Surviving Excellence
Today I received an invitation to Young Women in Excellence. There will be tables spread out in the gym with displays that represent something the girls have mastered or accomplished. There will be quilts...
Author: Heather
Persisters in Zion/Daughters of Exponent: a Medley
Every year at the Exponent retreat I find myself belting it out at the talent show. Which is hilarious because I am no singer. But I have a strange gift that I trot...
Sunday School: A Love/Hate Letter
When I tell people that there are 13 high school sophomores in my Sunday School class, they often say, “Isn’t that hard?” And it is. But not because of the dozen plus teenagers and...
Belle Spafford: An Illuminating Lady
(My mother and Belle Spafford at center, left to right, early 1970s) Growing up I was certain of three things that my mom loved with a passion (aside from us kids): the Church, Mexican...
Gifts, Heavenly Mother, & the Elephant in the Room
[The following is an excerpt from a talk I gave last month on how to be a better receiver and recognizer of gifts.] In late May of this year I traveled to South Africa...
“Some Children See Him”
I’m a sucker for Christmas music. The religious stuff. The schmaltzy stuff. The weird stuff the Latin major turned ward choir director plays that no one recognizes. I’m old enough that I remember...
Heads Will Roll: How Sophia Saved the Day
Like too many of the awesome women in the scriptures, the name of this Old Testament force of nature was never recorded. But that doesn’t make her any less of a role model. Let’s...
1-2-3! What Exponent Means to Me!
As a board member of 20 years, blogger of 8, and the current President, I am delighted to kick off our 5 day spring fundraiser to solicit donations to improve and stabilize the technology of the blog. The...
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