Holiness in Emptiness #CopingWithCOVID19
I teach primary and my #1 job is to make those kids feel loved. Which is tough right now. We cannot meet, they are too young to Zoom or text, and thus I have...
Category: Belief
Easter and Passover #CopingWithCOVID19
This week, my son told his virtual preschool class: “Easter is for us to remember that Jesus died and came back to life. So we celebrate Easter to remember that when we die, after...
Guest Post: Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered #CopingWithCOVID19
by Amy Grigg Petitionary prayer is such a theological puzzle to me. I have trouble understanding why it should work, why God should need to be asked for things his children clearly need. I...
Striving for a Higher Law and #CopingwithCOVID19
My family’s social worker called yesterday. We’re a foster family and she was compiling a list of names of people willing to take in children who temporarily don’t have caregivers because their parent(s) are...
The (Male) Privilege of Partaking #CopingWithCOVID19
The situation: the world is under quarantine to slow the outbreak of COVID-19, groups are not allowed to gather (including church congregations), social distancing measures prevent visitors passing between homes. The dilemma: male members...
Mantras, comfort, and resources in March 2020. #CopingWithCOVID19
There has been so much said and written about how people are feeling in the midst of this grief, profound disruption in everyday routines, and basic sense of safety. For example, Nancy Ross wrote...
Lenten Pandemic: Grieving the Things We’ve Lost #CopingWithCOVID19
Earlier this week I was with my online congregation. Attendance was up. A lot of people shared worries and the specifics of what they were experiencing during this time of coronavirus and social distancing....
Guest Post: Teaching Jacob 5-7 to Children–Introducing Allegory, Critical Thinking, and Combating Spiritual Abuse to Children
by Lindsey Jarman In making this lesson, I owe a debt of gratitude to Reverend Dr. Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming for their book, The Book of Mormon For the Least of These....
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