“Orderliness v Disorganization” – Preparing myself and my surroundings so I will achieve the greatest efficiency (I Corinthians 14:40) by RazingRuth If you’re not ATI, you may not understand the quotation before each article I plan to do. I’ll try to explain. Bill Gothard promotes an educational series in which he defines forty-nine “operational qualities” of character. These are the “character traits” you hear the Duggars go on about. Each week, as an ATIer, you are supposed to audit yourself against these character traits. “Are you orderly or disorganized?”, in concordance with biblical principle and scripture. For Full post …
Tag: sheltering children
It alienates people, pushes friends and loved ones away
January 2, 2010
by Erika My friend was waiting for me to convince her to help me run away. As my freshman year of high school plodded on, things at home became more and more constrictive and conservative. My friends from school started to drift away as my parents pulled the reigns in at home tighter and tighter. The few friends that stuck around were the ones that were known mostly as the “outsiders” at the public school, so they were of a rebellious and non-conformist attitude anyway. I always felt that my other friends had moved on Full post …
Daughter of the Patriarchy: Old-Girl in Young-Girl Disguise
November 25, 2009
by Sierra “What did you think?” My mother asked, as our blue Chevrolet rolled smoothly out of the parking lot, mingling with more expensive cars on a fresh-paved freeway. “I liked it,” responded seven-year-old I. “I actually listened.” We were talking about our first visit to Anna and Sven’s church, an informal affair that gathered weekly in the upper annex of a suburban YMCA. The church had begun in the pastor’s living room, hosting only two or three families. Over the next few years it had grown to six or seven. The pastor and his Full post …
A Friend’s Perspective
November 3, 2009
by Erika Like most kids that are taken out of public school and start homeschooling, and whose families dive head first into patriarchy and fundamentalism, friendships that these kids have end up fizzling out with “old friends” as parents tighten the reigns. Sometimes, friendships are cut off altogether. I found myself in the position of my parents tryng to wean me away from my friends and because many of my friends didn’t understand what was truly happening in our home, they became uncomfortable and confused around us and our parents and eventually, they just stopped Full post …
You know you read too many blogs when you can describe your day this way …
November 2, 2009
by hopewell With tongue firmly in cheek, I pay homage to those never rattled, never angry, always positive, always thankful Mommys who have made me see my world oh so differently! [And, who have inspired me to find a new form a recreation than reading all their blogs!!! lol...]. I posted this at a FJ to get people thinking creatively about their world. I am not trying to blaspheme, insult anyone. Please relax and take it as H.U.M.O.R., ok? Sunday started off so very well!!! Our Savior woke us in time to worship him in the Full post …
Vyckie’s Tour de Crap: “The children do not get it at all …”
October 24, 2009
This letter which I wrote to Jonathan Lindvall via his “Bold Christian Living” email discussion list fits into the time period of the latest installment of my story. This one is total crap ~ I was trying so desperately to figure a way to get Angel to accept and embrace the godly, quiverfull lifestyle which we’d chosen for our family ~ I think that my desperation is quite apparent in this rather pathetic letter: Dear Mr. Lindvall, Thank you so much for your ministry — you have been a great encouragement to my husband & Full post …
It’s About MONEY
September 15, 2009
With Promises of Protection, Security and Ultimate Victory, Peddlers of “Family Values” Manufactured a Culture War, and Capitalized on Our Fears Please note: This post has been modified to clarify the point I want to make which is this: I have no problem with making a buck ~ earning an honest living. In fact, that’s exactly what I’ve got in mind in running the NLQ website, writing a book, etc. ~ I do not apologize for these efforts to support myself and my children. What makes me sick is that the “need” which the Quiverfull Full post …
Something didn’t sit quite right with me …
August 10, 2009
by Erika The morning that I left for my missions trip Boot Camp. I’m pictured with my pastor and his wife. A newspaper story that was done before I left for my missions trip. When I left for Africa in the summer of 1991, I was excited about my trip and the things that I would see but I was also disappointed to know that I would be coming home to my sophomore year as a homeschooler. I was crushed by my parents’ decision and begged them to let me stay in school. After Full post …
Michelle says, Never enough babies!
