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  • Nicole Naugler Does Not Understand What in the “Best Interests of the Child” Means

    Originally published November 18, 2018 at No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer Back last year (2017) Nicole Naugler contacted NLQ on Facebook challenging us to really investigate and write a ‘true’ story about their family. You remember the Nauglers? They were in the national media for losing custody of their ten children in Kentucky…

  • The Turpin Family and Reactions by Other Neglectful Parents

    Originally published January 18, 2018 on No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer Today has been another day of more reveals in the story of the Turpin family. Louise Turpin’s sister has come forward to make allegations that when she lived with Louise and David Turpin that David would attempt to watch her shower. That…

  • The Turpin Family – This is What Homeschooling to Hide Abuse Looks Like

    Originally published January 16, 2018 at No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer On Monday morning we all woke up to a story in the news of a California family that had been abusing their children. Sunday night one of the Turpin children managed to get away and called local law enforcement. When the police…

  • Disputed Lands and Boundaries

    Recently I had to return to the land of my birth, Louisiana, and deal with a family crisis. I quickly figured out that the situation had little to do with me personally, it was more to do with two powerful matriarchs in the family and how they related to one another. Neither were completely wrong…

  • Does God Approve of Kitchen Countertops?

    Published June 28, 2017 at No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer. I’ve had a hard time keeping my mouth shut lately in regards to the total and complete hypocrisy of one of the wealthier Quiverful/Evangelical female cultural enforcers. She has recently been martyrbating over the fact that many of us resist her theology, mistakenly…

  • Central America Does Not Need Evangelical Jesus!

    Originally published July 29, 2017 at No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer. For a couple of years now we’ve been reminded, again and again, about the hard work, sacrifice and need for money by one of Evangelical Quiverfull’s royal families – Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband Derick and their mission for Christ to…

  • Evangelical Christians and the Confederate Flag

    Originally published August 19, 2017 at No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer To everyone sharing the Confederate flag while claiming religious symbolism needs to know you are sharing fake news. The designer of the emblem himself, William Porcher Miles, stated several times that the diagonal “cross” and other elements of the flag were careful…

  • The Pence Rule – The Problem With Powerful Women in Quiverfull

    Originally published October 1, 2020 at No Longer Quivering. Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer. Writers note: This was written in the days leading up to the first Mike Pence versus Kamala Harris debate. You know what’s upcoming here within the week? The second debate, the one I am looking forward to. The Vice Presidential debate. On…

  • Guideposts on the Journey

    Yesterday was a challenge in so many ways. The greatest being that while Jim was at church I was home, waiting in nervous anticipation for the repair guys from our local cable and internet provider. Our router had kicked the bucket. The challenge, for me at least, is conducting the conversation entirely in Spanish. My…

  • Unjoyfully Unavailable

    by Suzanne Titkemeyer January 8th, 2023 There’s a YouTuber out there who loves to make fun of the idea promoted in the Quiverfull / Evangelical / Fundamentalist world. That you as a woman owe sex upon demand to the man with whom you share last names and wedding rings. That as a wife it’s always…