Kelly Bradrick: Portrait of a Lady
By Ingrid. Last night, for some reason, I was thinking about Kelly Bradrick. You may not have heard of her but she was a poster girl for Stay at Home Daughters and then for the large Vision Forum “conference wedding” with lengthy, manly monologues and a first kiss at the altar. Kelly is the daughter […]
Jasmine Baucham, CollegePlus, and Leaving Things Out
By Libby Anne. CollegePlus is a Christian organization that guides students through the process of getting online degrees through a state college in New Jersey. You CLEP, you take online classes, and anything with a lab you take at your local community college – and the whole time you have a CollegePlus (same gender) tutor/guidance […]
Vision Forum and Emotional Incest
Blogger Libby Anne recently posted a four-part series on the relationship between emotional incest and the teachings of Vision Forum. Here are links: Emotional Incest, Part 1: Definitions Emotional Incest, Part 2: The Botkins Emotional Incest, Part 3: Daddy’s Girl Emotional Incest, Part 4: The Pain Libby Anne blogs at Love Joy Feminism. Please remember that while […]
Vision Forum, the Titanic, and “Honor and Protection”
By Libby Anne Doug Phillips of Vision Forum has just announced details for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic to be held this coming April in Branson, Missouri. He’s calling it an “International Centennial Event,” and if you click the link you’ll see the huge poster he’s using to […]
Vision Forum, Homeschooling, and “Teach Them Diligently”
By Libby Anne This weekend is the “Teach Them Diligently Convention” in Spartansburg, South Carolina. According to the website, The Teach Them Diligently Convention was born out of a recognized need for more events celebrating the focus of Christian Homeschool Families—which is to disciple their children to glorify God. It’s not surprising that the “about” […]
Vision Forum and when youth group is “contrary to scripture”
By Libby Anne A reader recently asked in a comment if I would write about my experiences with youth group and church camp. I can’t. I didn’t have any. Youth group, you see, was too worldly. It was too fun-based. It wasn’t Biblical. My parents are part of the family integrated church movement. This movement, […]
Doug Phillips on the Threat of Population Decline
By Libby Anne. I recently ran across an article on Vision Forum president Doug Phillips’ blog, in which he repeats a line I heard so often growing up: Our world isn’t facing an overpopulation crisis, but is rather headed toward a demographic decline that will result in economic catastrophe. In other words, having 12+ children […]
Vision Forum on Women and the Vote
By Libby Anne. At some point during my teen years, I was at a homeschool conference and found myself in conversation with a homeschool dad. Out of the blue, he asked me whether I thought women should be able to vote. He was scouting me out as a potential wife for one of his five […]
Vision Forum, Female Soldiers, Passive Women, and “Barbarians”
By Libby Anne. Growing up in a family highly influenced by the Christian Patriarchy movement, I was taught that having women in the military was an absolute tragedy. I learned that women should never, ever serve in the military. Why? Because men and women have different roles to play. It is the man’s role to […]
Carefully Scripted Lives: My Concerns about the Duggars
By Libby Anne. I can’t say how often I’ve heard ordinary Americans defend Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their popular TLC television show, 19 Kids and Counting. “I wouldn’t choose to have nineteen kids,” they say, “but if they can manage it, who am I to question their choice?” “The kids look happy and […]
