Parenting

Parenting: How to Respond When Your Children are Demons, even as a Babe in the Womb Affecting Your Pregnant Wife

Parenting, children as demons, demons wrestling with unborn babies in the womb of your pregnant wife? Say what? by Kathi "What in the name of all that is holy?"   These were the words that I uttered to Julie Anne when I ran across the post, "Parenting Means Wrestling with Demons," by Jonathan Parnell on… Continue reading Parenting: How to Respond When Your Children are Demons, even as a Babe in the Womb Affecting Your Pregnant Wife

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – March 15, 2015

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  by Kathi *** Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 (1) There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven; (2) a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,… Continue reading SSB Gathering – March 15, 2015

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – March 8 2015

*** Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi  Death Valley *** Mark 6: 30-44 (30) The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. (31) Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have… Continue reading SSB Gathering – March 8 2015

Homeschool Movement, Kevin Swanson, Stay-At-Home Daughters Movement

Is there a correlation between sexual abuse as an adult and homeschooling?

**** Kevin Swanson attempts to tie together child abuse statistics from the Gen 2 Survey, a University of Oregon campus sexual assault survey, and stay-at-home daughters. ****   -By Kathi On February 6th, Christian homeschool leader Kevin Swanson and Steve Vaughn did a radio broadcast entitled, "1/3 of College Women Sexually Abused." Swanson fails to mention… Continue reading Is there a correlation between sexual abuse as an adult and homeschooling?

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – March 1, 2015

*** Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  by Kathi   *** Mark 12: 28-34 (28) One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most… Continue reading SSB Gathering – March 1, 2015

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – February 22, 2015

*** Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi    Newport, OR *** 1 Corinthians 13 (1) And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding… Continue reading SSB Gathering – February 22, 2015

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – February 15, 2015

*** Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.    Larches at Lake Ingalls Trail, Washington *** Philippians 2: 1-11 (1) If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, (2)… Continue reading SSB Gathering – February 15, 2015

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – February 8, 2015

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.     Psalm 5 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my sighing. Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the… Continue reading SSB Gathering – February 8, 2015

Geoffrey Botkin, Homeschool Movement, Kevin Swanson, Reconstructionist-Dominion Movement, Stay-At-Home Daughters Movement

Second-Generation Homeschoolers: Will They Be Homeschool Dropouts?

*** Will Second Generation homeschoolers continue with the vision given to them by their first-generation parents, or will they stagnate and decay? **** Posted on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westernconservatory/posts/773859062683731 *** Second-Generation Homeschoolers:  Will They Be Homeschool Dropouts? by Kathi Homeschool Dropouts is a documentary which features the children (Anna, Benjamin, David, Elizabeth and Isaac) of Geoffrey and… Continue reading Second-Generation Homeschoolers: Will They Be Homeschool Dropouts?

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – February 1, 2015

*** Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.   (Cedar Creek Grist Mill, Woodland, WA) *** Psalm 62:5-8 (5) Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. (6) He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not… Continue reading SSB Gathering – February 1, 2015

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Gathering – January 25, 2015

*** Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  (Emerald Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon) *** John 10: 7-18 (7) Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. (8) All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the… Continue reading SSB Gathering – January 25, 2015

Evangelism, Young Earth Creation

Fast Food Evangelism

*** Kathi digests dissects an "evangelism" video.   *** This "how to" video on evangelism caught my attention not too long ago. Oh, there's so much about this video....Where to begin? Before we get into the video itself, let's look at the man in front of the camera. This is Eric Hovind of Creation Today. Eric is… Continue reading Fast Food Evangelism

Christian Marriage, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, Patriarchal-Complementarian Movement, SMH (Shake My Head), Women and the Church

Marital Rape: Is it Even a Possibility in Christian Marriage?

*** Is there such a thing as "rape" in a Christian marriage? *** JA note:  Thanks to Kathi for putting this post together this week as I'm finding my groove with a new term back at college. *** *** Robert posts on his blog, A Man, His Wife, and the Bible and is married to Amanda.… Continue reading Marital Rape: Is it Even a Possibility in Christian Marriage?

Doctrine as Idol, Spiritual Abuse, Word of Faith Movement

Word of Faith: Finding the balance between truth and abuse

*** Word of Faith teachings:  the balance between truth and abuse ***       Julie Anne is out on the road for most of the day and she asked me to post a discussion piece about Word of Faith. -Kathi First, I would like to thank Loura Lawrence for sharing her story with us.… Continue reading Word of Faith: Finding the balance between truth and abuse

Street Evangelism

Who needs street evangelists when we have church fight?!

Coming sunday, SUNday, SUNDAY! Church fight! "It's already been decided who won, it's just you wait to find out what happens." Did God predestine both to get kicked in the groin? -Kathi B.

Church Governance or Policy Issues, Personal Stories

The Privilege of Church Membership

Church Membership Today's post is written by long-time reader, Kathi (whom some may recognize as "kb," moderator on the SSB Facebook page). Kathi, found the former BGBCSurvivor blog after hearing about my defamation lawsuit in the local news. It turns out, Kathi and I lived in the same town for years, but our paths never crossed.… Continue reading The Privilege of Church Membership