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March 30, 2011

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A Letter to Dr. James Dobson

Dear Dr Dobson, You don’t know me. But I am one of millions that you have influenced. I always looked up to you, and you, through your books, gave me advice that may have saved my life. I’ll tell you more about that later. My mother read your books too and all your early titles were a part of our family library. I listened to Focus on the Family growing up. Your organization was our family's and our faith community’s favorite resource- your voice was trusted and familiar when we heard it on the radio, year after year. In a way, your strong kind voice was a substitute for the dad I never really had. Then I got married. And some things went very wrong, and I didn’t know why, and I couldn’t talk about it to the people around me. I eventually found out why- my husband was addicted to pornography. But we were in full time ministry and he was in leadership, and there was no o...

If You Love a Midwife (or a midwifery student)

For all the parents, partners, children and friends who have a midwife or midwifery student in their lives. Midwife means “with woman”. This means midwives have a calling, a passion, a compelling to spend their days and nights supporting birthing families during the life changing and intense season of childbirth. Midwives also live their lives exposed to unusually high levels of estrogen and oxytocin. If you are lucky enough to have one as a part of your family or close friend group, here are some things you need to know. Estrogen is a group of a steroid hormones. It is the primary female sex hormone. Oxytocin’s nick name is “the love drug”. So living on this cocktail, means midwives – assuming they are female- are essentially goddesses. JK, but feel free to bring food and drink offerings. Most people don’t realize there is a lesser known dark side to oxytocin . While it makes us feel more loving and cuddly (the reason midwives someti...

Why What Happened in the Bill Gothard Movement Matters (Even If You Weren't In It)

Conservative Christians circles in the USA are currently very much abuzz with the drama happening at headquarters of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) – a Christian non-denominational para-church organization that has heavily influenced Bible churches, the home-schooling movement and conservative Christian culture in America since the 1970s. The president and founder of IBLP, Bill Gothard, resigned two days ago, amid extensive allegations of sexual harassment spanning several decades. For years, the worst Bill Gothard and his teachings had been accused of publically of was being “legalistic,” and of taking scriptures out of context. But gradually, personal stories about oppressive emotional and spiritual abuse both at IBLP headquarters and among some of the families who subscribed to his teaching began to come out. Beyond that, lots of the kids who grew up under his teachings had to struggle well into their adult years ...

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