Quivering Daughters – Eric Paździora

How Does Jesus Love You?

By Eric Pazdziora June 22, 2012 May 25, 2012 6 Comments

In May 2010, Hillary McFarland invited me to write a guest post for her lovely website Quivering Daughters, which offered healing for victims of Spiritual Abuse within the so-called “Biblical Patriarchy” movement. Not knowing at the time that this would turn

What It’s All About

By Eric Pazdziora July 11, 2011 3 Comments

This weekend, an anonymous commenter left this message on my most recent post on Quivering Daughters, a piece debunking legalistic teachings about clothing, entitled Garments of Salvation. Needless to say, I was completely floored and left pretty close to tears.

Garments of Salvation

By Eric Pazdziora June 30, 2011 June 30, 2011 23 Comments

Another in my series for Quivering Daughters “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor

The Bondage of Betrothal

By Eric Pazdziora February 21, 2015 April 28, 2011 17 Comments

Another in my series for Quivering Daughters. One of the fundamental teachings of the Biblical Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements is the doctrine of “biblical courtship,” or “betrothal.” (My brother suggested the word “casuistries” instead of “teachings,” which is perfect except

Just As You Received Christ….

By Eric Pazdziora March 3, 2011 March 3, 2011 6 Comments

Another in my series for Quivering Daughters Suppose you asked someone what the Gospel is: how does a person receive salvation in Christ? How would you respond if the answer was… “The Gospel is the good news that we have

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Clean

By Eric Pazdziora February 17, 2011 February 17, 2011 2 Comments

Another in my series for Quivering Daughters I have felt dirty and unworthy of a clean slate with God ever since my experience, ever since that meeting with Mrs. H—, this feeling has plagued me for years…. The struggle that

Reader Question: Should Christians Celebrate Birthdays?

By Eric Pazdziora January 12, 2013 January 21, 2011 6 Comments

(or, Beagles, the Bible, and Birthdays) Ali writes: Have you written on “birthdays?” My parents taught us the bible teaches that birthday celebrations are wrong and selfish. I remember King Herod being an example. I also was the example for

The True Meaning of Christmas Trees: The Spiritual Abuse Connection

By Eric Pazdziora December 8, 2010 December 9, 2010 57 Comments

First published Christmas 2009; newly updated for Quivering Daughters. I think I finally figured out what Christmas trees are really about. A while ago I found a blog article on the subject of our friend Mr. Tannenbaum. Apparently (the author

Antidotes to Spiritual Abuse

By Eric Pazdziora February 12, 2014 December 2, 2010 37 Comments

Newly updated and expanded for Quivering Daughters. First published here September 26, 2009. Guilt, shame, and condemnation. Unspoken rules you have to live up to. Authoritarian leaders you can’t ever question. An exclusive “us-vs.-them” mentality. Subtle or not-so-subtle pressure to fit