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My Birdie

by Mari cross posted from her blog Mari’s Muses I got a parakeet last week. Solomon is a beautiful shade of blue. If he hears music, he chirps along. It’s nice. I let him out of his cage when I get...

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Adventures in Recovery: Happiness is the Best Revenge

 by Calulu In “Jacula Prudentum” (1651) George Herbert said that living well was the best revenge, but I am finding there is actually something else that is better and much freer than living well. The...

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Eighty Four

by Mari cross posted from her blog Mari’s Muses I’ve been reading a book called Angel Sister. The main family in the story consisted of a husband and wife who were children of men who wanted to control...

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Ordeal of the Bitter Waters Part Three

by Samantha cross posted from her blog Defeating The Dragons This is simply my story of how I became pro-choice. I’m not writing this to convince anyone– it was a journey that took years, and what...

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Let It Gay? Subversive Messages from Disney’s “Frozen”

by Libby Anne cross posted from her blog Love, Joy, Feminism Over Christmas break I visited my parents to find not only my younger siblings but also my conservative evangelical mother obsessing over...

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The World is “Dark, Selfish, and Cruel.”

by Lana Hope cross posted from her blog Wide Open Ground I watch Tangled on TV at McDonalds this afternoon. I was supposed to be reading Paul Ricoeur (I had it on the table), but this is the time in...

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Sexuality and Shame: Part 3 Sexaltation

by Kaleesha Williams cross posted from her blog Kaleesha Williams I’ve heard so many sermons about sexual temptation, so much focus there, but they are occasionally balanced with messages about how...

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Brave New Life: Part 5: Tolerance

by Melissa cross posted from her blog Permission To Live This post is part of a series, to start with the introduction, please click here. Mere weeks after the phone call that prompted the silence...

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It’s Life Jim, But Not As We Knew It

by Living Liminal cross posted from her blog Living Liminal We’ve reached a milestone. It’s been one and a half years since my husband and I decided we couldn’t take it any more. 18 months since we...

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A Dusty Letter

by Kaleesha Williams cross posted from her blog The Lost (And Found) Mind of Kaleesha Williams This afternoon while Denny and I were rearranging our bedroom a bit, I found a dusty letter on a shelf. I...

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Quoting Quiverfull: Feminism is a Nazi-Like Plot?

by Kelly Crawford from her blog Generation Cedar – Obama’s Feminist Remark: It’s Not About Choice Kelly’s really on a roll. Not merely content to make fun of an adult child coming to terms with...

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Part One – The Paradox of Freedom

by Living Liminal cross posted from her blog Living Liminal Many years ago I found myself, completely against my will, dealing with the loss of my marriage. I’d spent 7 years married to a man who lied...

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Part 2 – The Paradox of Freedom

by Living Liminal cross posted from her blog Living Liminal Part one can be found here – Part 1 – The Paradox of Freedom I shared in my last post about the revolutionary discovery I made after my...

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Rejected But Free! (What Price Acceptance?)

by Living Liminal cross posted from her blog Living Liminal As anyone who’s visited my Facebook Page could tell you, I read a lot of blogs. That’s who I am. I read, I ponder, I process. A lot. It’s how...

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People Who Matter

by Mari cross posted from her blog Mari’s Muses “Be who you are and say what you mean. Because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~Dr. Seuss You find out (in a hurry!) who...

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Psalm 22

by Mari cross posted from her blog Mari’s Muses My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why  are  You  so far from helping Me, And  from the words of My groaning? O My God, I cry in the daytime, but...

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The Upper Hand

by Ellen cross posted from her blog When Church Hurts I just have to say I had the best time yesterday!  I and my family went to an auction.  One of our former church’s plants has bought an old...

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Sexuality and Shame: Part 3 Sexaltation

by Kaleesha Williams cross posted from her blog Kaleesha Williams I’ve heard so many sermons about sexual temptation, so much focus there, but they are occasionally balanced with messages about how...

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Part 10 Pendulums and Plumb Lines – Adventures in Ambiguity

by Cindy Kunsman cross posted from her blog Under Much Grace All images by Cindy Kunsman from Under Much Grace and used with permission.   Like a swinging pendulum, when we exit a group, we can easily...

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When Reality Collides With Earnest Expectations

by Cindy Foster cross posted from her blog Finding Fundamental I’ve never been much good at New Year’s Resolutions. I tend to over-think everything including all the areas in which I need to improve…...

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