The Truth About the Bridge
Sitting on the bench, not seeing the full landscape, I never could have understood either the reward at the end or the role the bridge served in reaching that goal.
Category: Culture
Put Twilight on the “best 100 Mormon books” list
Guest post by Rachel Helps. Rachel Helps is the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the BYU library. She eagerly anticipates the release of a parenting videogame she is working on with her sister, Space To Grow. She...
Free Anti-Racism Course for LDS Sisters starts this Sunday
A few months ago I came across an invitation for a 3-part series of lessons in Anti-Racism geared toward Latter-Day-Saint Relief Society women. The workshop is free, offered on 3 Sunday afternoons in...
Let Them Worship
It was pre-pandemic, back when Activity Days happened in-person. My dear friend is the other leader, and we loved having time to chat and be together. Sometimes I’d be wrangling my toddler. Sometimes there...
Feminist Nuns Rebel in the 60’s and Come to Sundance in 2021 #RebelHeartsFilm
I am always on the lookout for religious feminist role models, so I was thrilled by the opportunity to attend a screening of the new documentary film Rebel Hearts at the Sundance Film Festival,...
Follow the Prophet?
Sacrament meeting in the local Mormon congregation focused on “Following the Prophet” on Sunday, which feels appropriate, as I’ve pondered this concept quite a bit recently. A tension exists in Mormonism between a deep...
A Little Bit of Therapy
This world is hard. Beautiful, and awesome, and heartbreakingly magnificent, but also incredibly damaging to our souls. Every day, little things break us down and tear us to pieces. Any tool that helps us keep it all together, that creates peace inside so we can share ourselves with others, well, that seems to me to be a worthy practice, and divinely appointed.
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...
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