The Power of Stories: Interview with Heather Sundahl
“I will tell you something about stories…they aren’t just for entertainment. Don’t be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness or death. You don’t have anything...
Author: Heather
Breaking Down Patriarchy: An Essential Texts Book Club
Few things are as exciting to me as thorough explorations of origin stories–especially if they revolve around badass women, challenge my assumptions, and elevate my thinking. So I rightly suspected I would love Amy...
YW Lesson for April 11: How Can I Invite All to Come unto Christ? D&C 30-36
If you are anything like me, then lessons on missionary work set my heart racing and fill me with dread. Maybe it has something to do with that time a friend returned the Book...
Outcry at Proposed Removal of Minerva Teichert Mural in Manti Temple
On March 12, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it would remove historic murals from the Salt Lake and Manti Temples as part of the renovation process, leaving many of us...
Book Review–House of Light: Your Guide to the Temple
When it comes to first time temple experiences, I consider myself lucky. As a college junior I was taking several classes in folklore and mythology and was waist high in initiation rites: symbols, punishments,...
Witnessing Commemoration & Redemption
Through my work with the BYU College of Education, I had the chance on Friday to not just attend the annual Bear River Massacre Commemoration ceremony, which remembers the largest single slaughter of Native...
Mistresses of Patriarchy
I grew up in the 70s when the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment raged. My mom, ever obedient and faithful, was encouraged by the Church to support the anti-ERA movement, headed by conservative...
An [almost perfect] Imperfect Roundness
I have been hungry for this book for as long as I’ve known Melody Newey Johnson. We met virtually as bloggers on the Exponent listserv, where we discuss blog business, swap stories, and create...
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