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SERMON: “Do Not Forsake Your Mother’s Teaching by John Piper”
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SONG: “My Heart Is Full” – A Song for Moms
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SONG: “A MOTHER’S LOVE”
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Day: May 9, 2015
“Gay Couple From Dodgers Kiss Cam Appear On ‘The Last Word’
HUFFINGTON POST
“7 Senate Democrats Team Up On Bill To Expose The Koch Brothers’ Political Ads”
POLITICUS USA
CBS: “Photos of the week”
CBS NEWS
“Nation’s richest congressman: U.S. poor are ‘envy of the world’
MSNBC
“Confederate flag prom photo: racism or ignorance?”
CNN
BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY
[ Life in the Spirit ] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 ESV
TODAY IN HISTORY, MAY 9th
Mercy and misogyny
The other day, I glimpsed the profile of a young man who was the spitting image of a freckled fundamentalist boy from my childhood. I blanched and suddenly felt a spasm of terror. It wasn’t this boy, grown up (ostensibly because this boy still lives in the basement of his parents’ house), but I was still shaken. On the whole, I had a very happy childhood, and my parents are these lovely, fun human beings, but I dislike being reminded of the community I was raised in: the fundamentalist homeschooling enclave.
Primarily, when I remember that time, I recall the crushing sensation of misogyny. Of existing in a network of people in which you have no agency on account of your gender.
To list all of the overt and subtle misogyny I faced as a homeschooled girl would be exhausting. The anecdotes and comments still rise to the surface, however…
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