Author: Em

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A Necklace For Everything

Content warning: suicide-adjacent events. Does not discuss specific suicidal attempts or ideation. I recently participated in an “Out of the Darkness” walk, which is a fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  A sister...

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Mental Health: A Response to the Liahona Article

Content warning: depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, mental illness This is in response to the Liahona Article “New Hope for Deeper Healing from Depression and Anxiety” by Jacob Hess, PhD Since my teen years I...

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History of Abortion in Utah: Part 2

You can read part one here Content warning: Descriptions of miscarriage and abortion How could apostles explicitly denounce abortion, but also be offering at home abortion products? The answer is actually quite simple, and...

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Nineteenth-Century Abortion in Utah Part 1

Content Warning: This post discusses abortion and abortifacients A note about the author: Em has a BA, an MA and a PhD in history. Her specific research interest is sex, marriage and reproduction in...

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Staffing Seminary

I am a member of the Relief Society Presidency and a few weeks ago we got an assignment from the Bishopric to “think of someone who could sit in on Seminary lessons” in order...

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The Comforter

A familiar trope of the travelogue testimony is a narrative of a visit to a distant ward or branch, and how that meeting felt wonderful, even if (or especially if) the speaker could not...

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The Covenant Path

I was asked to speak in Stake Conference on the topic “Staying on/Returning to the Covenant Path.” This was my talk. (Note: The meeting was on Halloween, hence the sweater.  At least I can...