Friday, November 30, 2007
Introducing The QuiverFull Blogroll
The Quiverfull lifestyle is a movement among conservative evangelical Protestant Christians. Roman Catholics and some others might refer to the Quiverfull position as Providentialism. Those who hold this position do so not in an attempt to simply have large families but to leave in the hands of the Lord God Almighty His sovereignty and authority over the womb. The distinguishing viewpoint is to eagerly receive children as blessings from God, abandoning all forms of contraception, including natural family planning and sterilization. This blogroll is for those who are actively following the Lord in this lifestyle. If there has been a sterilization, those on this roll hold to the fact that there is something very significant about repenting not only in word but also deed – having actions of confession and repentance that places this physically not just spiritually back in the hand of God. Therefore to be included you must have followed through with a reversal. To be included on this role please follow the rules listed below.- Write a post discussing this Biblical teaching.
- Leave a comment requesting to be added and a link to your blog/site and let me know so I can link to it.
- Place the roll on your blog. I will email the code to you once you are confirmed, so make sure I can find your email.
- Invite others you know who qualify to join. (optional)
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60 Comments:
Sallie, I do not disagree that God can and sometimes does heal and bless, He is sovereign to do so. Before our reversal I prayed for another child diligently. I considered myself QF in heart & desire but not in practice. This roll represents our view and practice on the matter and I fully acknowledge that we disagree on this issue. It is hard to express so that others can understand without feeling like we are judging them, but I feel there is something very significant about repenting not only in word but also deed – having actions of confession and repentance that places this physically not just spiritually back in the hand of God. Because of that I truly do not think it will benefit either of us or this blog roll to re-hash things (old hurts) and have decided to limit this to individuals who have committed to the practice of abandoning all forms of contraception, including natural family planning and medical/elective sterilization. I will continue to pray that God will be glorified in this area of your life according to the good intentions of His will, and if that be a healing of your womb I will greatly rejoice with you.
Hi there Mama Archer =),
I am really wanting to participate in your blogroll. I am just so sick right now that i do not have the energy to right out a post. I will try soon, real soon =) I just need to gather up my scriptures so that those who would like to argue the point, can get upset at God and not me...lol....
Thank you for the invite, you have made a beautiful roll.....
Blessings,
Melissa D. SC
http://www.xanga.com/MelissaDSC
I would love to be added to this blogroll. Do I add the blog roll now or when you email me the code? I'm kinda dumb with this stuff...I'm still learning about all this bloggy fun =)
my email is blessedmamaofmany@yahoo.com
Well we are defenatly a Quiver Full minded family. I would love to be added to your roll. I have to write something about that on my blog? ugh I am not good at that but will(reports are not my best subject) ha I leave that to my dear hubby when it has to do with writing for my kids. We currently have six wonderful blessings and are praying for more. My children keep asking for Christmas that I will tell them we are having an other. My youngest is nine months and I have never gotten pregnant before one of my children turn one, but God can do anything and if it is His will then I will get pregnant before my son turns a year old. Uh what was I suppose to do now?
Hi Kristine,
I would love to be added to your blogroll. :-)
Love,
Becca
www.homeschoolblogger.com/BeccaBeard
I love this idea! Please add me :D It was discovering like minded families that inspired me to blog in the first place in hopes of connecting. That being said, I'm quite new to blogging. What exactly are you looking for in a post on the topic? I have addressed it but not in the sense of presenting the Biblical argument for the position and I was wondering if that is what you were wanting. Let me know!
http://ambientsolace.org
Hey Mama Archer,
Thanks for adding me to the blogroll.
I have posted an entry about our QF journey. Here is a link:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/BeccaBeard/436918/
Love,
Becca
http://blessedfam.blogspot.com/
I posted my qf post today! =)
http://odellsat.blogspot.com/
I have added your blogroll to my blog and added my QF post today. Blessings to you in the Almighty!
My email address is under my profile, please click on View my complete profile on the left. Thank you!
Hello,
We would love to be in your blogroll. We have our blog at www.simplelivingak.wordpress.com
When I place the roll on my blog, am i to put it in my links in the blog roll? Kinda new at this still.
Our email is wilkinson4jesus@yahoo.com
We have a post discussing this Biblical teaching under our Quiverfull category.
God bless you and your blogroll! :)
Jason & Anna Wilkinson
The Wilkinson Clan
QF in Alaska
Hi, I'd like to be added. My blog is at www.homeschoolblogger.com/sheepyhollowfarmers. My husband and I are QF. I will type out a post as soon as I'm able. ;) Thanks!
I would love to be on the blogroll! My blog is at xanga.com/homekeepingheart and I have several old posts I can pass on to you. I'll have to dig them up...
Jennifer
I would love to be added too.
www.anarmyforthelord.blogspot.com
I am interested in being part of your blogroll. We have been quite blessed since trusting God--14 children and still open, although we know that God may not choose to give us another baby.
