Jesus Made a Feminist Out of Me
Growing up, I never heard the f-word in my house. No, not that one, although I didn’t hear that one either; I didn’t hear the other f-word: (whispers) feminist. I did encounter the word...
The Exponent Blog
I Am Sorry.
My husband and I recently planned a road trip to Virginia to see family, and to attend the Washington D.C. Temple Open House. We planned our route so that we could stop at Canyon...
Sacred Music Sunday: Upon the Cross of Calvary
I used to collect hymnals, but I lost my collection in an apartment flood in 2016 and I’ve never gotten around to replacing it. It’s interesting to me to see the similarities and differences...
Do Our Callings Define Us?
“Our callings don’t define us.” This quote from a sincere LDS Stake President keeps running through my brain. I have no doubt that he believes this claim and that he genuinely appreciates the people...
When Confronted By Blackness
I thought of what would happen if the shoe had been placed on the other foot. WHAT WOULD WE BE THEN? Would a person of color be granted the same luxury to hide behind their skin? Would they receive sympathy for their misguided actions?
Guest Post: The View From No Longer Sure, After the Tide Goes Out
Guest Post by Ash Rowan (they/them, he/him) is an autistic artist-poet, and a culturally Mormon Unitarian Universalist. Birds To Bones (mentioned in the essay) is coming soon—hopefully in 2023. DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD? Yes?...
Come Follow Me: Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16 “The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer”
Deborah, the Prophet Deborah is the second woman identified as a prophet in the Old Testament. The first was Miriam, whom we discussed in Come Follow Me: Exodus 14–17 “Stand Still, and See the...
Guest Post: Come Follow Me: Deuteronomy 6–8; 15; 18; 29–30; 34 “Beware Lest Thou Forget the Lord”
By Miriam Miriam is finishing her PhD at the University of Oregon and en route to begin a career at the University of Memphis as a professor of Criminology. She has 3 daughters, one...
Don’t Tell Me the Church is True; I’ve Heard That Line Before
La lune, la lune, some rhyming lines about the moon is what I remember most vividly from watching Gérard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac in high school French class. The story captivated me; the...
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