With Strange Fire

Tag: SpiritualAbuse

  • The Duggar Family Campaigned For Todd Akin

    Matthew 12:35 “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” You know it’s going to be bad when I post a photo of a calm blue ocean! Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer and originally published at No Longer Quivering Patheos on October 19, 2013  Today some of the more popular media outlets like Buzzfeed,…

  • Evangelicals, Roseanne Barr and Good Christian Martyrbating!

    Written by Suzanne Titkemeyer and originally published at No Longer Quivering Patheos on June 1, 2018 I guess you’ve heard by now of this week’s newest societal outrage – the racist and cruel words by comedienne and actress Roseanne Barr? Who hasn’t? For those that didn’t it was a mean tweet issued by Ms. Barr…

  • About “That” Picture

    Sadly I am slightly defending Katie Joy Paulson. Paulson is a YouTuber and former Patheos blogger who goes by the moniker “Without a Crystal Ball.” She tends to cover reality television in her videos. One of my big objections to Ms. Paulson’s business model is not the content. It’s the methods she uses to share…

  • Plainly Difficult

    Over the years one of the things I’ve loved the most about my faith has been the turning of the liturgical year. In my old church I was the one that decorated for every holiday. On Easter draping the large cross behind the pulpit with rich and lavish purple cloth I’d ironed smooth. With preparing…

  • The Beauty of Bitterness

    I know, I know Etouffee is not bitter, but it’s the only thing sitting in my photos right now, sorry! “People cannot trust Christ if they are completely broken by Church leadership” “Brokenness is a blessing and a curse at the same time. It hurts, it’s not our natural state, but it’s where the marvelous…