When I was 21 I wanted to serve a mission. I had a timeline for when I was hoping to get a mission call because my parents lived in Russia at the time but...
The general sidelining of Heavenly Mother bothers me, but specifically I was taught at girls’ camp by one of the Young Women leaders that we don’t talk about Heavenly Mother because Heavenly Father is...
I held a calling in a stake capacity several years ago. My stewardship was minimal, but I was able to observe the workings of the authority hierarchy in the stake. I was stunned and...
By Amy West Remember those times when people half-jokingly warned about looking for “truth” on the internet? We sat in Sunday School and asserted how the only relevant, valid materials were those annoyingly selective...
We liked to play Mormon Jeopardy and similar things with the Young Men when I was in Young Women. I was told several times that I needed to just sit quietly and let the...
I had a number of problems with a previous bishop. I had gone to the stake president multiple times and was ignored. It finally got to the point where I wrote a letter to...
My bishopric forces me to go through them to ask permission for every little thing for my calling, and they often say no and more often never respond at all. I’ve sent the bishopric...
At the time of Kate Kelly’s fight for women to have the priesthood, I served on our ward’s Ward Council. I am pretty vocal and at one particular meeting shortly after Kate’s excommunication, a...
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