You can find me on the blogosphere at http://ladyofvirtue.blogspot.com/
Is there any way I could give you my email besides making it public in the comments section?
Sherry
Website: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Raisingarrows
I have a series of post on HOW we became quiverfull...don't know if that is what you are looking for, but here are the links:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Raisingarrows/176195/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Raisingarrows/177133/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Raisingarrows/178093/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Raisingarrows/178807/
:)--Thanks for the invite!
What a terrific idea. I'd love to be part. I had my eleventh at age 46. Still waitng to see if a dozen is God's will. :)
We would also love to be added to your qf blogroll. I have posted on this subject many times- do I need to send you direct links?n
I would also like to send you my address privately. You can reach me through the contact on the Lines site.
Thank you for putting this together- I thik that it is an awesome resource!
Tracy
Hi, could I be on your blogroll? We are quiverfull. Hmmmm, I will have to post something...
Hugs.
Please add me to your blog roll. We just spoke via email about it.
Here's the article I wrote sometime ago:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/stillearning/444689/
my blogsite: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/stillearning/
God bless, Pam
I would like to be added to the blogroll, but I cannot say just yet when I will be able to post on it. I am still taking care of 7 sick children, but will try to do it as soon as possible.
I am on momys, and friends over there know we are quiverfull. :)
My email is alwaysroom4morearrows at juno dot com.
Blessings!
Tina
My story is up on my blog now :).
Hello, can I please join your blogroll? My blog is new and I don't have a QF post up yet but I will write one. Could you please email me the code at ashbein27@yahoo.com and directions about how to add it? I'm new at this stuff :) Thank you!
Hi Kristine,
I found your site through your introduction at Above Rubies elist. I too am a reformed, quiverful, SAH, home educating, blogging and writing mama.
I just realized that I've written about our births at my website, and have quiverful books recommended, but have not written there about being quiverful. Hmm, I know I have written, wonder where?
Anyhow, I'll get a post up - what is it we put on our page though? The quiverful logo pic?
Email me (found in my profile) and I can email you the code to place on your blog.
I would be interested in being on your blogroll... my blog is: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/petersonclan . I am pregnant with my 9th child. You can get my e-mail through my blog.
Carri Peterson
I added my QF post at http://helpmeetintraining.blogspot.com/2008/01/quiverfull.html .
I emailed you but I wanted to come leave a new comment too. Thank you :)
I would like to join:
my blog: http://creativecounterpart.wordpress.com
my post:
http://creativecounterpart.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/trusting-god-for-the-size-of-our-quiver/
I hope you can find my email.
Hi, I would like to be added to your quiverful blog list. I have written a 4-part post which begins today (2/10/08) and continues through Wednesday. My blog is:
http://thebeautyofitall-suzanne.blogspot.com
Thank you,
Suzanne
Hi!
I would love to be added to the blogroll. I don't think I've ever posted about our Quiverfull convictions so I'll work on that and get one up soon.
My email is available via my blog site.
Hello! I stumbled upon your blog and it looks as though I've found someone who is very like-minded! I would LOVE to be added to your quiverfull blog roll. My e-mail is: carolinametzgers@earthlink.net and my blog is: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/carolinametzgers/
Thanks!
Lisa Metzger, helpmeet to Mark, keeper of the home,
2nd Generation Homeschool Mommy to 7 blessings:
Annalise (15 - adopted from Kazakhstan at age 10), Kaitlyn (8), Ethan (7), Trey Christian and Jake Merritt (5 & 3 - adopted from MO 6/07), Julia (2), and Ellie Grace (4 Months)! Five more angel-babies are in Heaven!
Hi Kristine,
Thanks so much for reminding me, I had planned to join the blogroll, life has been very busy lately.;) I would love to be added. My email is listed on my blog, and I will try to get a post up about being Quiverfull later today or tomorrow.
Have a lovely day :)
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/madefromscratch/
Hi again,
I finally got my post up, here is a link
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/madefromscratch/481600/
I will see if I can get the code to work, I am not very good with codes, lol. If I get stuck I will ask for help :)
Hi, I would love to be added to the blog roll! Here is a post where we discuss making a quiverfull decision: http://stephsoundoff.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-know-i-havent-posted-in-while-and.html
My email is stephtheis@gmail.com
I would like to be added to your blog roll. I will go post about our qf decision shortly :)
~kjl
Kristin
www.kjllovemylife.blogspot.com
qfmama@gmail.com
I'd like to join your blog roll as well. So far we only have three here on earth and one in Heaven, so to me, I have four babes. I pray that each month I find I am again with child. This is a short post http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/OhioSarah/238808/ about QF on my blog.
