Why I Stopped Using The Good and the Beautiful

Описание: After posting what we are using for homeschool curriculum this year, I was inundated with questions as to why we stopped using the Good and the Beautiful. On Thursday, June 14 I did a live video on my Facebook page in response to this and spent over an hour answering questions. This is just part of the video condensed to give you an idea of my main reasons, some of the main concerns people had, and the big picture.

This is why I am looking a bit off to the side, because my main focus was the live video and I only put it up here because some people were not on FB and wanted to see.

You can watch the full video here:   / 1707321362700573  

I received thousands of comments and emails, this is a hot topic. LDS does not like that I view Christianity through a different lens, nor that I am working with Master Books. You can read more on the Facebook live and in the comments, but my official statement after receiving all these emails is below:

UPDATE: I loved the curriculum and leaving was incredibly hard as both me and my children were enjoying it immensely. Moreover... TGTB was a GREAT move for my business. As one of the fastest growing (if not THE fastest growing) curriculums on the market, my name was growing very quickly, everything I did with TGTB prospered and was successful. By leaving them I had to turn away rapid growth, it was also a difficult business move. Everyone is so quick to make judgements on my heart, my motivation... but you can't possibly know that. So people speculate and condemn me for speaking my own story in love of Jenny and the curriculum she has built, they comment that I am tearing her down... and yet they tear me down in the process.

Irony. Blindness to their own disparity. Blind to their own intolerance, their own judgements and their own hypocrisy.

I was going to respond to negative comments, helping to clarify the lies about me, my motivations, and my heart. However I feel that there is no point and I can stay here in this mess of a stoning or I can walk on, go snuggle my kids and do our morning basket and not even look at these anymore. For everyone commenting positive encouragement, thank you! I am going to stop responding to comments on here because I can feel injustice rising in me and the hurt growing and I feel the call to "Shake the dust off my feet" (Matthew 10:14) and move on in confidence not of a business decision, not of my heart being known or understood, but of my identity in Christ.

You all are free to continue commenting and debating this issue further, it is an important issue and I sincerely hope that if you have concerns, you listen to your heart rather than the loud voices of anyone else.

For every negative commenter: I honestly bless you. I do not say that lightly (it is not easy to do). I do not say that as some sort of flippant remark. I say it purposefully and meaningfully. I bless you to find joy in this day. I bless you to have an encounter with God that changes your life. May God bless your finances, your homeschools, your families, your marriages, your homes, your friendships, your businesses and your work environments, your calling and your purpose, and your heart. May He speak to you in a deeper way, may He open all of our eyes so that we can see Him more fully. May God be honoured and glorified by the comments, by the video, and by HIS purposes for HIS kingdom. The enemy has NO POWER over this video, over the comments, nor over the hearts and minds and eyes and ears of those who watch and listen and read. This video is blessed and annointed by God and I am believing for transformation of hearts, for clarity of mind, and for God's message (not mine) to touch every single person that watches or reads. Holy Spirit have your way with my platform, my video, and my words. 　

I love God, I love you incredible warriors of your families, and I will be available by message or email if you have a specific concern or question regarding this.

Rebecca out.