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We Don’t Need Perfect Mothers – by Rachel Ramer

When my sisters and I face relationship challenges, we occasionally say to each other, “What would Mom have done? Let’s not do that.” This may seem disrespectful, casting our mother as a horrible role model, but the truth is, we sympathize with the struggles she faced and how she dealt with them. She grew up in a world where females were openly taught to acquiesce to the will of the men in their lives. The church, the workplace and the home all reinforced this. Society taught her not to stand up for her own needs, and she passed this tendency on to her daughters. We struggled to dismantle this message for ourselves. On the other hand, ...

May 2025

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: God = Grace, Love and Fellowship – pg. 1 The Comfort of Christ – pg. 2 "Thanks for shining Jesus' light in the darkness!" – pg. 4 We Don't Need Perfect Mothers – pg. 6 Mother Jones – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

January 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: A Tiny Ripple of Hope – pg. 1 Four No's of Our Lives in Christ – pg. 2 Ageism: Prejudice Against Our Future Selves – pg. 4 What's New? – pg. 6 Eden as a Metaphor – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

September 2023

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: Listening to God – pg. 1 One Day at a Time? – pg. 2 Children and Religious Toxicity – pg. 5 In Memory of Larry Omasta – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

January 2023

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: Nothing But Jesus – pg. 1 A New Beginning – pg. 2 Loving Doctrine More Than People? – pg. 5 Savannah Bananas – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

June 2021

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak: Papa's Love & Frightful Warnings– pg. 2 Ed Dunn: Can We Talk?– pg. 5 Rachel Ramer: "Shame On You!" Really?– pg. 6 Greg Albrecht: The Bride of Christ – pg. 7

February 2019

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak: Trending: Deconstruction– pg. 3 Greg Albrecht: Aroma of Love, Stench of Greed– pg. 6 Rachel Ramer: Heirs to Religious Angst – pg. 8 Stephen Crosby: Confessions of a Christian Idiot – pg. 11 Peter Enns: No Contradictions in the Bible! You Heard Me! – pg. 13 Brad Jersak: “According to the Scriptures” -pg. 15