What is Malika Bourne up to these days now that No Non-cents Nanna’s blog has been restored?
What is Malika Bourne up to these days now that No Non-cents Nanna’s blog has been restored?
All across the United States, during the pandemic of 2020, there were church leaders who were refusing to allow congregations to mask and practice social distancing. Pastors were claiming it is their Constitutional right for church congregations to meet to worship God. (See First Amendment quote below .) May God bless the church groups who […]
Are we adjusting, yet, to staying home from school? Don’t pass up the chance to explore outer space or look for penguin poop…not joking- this post just added links to more virtual learning experiences that can help scientists just by sitting on your own couch in the living room. Travel the world virtually- for free- […]
No Non-cents Nanna has been preaching about teaching children good handwashing since I started this blog. The BEST thing to do is to lather up with soap and water scrubbing vigorously under warm running water for a good 20 seconds. Keep reading and scrolling for updates on current recommendations for self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Compassionate Church to Cult How does a loving small-town mid-western church go from pretty normal to a cult known as The Walk? Christian Tabernacle was a Bible-focused church in Washington, Iowa for many years before the idea of The Walk started. We appreciated strong moral values in our elders and felt a sense of belonging […]
Are you curious about why people you know joined a cult, but, have no idea of where to start to try and understand how cults lured in someone you love? This post will share with you resources on the characteristics of the lure of cult leaders that I have found particularly helpful to me. Decades […]
Nice Christian Ladies Don’t Talk About Their Sex Lives – rather I might say lack of marital sex with their husbands- maybe they should. Therefore, this post will share a collection of articles on how the foundation’s Christian churches are being shaken by scandals exposed by the #MeToo movement. * While I am being shockingly […]
No Church should ever cover up sexual abuse within its congregation. Yet far too many pastors, and priests, have enabled a predator to damage innocent victims over and over and then continue moving on to the next prey. Sexual assault should not be swept under the carpet in exchange for a check in the offering […]
Trigger Warning: This post will contain a growing list of #MeToo-related links to articles on church sexual abuse for the convenience of my followers who need quick and easy resources to learn more about the overwhelming issues of abuses in churches that harbor criminals instead of notifying the police first. I have included some helpful […]
I am grateful for the Sunday School Lessons that I learned when I was a child. Little did I or any of the congregation of the Christian Tabernacle church I attended to realize that our Midwestern Bible-based church would be systematically seduced by a cult leader from the West Coast. In retrospect, I can recall […]
This is my personal history of how a good Christian girl, an active member of a loving church, Christian Tabernacle, in a small town in Washington, Iowa was ashamed of her youth group peers who were members of a religious group known as The Walk. Now, that the Church of the Living Word cult has […]
This post will explore the “forgive and forget” advice given to survivors of toxic relationships. I am a survivor a religious movement that turned into an abusive cult. I have rarely discussed this in public, but I think it is time to open up about many things people on the outside wonder about.the #MeToo movement […]
Can you trust health care workers to do their job? What happens when you do not trust a health-care-giver who is very nice and get the work done very fast? Only in a perfect world can you trust a stranger. No employee is perfect- not even me. When a family with a disabled person needs extra ordinary care-taking life is stressful enough – then hire a kind acting stranger who seem to have all the necessary skills to help out – but, they are only there for the pay check and all the extras they can rip off. This post will address some issues with health-care employees that willfully cross the line of neglect and fraud, from my per-spective. Trust in God, but lock your door… For the last 6 1/2 years we have had some very good people in and out of our home to care for my adult son who – BAM! – got hit […]
The most common question children will ask when traveling is “ARE WE THERE YET?” This post will share some of our old fashioned traveling games and some newer ideas from cheap to very nice and neat and more modern… Granny tips for traveling with kids …plus my travel picks from the fun products I just […]