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True Womanhood – Get Abused, Win A Crown!

  TRIGGER WARNING!!!  ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, and everything ANTI-GOD!!! Seriously.  FOR THE LOVE!!!!!!!  Oh, also, this post is pretty long.  Fair warning.  I couldn’t not put any of these quotes in.  Because holy hell.  You need to read this.   “The gospel informed woman, the younger women are to love their husbands.  They are to…

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A Letter to My Daughter, On Marriage

Dear A~ How can I give you advice on finding a husband, when how I found mine was exactly what the christian dating books say will happen, but with which I completely disagree? I’m aware that the beginning of our story sounds crazy, as if I imagined it.  God picked out my husband and told me…

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Leaving the Tradition of Inequality Behind

Yesterday I talked about needing better options for marriage. Today’s post is about equality being our option.   I grew up with a domineering, sometimes emotionally abusive mother, and a mild-mannered dad who just wanted to keep the peace. I can’t write about my marriage without talking about my parent’s marriage.  I wish I could…

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Better Options for Marriage

The women pipe up, somewhat embarrassed, somewhat joking, about how they all have trouble submitting to their husbands. ‘I know I should, but I just don’t want to.’ ‘I’m not very good at it.’ Are these our only options as married Christian women?  To be obedient servants, or fight guilt and shame for not being…

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