Excerpts from The Scared Sandwich: Church officials for Jerusalem’s Bus Stop, a gathering of Christ-followers in Boise, Idaho have reported that Pastor/Head Facilitator Tucker Wynn has taken a leave of absence in the wake of what they describe as Wynn “hitting a major pothole in his faith journey” when he told several people during his [...]
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Pastor tells Congregation to shut up!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged church, Easter, read the Bible, senior pastors, shut up and read your Bible, worship God on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Psychos on Amazon!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, I protest, tagged domestic violence on January 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I was shocked to check this link posted at TW Domestic violence is a problem in the US as much as it is in India. But you will only find religious fundamentalists having the unmitigated gall to defend it! And not only defend it but actually write a justification and call it “romance?” Ugh! I [...]
Broaden Yourselves to Prevent Despair!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, The Muses, tagged Ace of Base's All that she wants or Madonna's Like a Prayer, Andhi Mazhai, Dil tho Pagal Hai, Ex-Pentecostal, Ex-Pentecostal Thoughts, Fool's Garden Lemon Tree, Guns N Roses, Harry Potter, journalism, Lutherius, Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, Mouna Ragam, Pentecostal, Punnagai Mannan, The Da Vinci Code, TLC's No scrubs, Y.M.C.A on January 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Lutherius from Ex-Pentecostal Thoughts writes: I think one of the most important things an Ex-Pentecostal person should do is to make sure that the majority of social contacts in their circle are non-Pentecostal. I cannot stress this enough. Remember that Pentecostalism isolates you from the wider community because it is so weird. When you are [...]
Good resource for ex-pentecostals
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged J P Istre, Letters from an Ex-Pentecostal, Pentecostals, spiritual abuse on January 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have been in touch with J. P. Istre, author of Letters from an Ex-Pentecostal. The book makes very interesting reading and has sections devoted on how to recover from spiritual abuse.This is a good resource for spiritual abuse victims. Istre has also said that there’s absolutely no copyright on his book, so anyone wanting [...]
Spiritual abuse!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, India Uncut, tagged Christianity, Cindy Kunsman, cultic, emotional incest, enmeshed families, he South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century, spiritual abuse, UnderMuchGrace on January 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I didn’t even know that a word called spiritual abuse existed till I read Cindy Kunsman’s UnderMuchGrace blog (My friends will of course be quick to remind me there are lot of things I don’t know Defining spiritual abuse Spiritual abuse describes the process by which a spiritual authority misuses their power and the trust [...]
Fight the Mental Burqa!
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, India Uncut, tagged Christianity, Fight the Mental Burqa, patriarchy, UnderMuchGrace, women on January 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
While reading UnderMuchGrace, I came upon the reason behind the graphic Fight the Mental Burqa on White Washed Feminists. Since I really liked what they said, I’m posting the pledge here. Fight the Mental Burqa! A woman is imprisoned by a Mental, Burqa if her entire formation, or her present indoctrination by those claiming to [...]
Serendipity! Gospel music
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged bridal march, Canon in D Major, Pachelbel, St George's Cathedral on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Serendipity is the joyful discovery of something wonderful by accident. And for me discovering Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major was something like that. I have always heard the song being played in church for the bridal march, but never knew that it was classical music. As a flower girl, seeing Christian weddings at the St [...]
Recounting history
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged The Pentecostal Mission, TPM, TPM History on January 10, 2009 | 85 Comments »
Since there have been many debates on whether the TPM approved or disapproved of married pastors, I thought I’d post this history of the TPM as told to me by a current TPM member: Ceylon Pentecostal Mission (now TPM) Founder Pastor Paul or Ramankutty had accepted several married people into full-time TPM ministry and even [...]
Prairie Muffins; the ultimate in conservative Christianity
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, tagged Christianity, homemakers, housewives, patriarchy, Prairie Muffins, pro-patriarchy on November 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Prairie Muffins are a little, crazy women’s group in the US that I got introduced to through fellow bloggers. This group believes in patriarchy and Christianity, so they feel their ultimate calling is to be obey their husbands, be good, little housewives and bring up other “little Prairie Muffins.” So I thought I’d have a [...]
Joyce Meyer on money, money & more money
Posted in A voice of sanity in the Christian world, Quotable Quotes, tagged Christianity, Get Rich gospel, gospel, Joyce Meyer, Name It And Claim it, prosperity gospel on November 13, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Wiki on Joyce Meyer: Pauline Joyce Hutchison Meyer, more commonly known as Joyce Meyer (born on June 4, 1943) is a Charismatic Christian author and speaker. Her television and radio programs air in 25 languages in 200 countries, and she has written over 70 books on Christianity. Some say she is a proponent of the [...]
