A Quiverful of Secrets

Letting God decide your family size sounds extra-spiritual. But the truth is dark and unholy

Michelle Duggar has a story she tells often. Jim Bob tells it too. The story goes that as newlyweds, they went on the pill. Then they had their oldest son, Josh. They went back on the pill and suffered an early miscarriage. This brought them to their knees in repentance to God, as they learned using the pill was disobedient and rebellious. They decided …