Of all the things that happened during my ten years in the Quiverful movement I think that the one thing that caused me the most pain was my inability to bear children. Being infertile in a movement based upon the notion that God grants the righteous a full quiver of arrows led to all sorts of interesting assumptions by people that swore I was their Sister in Christ. Based upon the ways I was treated because of my fertility challenges I came to realize that my church ‘family’ was as dysfunction and rude Full post …
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 friends and they were quick to prop her up when she needed it. They assured her that feeling lonely was normal, but that she should commit herself to prayer and supporting God’s will. Still, when Samuel was six months old, Full post …
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 had a period- she chalked it up to nursing -when, in actuality, she was already eight weeks along. She was ecstatic, as was my father. In their bliss, they called my mother’s parents to share the news. It was met Full post …
Quiverfull Reality Pics …
by Vyckie I was just digging around for old photos to post along with the next installment of my story. Found this one of the children visiting me in the hospital after Wesley’s birth ~ and thought to myself, “Hmmm … what does this remind me of?” Oh ~ I know … ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NLQ Recommends … ‘Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment’ by Janet Heimlich ‘Quivering Daughters‘ by Hillary McFarland ‘Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement‘ by Kathryn Joyce
Daughter of the Patriarchy: A Jewel or a Trash Can
by Sierra William Branham with a woman in his prayer line. (He would lay on hands, pray, and they would walk away healed, allegedly.) If you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always had an answer. If you asked again in ten minutes, it would be a different one. I wanted to be a figure skater, detective, veterinarian, zoologist, writer, astronaut and archaeologist – and not just one at a time. When I went outdoors to play, I climbed rocks and saw them as mountains. When I jumped over Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
