Letter From a Doubter
Dear Church Leader, Allow me to introduce myself: I’m a millennial, part-time-work-at-home mom of 3 young kids, married in the temple to a returned missionary. Based on the outpouring of messages and firesides directed...
The Exponent Blog
Climate Change Denial is a Prophecy Fulfilled
Biblical prophets predicted troubling times in the future. “For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven,” said Malachi of the Old Testament. (Malachi 4:1) “For when they shall say, ‘Peace and...
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. If you happen to see blue pinwheels in a park or on the lawn of a courthouse this month, they represent every child who has been a victim...
#hearLDSwomen: I’m Told at Church and at BYU It’s My Job to Be A Wife and Mother, Not to Have a Career
I was asked (as a working mother and previous single mother) to speak in sacrament about the Family Proclamation and specifically about God-given role of women to stay home and care for their children.–...
Book Review: Silent Souls Weeping
Around the year 2002, my husband and I attended Sacrament Meeting together in our BYU single’s ward. The visiting speaker that day was from the high council, and he spoke extensively about overcoming depression...
#hearLDSwomen: I Was Sustained to a New Calling Without My Knowledge or Consent
I was asked to serve as a stake young women leader at a very stressful time of my life; the calling completely took me off guard. When I asked if I could think about...
How @HonorCode Stories Will Change BYU
Individually, as people add their stories, whether huge outrages or minor irritants, there is healing. Every time one of us “likes” a story, we are saying to the victim, I hear you. I support you. You are literally counted.
#hearLDSwomen: My Tithing Was Recorded Under My Husband’s Name
The first time I went to tithing settlement after getting married, I discovered that nearly all the tithing I paid was placed under my husband’s name. I was so upset because my husband was...
Playing the Music of Our Lives
A Lenten Offering as we begin Holy Week. I am called to a meeting where a musical score is introduced. It is the story of our lives, I am told, complete with movements,...
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