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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4h

The fertility cult is as old as human civilization itself, and it’s usually complemented by a masculine cult of militarism. This is why, even when we put "Christian" in front of it, the results don't change. It's a fertility cult ... and a death cult.

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This Week's "It's a Man's World" Episode Was the Hardest to Write

... but it needs to be said and I guess I'm the one saying it

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 1d

Better that they don't read it and leave me alone, vs not reading my lengthy comment but continuing to argue in my replies. 😅

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many writers in the social media age have been, or will be born of the realization that it's more efficient to write one, 1500-word essay than to respond to the same argument worded different ways, 97 times from 97 different people.

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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · 2d

These represent some of the myths we hold up to scrutiny in The Myth of Good Christian Parenting. So many families have been weighed down by heavy burdens & left picking up the pieces when the promises fail.

Let’s free some people up! Available everywhere TOMORROW!

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Brazos Press @brazospress.bsky.social · 2d

🌟New Release!🌟 The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families by @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social

What happens when popular "biblical parenting" methods cause more harm than good?
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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · Mar 5

Pre-orders are open now wherever books are sold!
@kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
and I are so excited for this book to be in your hands.

Release date: October 14, 2025

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40% off preorders right now! bakerbookhouse.com/products/637...

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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · 2d

It is book release day!🎉📚

One of the FAQs we get is, understandably, what resources do you recommend?

One of our goals in writing this book was to empower people to embrace the tremendous freedom they have, and so we created a metric for evaluating resources.
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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 1d

There's an old saying: if you don't start nothing, there won't be nothing. What if we just never started a "battle of the wills" with our kids? My review of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting" is live now! open.substack.com/pub/rachelda...

What if We Just DIDN'T Train Our Children That They Have to Obey Us?

My Review of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families"

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 6d

It's live! This episode is all about women's work: Hayley and I challenge the #Tradwife narrative, take a look at the historical reality of women's labor, and excavate a Biblical vision for economic justice from Proverbs 31. @anastasiscenter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pzc...

Episode 3: "Give Her The Work of Her Hands": Women, Work and Economic Justice

YouTube video by The Anástasis Center

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Launch Day @mburtwrites.bsky.social and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social ! Very excited to have this in my hands (but also this is a good opportunity to show off my new Turkish table runner and coffee set).

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

I've definitely seen situations where an adult child did need to be kept at a distance from the family because of untreated addiction or something like that, but I've also seen parents who disown their adult children simply because they live a different lifestyle from the parent.

Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

From what I saw, he was specifically talking about disowning a child over "rebellion" against parental authority (which should be a non-starter when talking about an adult child), and what needed to be preserved wasn't peace or moral purity, but the principle of authority.

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 5d

First Saturday back home after three weeks of travel, and I'm getting cozy with my advance copy of "The Myth of Good Parenting" by @mburtwrites.bsky.social
and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social. We needed this book so bad, church.

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

He very literally says that the parent needs to choose "the principle [of parental authority]" over relationship with the straying child. Did all his readers agree with him? Maybe not, but I sure don't remember him being blacklisted over it.

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine my surprise when I read about Chuck Swindoll's very adamant opinion that a parent should go no contact with a "rebellious" adult child whose divergent views/behavior threatens the parents authority over their younger children.

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

I also gained a LOT of context for parent/child alienation in this book. My generation's parents are often upset that their adult children are going no-contact, or close to it, because they have an expectation of unconditional loyalty, regardless of past or current harm.

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

... that spanking can be experienced as sexual by the child without the adult being aroused. The child may confusingly experience arousal, but even if not, spanking may still be experienced as sexually humiliating (esp by older children).

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

I appreciated that they named spanking as sexually violating - I think many parents are dimly aware of the *potential* for "some weirdo" to spank kids for their own gratification (probably the reason my parents never allowed anyone else to spank us), but they don't realize ...

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

Admittedly I haven't read a ton of the literature, but Marissa and Kelsey bring light to the uneasy sexual dynamics of spanking better and more thoroughly than anyone I've seen (see esp. ch. 8).

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 4d

"Liturgized spanking" is VERY well-expressed and useful handle to describe the hyper-spiritual ritualization surrounding spanking in recent Christian teaching & practice, and I think it will be part of the lexicon for discussing these issues for years to come. (ch.7)

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 5d

First Saturday back home after three weeks of travel, and I'm getting cozy with my advance copy of "The Myth of Good Parenting" by @mburtwrites.bsky.social
and @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social. We needed this book so bad, church.

Reply "follow" to this post for quotes and impressions.

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 6d

"Fantasy isn’t an escape from harmful things, it’s an escape from moral ambiguity about them." substack.com/home/post/p-...

What If Escapism Doesn't Look Like What We Think It Does?

Moral Purity, Moral Clarity, and Seeking Them in All the Wrong Places

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 5d

Me watching K-Pop Demon Hunters on repeat for the rest of 2025:

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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 6d

"Fantasy isn’t an escape from harmful things, it’s an escape from moral ambiguity about them." substack.com/home/post/p-...

What If Escapism Doesn't Look Like What We Think It Does?

Moral Purity, Moral Clarity, and Seeking Them in All the Wrong Places

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 6d

A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus

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