“I Gave Her a Name” Bulleted List of Poems
Please see the bulleted list of poems according to the four themes discussed in the Exponent book review of “I Gave Her a Name.” Theme 1: Heavenly Mother is multifaceted and complex, and embodies...
Category: Belief
The Impermanence of Eternal Things
By E. Gray I have an irrational love for churches. All churches. Soaring medieval basilicas, ancient stone shrines, clapboard New England meetinghouses, eccentric modern architecture, Latter-Day Saint temples. Old and new, large and...
Easter for Doubters
Christian holidays after a faith transition can be tricky. Two years ago, I wrote about speaking to my congregation on Easter Sunday. I finally answered my own question about the Resurrection on my short...
Letter From a Doubter
Dear Church Leader, Allow me to introduce myself: I’m a millennial, part-time-work-at-home mom of 3 young kids, married in the temple to a returned missionary. Based on the outpouring of messages and firesides directed...
Climate Change Denial is a Prophecy Fulfilled
Biblical prophets predicted troubling times in the future. “For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven,” said Malachi of the Old Testament. (Malachi 4:1) “For when they shall say, ‘Peace and...
Guest Post — A Separate Spirituality: Planting Seeds of Faith After Leaving the Church
by Sara Katherine Staheli Hanks This post is offered in conjunction with a new online course for post-Mormon womxn*. You can learn more here. I’ve started dozens of journals in my life, but I...
Guest Post: Moon Child–Redefining Myself
By Marcela I recently experienced an epiphany moment in my life. But let me start a couple of days before this event. I was grabbing lunch with a friend whom I had really lost...
Guest Post: Meet Me in Almost Heaven
by Vandalia Empty chairs. Heaven will be full of empty chairs. All that loneliness, just waiting for us beyond the veil. Well, no. Not us, exactly. Our more righteous, diligent, never-wavering family members and...
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