Feed My Soul
I haven’t attended Sunday Relief Society meetings regularly for over a decade. The lessons drove me away. I grew tired of the endlessly recycled themes: Restoration, Honoring the Priesthood, Motherhood, Sustaining the leaders, Temple...
Author: Course Correction
Role Models
When I was in college in the early ‘60s, Stella Harris Oaks was a role model for young, Mormon women—at least in Utah. Stella, a community pillar, was often referred to as Provo’s city...
Changing the Church: One Pantsuit at a Time
Young Mormon feminists fill me with awe. Intelligent and well-educated, they have or are working towards fulfilling professional careers—even if their current role is SAHM. Not so my generation. When I graduated from a...
Out of Touch Leaders
It’s easy for Mormons to scoff at elderly, celibate Catholic bishops making decisions about birth control for married Catholics, but I’m afraid our own GAs are equally insulated from problems of average Mormons. Except...
Helping My Sister Find Faith
My younger sister, Pelly, has terminal cancer. She lost her faith in Mormonism following a mission where she heard several contacts relate their search for God. These good people had investigated many churches, prayed,...
You’re Not the Person I Married
Course Correction is a retired English teacher who reads, writes, and helps immigrant women learn English. Her favorite losing cause is fighting for clean air along Utah’s Wasatch Front. Nadine Gordimer’s 2001 novel, The...
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