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The Unforgivable Sin

Recently, someone stumbled upon my blog while googling this question: is the unforgivable sin abortion? I’d forgotten all about worrying about the unforgivable sin. For years, I was filled with...

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Eagle Cry Radio Cries Some More

The Eagle Cry Radio logo, complete with disembodied eagle head and Branham’s microphone. Joseph Branham’s reactionary letter to the WHAS11 news story on William Branham and the Message has been...

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Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia: It Really Is About Fear (Introducing a...

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. It’s probably not something you...

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Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part One: Generalized Anxiety and Images...

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. It’s probably not something you...

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Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Two: The Argument is in the Eyebrows

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. It’s probably not something you...

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Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia, Part Three: Finding Unconditional Love...

Trigger warning: The following post contains frank descriptions of the hate speech against LGBTQ people that my church used to inculcate fear and contempt in its youth. I have decided to write about...

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Survival Songs: Of Verona, The Enemy

The following song was an incredible help to me during the worst of my conflict with my mother after leaving fundamentalism. I think it’s especially pertinent for adult children of fundamentalists, as...

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“Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner”– a Christian Myth in Perspective

I recently wrote my Christian Fundamentalist Homophobia series to point out how I and other fundamentalist children were taught to feel contempt and disgust for people who didn’t live up to our...

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Columbine, martyrs, and growing up NRA at the end of the world

This morning, a deranged attacker opened fire in a Connecticut school, killing tens of children and adults. Little else is known right now about this particular shooting, although it’s another episode...

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Daughter of the Patriarchy, epilogue: What does leaving fundamentalism look...

From wikimedia commons. Occasionally, I get asked whether or not I ever actually left my old fundamentalist church. My story on No Longer Quivering followed my journey up to the first year of college....

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