A Letter to My Daughter on the Day of Her Baptism
To my daughter, on the day of her baptism, On this day eight years ago you were eight days old. At that time there were many things I didn’t yet know about you, things...
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Book Review: Whom Say Ye That I Am?
There are a lot of books out there about Jesus. Why might you be interested in this one? I’ll tell you briefly. This book puts Jesus’ teachings in context of the Jewish and Roman...
Who is my mother? A contradiction in the Proclamation
I teach Sunday School in my ward, and when a lesson on the The Family: A Proclamation to the World came up in this year’s curriculum I asked someone else to take it. I...
Finding God Again, and Again…
This is from a workshop I gave at the Midwest Pilgrims retreat in May, 2017. I’m working on reading the Old Testament cover-to-cover for the first time. My approach is to read it...
A letter to my daughter
Dear Daughter, As you know, my views on gender differ radically from Mormon orthodoxy, and I don’t make an effort to hide that from you and your brother. I think it’s important to be...
Relief Society Lesson 22: Teaching the Gospel
Traducción española/Click for Spanish Translation Translation and adaptation generously supplied by Lindsay Wilde Unsworth. This is a lesson that I could mostly teach as-is, with little supplementation or selectivity about what to include from the...
Women of the Bible Series: The Acts of Paul and Thecla
To me, the most memorable part of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s book, A Midwife’s Tale, is the chapter where she relates the story of a scandal in Hallowell, Maine. Rebecca Foster, wife of the minister...
Sacred Music Sunday: How Can I Keep from Singing?
I love the hymn “How Can I Keep from Singing,” written by the 19th century Baptist minister and composer Robert Lowry. Dr. Lowry also wrote “I Need Thee Every Hour” and “Shall We Gather...
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