Despite my worthiness (and even my husband’s willingness), my bishop would not let me receive my endowment right before I married my non-member husband as he wanted me to wait for my husband to...
We had recently moved into a new ward. I had five children under the age of eight, three in diapers, and was homeschooling the older ones. My husband was between jobs, but we were...
by Alan Buys I once had a conversation with an elementary school librarian. She told me about the difficulties of getting some of the rowdier children to be quiet and respectful in the library...
The angriest I have ever seen our former Young Women president was after Ward Council one week. The previous year the Young Women & Young Men agreed to pool funds to buy nice camping...
I was once asked if I would accept a calling, and said I’d think about it. Two days later, they called me to it in Sacrament Meeting. I actually raised my own hand in...
As a young woman, we had a combined camping trip with laurels and priests in our stake. When it came time to go on a hike for the trip, the laurels went on a...
Patriarchy in Mormonism negatively impacts men and boys by afflicting them with shame, anxiety, and unrealistic expectations. I term this “Toxic Mormon Masculinity.” When I’ve written about a particular effect that our patriarchal church...
A few months ago, my friend asked me to sub her Gospel Doctrine class. I did, and the lesson went really well. After class, the Sunday School president cornered me and said he hadn’t...
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