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Likely Of Interest Only To Women Who Were Once Patrio-Centric...

Everyone else can just ignore this.  :)  If you are a woman who was or is deconstructing from a patriarchal model such as Vision Forum, Debi Pearl’s CTBHH, or a similar venue, and would like t… more »

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Likely Of Interest Only To Women Who Were Once Patrio-Centric... — 8 comments

molleth wrote 3 weeks ago: Everyone else can just ignore this.  :)  If you are a woman who was or is deconstructing from a pa … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, Gentle Mothering, Homeschooling, On Hearth and Home, On Him, On Women, Readers, Bloggers and Friends, Oh My!

Bare-Bones Christianity: My Creed — 24 comments

molleth wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m a bare-bones Christian right now.  A lot of the peripheral stuff, I just could care less … more »

Tags: Atonement Theories, Church Expressions, Conservative Christian-ism, emerging/missional, Gentle Mothering, Law and Grace, Making Me Think, missional in practice, On Him

Trusting God = Keeping Your NFP, Pills, and Barriers AWAY From Your Womb (?) — 41 comments

molleth wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve recently been involved in a conversation about “birth control and the Christian w … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, Gentle Mothering, Making Me Think, missional in practice, natural/organic/holistic, On Culture, On Hearth and Home

Caution: Christians Using Brains Ahead (Muddy Waters, Box Stuffing Fanatics and Church History) — 26 comments

molleth wrote 1 month ago: I was wanting to write a post tonight, but got reading here and there in the more hyper-conservative … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, emerging/missional, Gentle Mothering, Law and Grace, Making Me Think, On Him, On His Written Word

Questions I'd Like to Ask Some Christian Parenting "Experts" — 31 comments

molleth wrote 2 months ago: 1. Should my children’s sin be punished (by me or other adult authorities)?  2. What did the … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Conservative Christian-ism, Gentle Mothering, Homeschooling, Making Me Think, On Him, On His Written Word

Hold Your Kids to an Unkeepable Standard (Then They Will Understand "Mercy)" — 94 comments

molleth wrote 2 months ago: Below are my comments that weren’t allowed.  I’m not sharing them because I want to ge … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Conservative Christian-ism, Gentle Mothering, Law and Grace, Making Me Think, On Hearth and Home, On Him, On His Written Word

Fundamentalists Need To Be Loved — 36 comments

molleth wrote 2 months ago: To make a long story really really short, I just found a file full of papers, emails, and discussion … more »

Tags: Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, Making Me Think, On Him, On His Written Word, On Women, Readers, Bloggers and Friends, Oh My!

On The Biblical Case for Spanking Our Kids (or, uh, Maybe Not) — 75 comments

molleth wrote 3 months ago: Since I have written a book on someone else’s blog, I thought I should probably move it over h … more »

Tags: Conservative Christian-ism, Gentle Mothering, On Him, On His Written Word, parenting/family, Readers, Bloggers and Friends, Oh My!

Standing in His Grace — 30 comments

molleth wrote 3 months ago: “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subjec … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Conservative Christian-ism, Law and Grace, On Him

On Trying to Explain a Living Thing — 39 comments

molleth wrote 3 months ago: I can tell that, to some people, I’m terribly offensive now. I didn’t used to be that w … more »

Tags: Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, emerging/missional, Gentle Mothering, Law and Grace, Making Me Think, missional in practice, On Him, On Politics

Hephzibah House in Indiana: Abuse Still Going On, Over 30 Years Later — 81 comments

molleth wrote 3 months ago: It’s hard to try to explain the daily schedule at Hephzibah House.  Daily life was about so m … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Atonement Theories, Conservative Christian-ism, Gentle Mothering, Law and Grace, On Whatever, On Women, parenting/family, Readers, Bloggers and Friends, Oh My!

Root Issues: Authority Structures We Like Best (Fluid vs. Heirarchal, etc) and Their Influence in the Way We Interpret Scripture (Gender Issues, Church Government, Relationships...) — 17 comments

molleth wrote 4 months ago: Resonate writer, Len Hjalmarson, recently mused on a topic of interest to me.  His post, Evolution … more »

Tags: Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, emerging/missional, Making Me Think, On Culture, On His Written Word, On Women, Orthodox Thoughts

Formula Over Relationship: RED FLAG #1 — 35 comments

molleth wrote 4 months ago: After the “unsafeness” of the whacko church of my young-adult-met-Jesus days (that i … more »

Tags: Conservative Christian-ism, emerging/missional, Gentle Mothering, Homeschooling, Law and Grace, Making Me Think, missional in practice, On Him, parenting/family

Shut-Up! No, Keep Talking! (Trinitarian Musings and Flying Divergent Opinions) — 16 comments

molleth wrote 5 months ago: One thinker says this of my thoughts, If you don’t think that one can be equal in essence and sub … more »

Tags: On His Written Word, Readers, Bloggers and Friends, Oh My!, Conservative Christian-ism, On Him, Making Me Think, Complementarian/Egalitarian, Gentle Mothering

Musings on Authority and the Weak and Righteous Rebellions (against "Crying it Out," and Beyond) — 19 comments

molleth wrote 6 months ago: I once believed that Authority is a major crux upon which the  Christian either stands or falls.  … more »

Tags: On Culture, On Hearth and Home, Conservative Christian-ism, On Him, Making Me Think, Abusive Groups

Reader's Write: Advice for Talking with "I'm Daddy's Helpmeet" Folks...? — 45 comments

molleth wrote 7 months ago: Those of you familiar with the Botkin sisters and Vision Forum will be aquainted with the idea that … more »

Tags: Abusive Groups, Complementarian/Egalitarian, Conservative Christian-ism, Making Me Think, missional in practice, On Him, On His Written Word, On Women, Reader's Ask

Parenting with Gentleness Series — 1 comment

molleth wrote 7 months ago: Here is a collection of the recent posts here on thoughts about parenting with grace as the founda … more »

Tags: Gentle Mothering, parenting/family, Reader's Ask, Readers, Bloggers and Friends, Oh My!

The Truth and the Myth of Only Two Choices — 29 comments

molleth wrote 7 months ago: Let me present an element of fundamentalism that I find dangerous (at best).  There are only two ch … more »

Tags: On Women, emerging/missional, On Whatever, Conservative Christian-ism, On Him, Making Me Think, Abusive Groups, Complementarian/Egalitarian

Readers Write: Talking with Friends/Aquaintances About Destructive Parenting Practices — 25 comments

molleth wrote 7 months ago: I hope the title didn’t make you think I was going to tell you how, since, well, I don’t … more »

Tags: Conservative Christian-ism, On Him, Reader's Ask, parenting/family, Violence or Pacifism, Abusive Groups, Gentle Mothering


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