Posted today: Clarification on Resignation by Douglas Phillips, Esq., November 14, 2013 I would like to express my gratitude for the great kindness so many have shown to my family in the wake of my stepping down as president of Vision Forum Ministries. My family has been greatly encouraged by many loving notes we have […]
Author Archives: Kathryn Brightbill
In which Kathryn contemplates the possibility of becoming a professional member of the religious right
Why did I have to be such an ethical person? I’d make a pretty darn good professional member of the religious right. I’ve got such a perfect story to sell a ton of books and make it for years on the fundy speaking circuit too. I mean, grew up in conservative homeschool family, did the […]
Ding dong, Vision Forum Ministries is dead (But Vision Forum, Inc. is still raking in the cash)
Vision Forum Ministries announced today that they are closing up shop entirely. Whatever Doug Phillips did, it had to have been something so bad that the board decided the best course was to shut down the whole thing, turn off the lights and go home. Closing a ministry entirely when it’s not named after the […]
Check out my sweet #Gators seat. First row! (at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium)
In case anyone was wondering why people acted surprised that Doug Phillips’ affair was with a woman, it’s because he posts photos on his blog like the one above. I was poking around on his blog yesterday because, to be quite honest, I’d never much paid attention to Vision Forum other than to be creeped […]
Doug Phillips confesses affair, resigns from Vision Forum, questions still remain
Yesterday Doug Phillips, one of the major names in the conservative homeschooling world and the quiverfull movement, announced his resignation from Vision Forum Ministries and the cancellation of all speaking engagements. With this, he joins a long list of Evangelical leaders who have engaged in inappropriate extramarital relationships and had to leave their ministries in […]
Shimla is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s just so pretty, like somebody picked up a fairy tale village and dropped it down in the foothills of the Himalayas. I didn’t realize until much later that the reason I could barely breathe climbing hills was because it’s an elevation of something like […]
Looking through old photos. Here’s a picture of me senior year of college, one of the possibilities I considered for my senior yearbook photo. When I was little we used to love to go to the park and climb on this train.
And now, for something completely different
Could the Gators please fire their offensive line coach? Or do something to fix the offensive line? If Tyler Murphy doesn’t get some protection, it’s going to be a long season. And with that football moment, I return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
Kevin Swanson and the “Homeschool Apostates”
Guys, guys, my favorite wingnut is talking about Homeschoolers Anonymous! He doesn’t mention HA by name, because heaven forbid someone go to the website and see what it’s about, but apparently wanting to reform abuses in homeschooling makes us all apostates. Also, somehow doing debate plays into it, though I’m not entirely sure how debate could have […]