God bless,
Sarah
SeekingHim@gmail dot com
Hi!! I would love to join your blogroll. My e-mail addy is weareqf@juno.com and I will work at putting up a QF post this coming week. My blog is http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/weareqf. I might need some help with getting everything set up but I will try to figure it out before asking!! :-) Blessings! Kris
Please add me to your blogroll. I just read about it in the latest Above Rubies email. I put up a post here:
http://lifewithfullhands.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-arrow-story.html
my email is kjpechin @ yahoo.com
Kerri
hi Mama Archer! i heard about your blogroll from Above Rubies and thought i'd sign up - we've been members of the quiverfull list for nine years or so and we're expecting our seventh child in four weeks (we've been married 13 years) - so we do get asked questions and i haven't been really "out there" about it, but maybe it's time :)
my blog is at
www.homeschoolblogger.com/mamazee
We are a full quiver family with 5 at the moment. I have an appointment in the morning to confirm #6
1 is a foster baby but it looks like we are going to have him a long time.
the ages are 8, 6, 2, 11mo & 7mo
I haven't been able to keep up with a blog too much but I try every once in awhile
http://www.xanga.com/McAfeepartyof4
I'm probably not what you were looking for for your blogroll, but I hope you to read my post anyway:
http://blog.kerchners.com/2008/02/quiverfull-heart-one-arrow.html
Blessings! Ann
Hello! I would be very excited to be added to your blog roll. :) We have two little ones and (to my best understanding) two in heaven.
I have posted about our quiverfull beliefs before here:
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/Jonash2004/67368/Learning+to+Trust+God.html
and here!
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/Jonash2004/58685/
Blessings,
Ashley
Hi :) My name is Alena, and I just recently started reading homeschooling and large family information online. I was home schooled by my mother until the 7th grade, at which point, due to a catastrophic family event, I went to a Christian academy, and then on to 8th and 9th grade in the public school system. I returned to homeschooling for the last three years, but it wasn't the same, and I ended up getting my GED without ever really finishing school. I have two years of college under my belt, and a Certificate of Biblical Studies from a one year Bible college. I am the oldest of five children, all of whom were also home schooled until 1998 as well, then attended public school as I did. Three of them are still in school, and starting this fall, the two youngest will resume homeschooling with our mother. The oldest of the three, my brother, is still in public high school, and plans to remain there until he graduates.
I realize this is a long post, and I hope you don't mind. The reason I am writing to you is this: I have been married for just under a year, and up until this past Christmas, I had every intention of public schooling my future children, and of only having 2 or 3 children total. Then two things happened - first, my husband (raised in a strong Christian home and public schooled) asked me if I thought I might want to home school our children. It started me thinking, and I wound up reading Above Rubies. The second event was this - I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and hypothyroidism.
I used birth control pills last year from January to April, and then went off them, for multiple reasons. It really messed up my hormones, making me feel very strange and unhappy; we believe that I had an early miscarriage, and became very depressed; and we decided that we did not want to wait to have children, and that we wanted to leave our initiation into parenthood in God's hands. At that time we were still looking at limiting our total number of children to three. After that, we had planned to have my husband get sterilized.
After diagnosing me with PCOS, my doctor prescribed birth control pills. She says they are for three things - first, to give my ovaries a chance to heal (I have multiple cysts that are very painful), to prevent pregnancy until I am healthier, and to help regulate my hormones so that the other symptoms will diminish.
The problem here is twofold for me - first, my period is three months late (I tested five weeks ago, and was not pregnant at that time. PCOS tends to cause late periods), so I can't start the pills now anyway. Secondly, realizing that I may not be able to conceive (so far, ten months without contraception) really brought me up short regarding my expectations as a possible parent. I love children, and I know that I will love any and all that God blesses us with, but I have never seen myself as someone who could do a good job with more than two or three children of her own. Now I wonder if my fears are based less in reality, and more in my own experience of being in a larger family (five children). My birth father was not a good man, and was not at all supportive of my mother as a teacher, or of us as his children and students. She did EVERYTHING alone, and chaos reigned. Today, she is married to a good Christian man who loves her and my siblings, but he is also uninvolved when it comes to running the home, keeping order, and helping my mother with schooling and training of the remaining children. My husband is extremely good with children (he is actually looking to go into children's ministry with his own father), and he is very supportive of me, and regardless of what type of schooling we choose, he will be very involved with our children.
The point is, I am beginning to feel that I do not want to do anything to prevent as many children as God will bless us with. Because of my illness, I may not be able to have ANY children, and this has made me realize just how selfish my hesitation has been! The problem here is that I do not know if my husband is in agreement with me or not. This is such a new thought on my part that I have not yet shared it with him. I believe that I need to follow my husband's lead, so if he does not agree with me in this, I need to honor and obey him. But I do hope that he will feel the same!
