The story of how people born into the Children of God / Family International cult reclaimed a term used to literally demonize them.
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Author: Steven Levithan
Steven Levithan is a leading expert on rain dancing, turtle-inspired architecture, and women. During his free time, he enjoys signing autographs and writing imaginative biographical info in the third person. He can also be found assassinating supervillains, summoning rain with powerful yet sensual dance moves, defeating silverbacks in hand-to-hand combat, and daydreaming about all of the above.
88 Top Serbian Verbs: Present, Past, & Future Tense Chart 👨🏻🏫
Get the world's best learner's chart for present, past, and future tense Serbo-Croatian verbs, with conjugations, rules/exceptions, and examples. Designed for both comprehensiveness and ease of use.
God’s Pet Peeves 🦐
I recently re-read the Bible's Leviticus chapter 11, with its variety of walking, crawling, slithering, swimming, and flapping abominations. There were some highlights I thought I'd share.
A Day at the Creation Museum 🦖
While driving cross-country recently, I made a stop at the Creation Museum (not far from Cincinnati), which I’ve always wanted to see for funsies. In the past, I’ve gone deep on both sides of the evolution vs creation debate. That's because learning about the science of evolution was one of the earlier steps for me… Continue reading A Day at the Creation Museum 🦖
State of the Art 🎨
I've always enjoyed art, but never made enough time for it. In the past, I've mostly done abstract pencil sketches and digital pieces in Photoshop. Last year I spent some meaningful time exploring a couple of new mediums, and I'll share some of that work here. Pingu & Fishy, my first original piece in Procreate… Continue reading State of the Art 🎨
Seven Weeks on an American Road Trip 🚗
Between March and May of this year, I spent seven weeks on one of the most American things I can think of: a road trip across the USA. The last time I’d done something like this I was nine years old. Back then, my sisters and I liked to pass the endless hours in the… Continue reading Seven Weeks on an American Road Trip 🚗
Animal Superpowers: Earth’s Best Eyesight, Hearing, & Smell 🏅
Meet the creatures with the most powerful, sensitive, weird, and sophisticated eyes, ears, and noses in the animal kingdom.
Every Book Ever Written About the Children of God Cult 📚
Following is a list of every book about the Children of God cult, also known as the Family. Since I was raised in this cult, I've been compiling this list for years now. Here they all are, for anyone who's interested in finding their next great read or wants to dig into the whole lot.… Continue reading Every Book Ever Written About the Children of God Cult 📚
Karen Zerby Leak: Unmasking a Cult Leader Who’d Remained Faceless for Nearly 30 Years 🕵🏻♂️
It was 2005, and cult leader Karen Zerby was in hiding, as she had been for decades. Zerby was the head of the Family International (also known as the Children of God), a Christan cult that was paranoid in general, but leaders took secrecy to another level. No one knew where Zerby lived, and her… Continue reading Karen Zerby Leak: Unmasking a Cult Leader Who’d Remained Faceless for Nearly 30 Years 🕵🏻♂️
Best English Teaching Books in 2024 (ESL for Adults) 📚
The top four books that should be on every English language teacher's bookshelf, 50+ books broken down by every language subskill you'll want to master, and 17 modern English course books to level up your classroom.
WordPress: Showing a Random Tagline on Every Page View 🏷️
Do you want to show a new tagline every time you load your blog or switch to a new page? I'm doing it here on this blog (reload and see) and I'll show you the simplest way to alternate between taglines, with just a few lines of JavaScript (no need to use complex plugins).
Connecting with a Couchsurfer 🛋️
A tale of hosting traveling strangers, finding personal connection, and the need for people who just get you.
Getting a CELTA Pass A: Example CELTA Lesson Plans & Assignments 👨🏻🏫
Here's everything I learned in the process of earning CELTA's top grade, plus something you won't find elsewhere: Pass-A-quality example lesson plans, assignments, and more.
7 Serbian Cases: The Definitive Chart 👨🏻🏫
Get the world's best learner's chart for the seven cases of Serbian/Croatian grammar: nominative, accusative, genitive, locative, dative, instrumental, and vocative. Designed for both comprehensiveness and ease of use.
7 Senses of Hyperphantasia: Our Astonishing Multisensory Imagination Spectrum 🧠
It turns out that most people's thoughts and memories work at least a little differently. By comparing to the mental imagery extremes of aphantasia and hyperphantasia, you might just understand your own abilities better.