Agency – Eternal and Inherent
God did not create us from nothing. We are co-eternal beings with God. I can’t remember when I first became aware of this most inviting and compelling aspect of the Restored Gospel. I was...
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Sacred Music Sunday: O Christ Your Heart Compassionate
I ran across this hymn recently. The tune was familiar – it’s used for Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise in our hymnal – but I had never heard these words to it before....
Unstoppable: WHO Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
I never planned on becoming a nurse. In fact, when my father proposed nursing as a career, I flatly rejected it. *I* couldn’t go to the local community college to study nursing. Not when...
#CopingWithCOVID: Activity Days Mask Lanyards Project
As my family and I get used to the idea that mask wearing will be around for the time being, we’ve learned ways to adapt and how to be flexible in our worship activities....
Love One Another
Recently an anonymous letter was sent out to the Autumn Ridge Ward in Sandy, Utah chastising community members for flying Pride flags in their yards. I’m not going to quote the letter here because...
What Good Is a Prophet?
“Claiming to speak for God is a tricky business — especially when God changes his mind, often, on hot-button political issues after receiving immense public backlash.” – Lauren Jackson, writing for CNN about the...
What Could I Have Done Differently With My Life if I Wasn’t Raised LDS?
This year I’ve discovered a woman with an oddly parallel life to my own. Her name is Dr. Angela Dunn, but you’ve probably never heard of her if you don’t live in Utah (where...
Visio Divina at Allegheny Pilgrims
“spiritual practices help me feel connected to my body and create in me a sense of groundedness through my physical senses, while other kinds of spiritual practices, like journal writing or blessing, help me find my wings by focusing my intention in ways that are both creative and reflective. And so the key to spiritual practices is that we pay attention”
Book Review: Miracles Among the Rubble
Miracles among the Rubble is sincerely unlike any book I have ever read. Written and edited by women, the book is a lyrical collection of stories from the life of the author, Carol R....
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