Finally, I am confused as to how I should handle the medical aspect of this decision. My doctor (and all of the research I have done to date) indicate that birth control pills are the most effective and recommended means of treating PCOS. I am researching natural remedies, but have not found a good substitute yet. Can you tell me your opinion on this, please? I feel very confused and alone right now. I want to do the right thing and honor God, but I am not sure yet what that is. I have never really looked at this from a Biblical perspective, as I was not aware until recently that there was even an issue. I have been very careful not to use pills that are abortive, but ones that prevent ovulation instead, but that is really the extent of what I have thought of until recently.
My email address is bellequefamily@hotmail.com. I am really sorry this is so long...
Alena- I will email you this weekend!
Thank you for feeling comfortable enough to share with me!
I would love to be added to your quiverfull blog role. Let me know what I need to do next.
MamaArcher - I don't think I quite fit the requirements for the blogroll (though I am opposed to artificial contraception), but I just wanted to drop you a note to say that your blogroll is an inspiration and a beautiful witness to life. I am really enjoying reading about the lives of the lovely families who are included. God bless you and all the other QF blogroll members.
I would like to be added to your qf blogroll as well.
My blog can be found at:
http://www.thefullquiverhomeschoolhouse.wordpress.com
I have a qf category there with entries to choose from.
My e-mail is mommy2myblessings@yahoo.com
I will add the qf blogroll to my sidebar.
I have really enjoyed reading your blog. Thanks for sharing!
Hi again,
Do you have any different code? For some reason wordpress is stripping out some of the code so that only the quiverfull logo is shown, and not the actually blogroll. I am not sure what to do.
Thanks!
Hi MamaArcher,
I would love to be added to the blogroll. I find such great encouragement from the women who are currently listed. I know you have been to my site a couple times-thank you! We are quiverfull through adoption. I posted by QF this evening. Happy reading! ~Kristen
http://preciousinhissite.blogspot.com/
I realized I didn't leave my email address for you to send the code.
It's pkrowell@gmail.com
Thanks,
preciousinhissite
Hi! I would love to be part of the Quiverfull Blogroll! I just put a post up explaining our beliefs. My e-mail address is jeffnancy@reliamail.net
Thanks so much!
Would love to join the blogroll! Here is my QF post:
http://quiverfullfamily.com/blog/2008/03/07/yes-we-are-quiverfull/
It's not really doctrinal, because I wrote it :), but more of a testimony of our walk in faith on the subject.
My email address is jennifer @ quiverfullfamily.com just remove the spaces. I hope I get approved!
Please could I join your blog roll. We have 6 children, ages 2 to 9. All the children are adopted from the US foster care system. We are definately open to the Lord leading any more children to us. We are also open to the Lord giving us biological children, but over the last 10 years He has not seen fit to do that. Maybe in the future :-)
I would so love to be added to your blogroll. I have posted the news of baby #5, but I'm not sure if it has enough about our personal convictions. You can read it at: homeschoolblogger.com/luvs2bemom/496494
My email is: webemorris@peoplepc.com
If you would like me to write a more detailed post, just let me know.
Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you!
Belinda
I would love to be added to your blogroll. Though we are very much quiverfull minded now, that has not always been the case and we have had two sterilization surgeries and two reversals. Since we once had sterilization, I wasn't sure we qualified.
We are so thankful our reversals were a success and we have three reversal babies so far! You can read our testimony about it here:
http://kudzugrows.blogspot.com/2008/03/testimony-of-patience-grace-miracles.html
Thank you for your wonderful blog!
Hello, I would love to be added to your blogroll.
My blog is www.mamarissascorner.blogspot.com
My email is rissawebster@mac.com
I just recently (March 7) wrote a post regarding our quiverfull mindset and beliefs - is that what you're looking for?
The link: http://mamarissascorner.blogspot.com/2008/03/so-how-many-kids-do-you-want.html
Thanks!
I have not always been quiverfull so my 4 kids are spread out, but recently converted to it, if you will. Please add my blog to your blog roll. My blog url is http://baptisthomeschooling.blogspot.com
I recently posted about my quiver full beliefs: http://baptisthomeschooling.blogspot.com/2008/04/quiver-full.html
Hello,
I am not sure if we qualify because God has not chosen to bless us with a child yet - but our hearts are wide open and waiting. If you think we will fit in, please add my blog to your roll. I posted our story today, too.
My blog url is
http://catsandcarrots.blogspot.com/
My e-mail is triibuline @ gmail.com Just remove the spaces, please.
(sorry about the bad English - it is not my first language)
God bless you!
I would love to be added to this blogroll!
I wish I could be added, but can't. Not because I don't practice the same kind of belief in allowing God to work on the family, but I practice a completely different religion all together. I will however continue to read your blog and gather inspiration from your words. Thanks, I needed to know there were other families with a trust in their Creator to care for their family.
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