My friend Mary Nikkel, who I once knew by the online nickname Elraen, was the first blogger I started regularly reading while I was still trapped in the cult my family was in, the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement. She blogs at Threads of Stars. Here is what she wrote about recovering from spiritual abuse. IContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: We are less fragile”
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Outside the Box: Where we’ve been, where we are
Looking at it now, it all seems so simple…The rest of the world was black and whiteBut we were in screaming color… – Out of the Woods, Taylor Swift We can breathe again, out here in the open. Drink in the lemonade sunlight because each one of us has faced so, so much dark. RightContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: Where we’ve been, where we are”
Purity Culture isn’t just a Christian thing
I spent my teenage years immersed in purity culture, in both evangelical and fundamentalist Christian circles. If you were homeschooled, went to youth group, or wore a purity ring, you probably know what I’m talking about. Purity culture was an ideology, a movement complete with books like Dannah Gresh’s Secret Keeper, promoted in concerts by Christian artistsContinueContinue reading “Purity Culture isn’t just a Christian thing”
The UnBoxing Project: Cynthia Jeub’s story
I introduced Racquel and Ashley to Cynthia Jeub (now known as Artemis Stardust) shortly before they left their church, the First United Pentecostal Church of Colorado Springs. We had both been homeschooled and raised in a Christian fundamentalist, Quiverfull environment. We went to college together and were both editors for our college’s newspaper. Here is theirContinueContinue reading “The UnBoxing Project: Cynthia Jeub’s story”
Expressing myself after fundamentalism and legalism
Last Sunday, I introduced my friend Cynthia B. to my favorite movie during my teen years, The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), said to be the highest grossing Disney movie of the 70s. It’s slapstick comedy, but has complex characters. I’ve always admired Dusty, the stage driver. She’s the stabilizing influence for most of the town. When three orphansContinueContinue reading “Expressing myself after fundamentalism and legalism”
Eleanor Skelton 