Category Archives: politics

Week One in Trump’s America

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Sharon Autenrieth

We are in Bizarro world now, where unless someone hands you a pamphlet entitled “I’m a White Nationalist: Ask Me How” you cannot suggest that they have troubling ties to white nationalism. I know that many people are enjoying this … Continue reading →

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On Civil Disobedience and the Respectable Response

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Sharon Autenrieth

In the wake of the Chicago Trump rally shutdown and the traffic stoppage protest in Arizona, I’ve been hearing a lot about civil disobedience and protest.   I also heard the opinions of the people around me at the St. … Continue reading →

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In the Trump Bubble

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Sharon Autenrieth

“You’re going to do what? Are you crazy?” “Please, Mom, don’t go!  You’ll do something stupid and get hurt!” “Let me know if you need to be bailed out of jail.” I went because I want to understand. I went … Continue reading →

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American Christianity’s no-cost discipleship

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Sharon Autenrieth

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, leader in the German Confessing Church Today one of my … Continue reading →

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Religious Freedom, Priorities and a Terrible Anniversary

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Sharon Autenrieth

My thoughts are a bit scattered today.  I’ve been remembering. Have you been paying attention to the news out of Indiana this week?  Gov. Pence just signed their Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law despite a loud outcry and threats … Continue reading →

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Homeschoolers, we can do better

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

I’m going to keep my input short and sweet today, and then turn the mic over to the gentleman in the photo above.  That’s Kevin Swanson.  He’s a homeschool graduate and a homeschooling father of five, a minister in the … Continue reading →

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With Exodus International’s Announcement, the Ex-gay Dominoes Keep Falling

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

When the impending closure of Exodus International was announced on June 19, it felt as if the staggering giant of ex-gay “reparative therapy” ministries had finally collapsed.  Exodus International was an institution among evangelical Christians; a 37 year old ministry … Continue reading →

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My comments were deleted (so I’m writing a post instead)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

This is a first for me, I think.  I posted two comments at Christianity Today online, in response not to the article about the Boy Scouts’ policy change, but to other comments.  A couple of days later, poof, they were … Continue reading →

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If you’ve come here through a link….please stay! (And why I keep blogging)

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

Is this shameless enough for ya? My site views have bounced recently, due to being linked by love, joy, feminism and Karen Campbell of Relationship Homeschooling.  I’ve experienced this before and I know that the bounce is unlikely to last … Continue reading →

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Of DCFS, HSLDA, and the day the social worker showed up

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

It was a beautiful spring evening, ten years ago.  We’d just finished eating dinner when an older woman knocked on our door and identified herself as an employee of the Department of Child and Family Services.  “Were you at Target … Continue reading →

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