The One Commandment
The Ten Commandments are taught at a young age as a way to live rightly. They’ve even gone beyond the religious sphere and into popular culture such that just uttering the words “thou shalt...
Category: Gospel
Deconstructing the P word
About 30 years ago a Utah Valley area authority was giving a talk to a large audience. He spoke of attending a sacrament meeting where a newly baptized family, consisting of parents and several...
Sacred Music Sunday: I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly
Most of the hymns I select for this series are general Christian hymns that I love but that aren’t familiar to a wider LDS audience. However, today I’m sharing a very Mormon hymn –...
Lasik, a Solar Eclipse, and my Feminist Awakening
I first had laser corrective eye surgery at age 21. (I’d saved money up for a mission, but purchased Lasik instead when I got married.) It was really easy to know the surgery would...
Mormon Feminist Liturgies: A Toast to Our Mother Eve
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to lead a welcoming ritual at the opening of a Mormon feminist retreat. I left things to the last minute and ordered feminist theologian Rosemary Radford...
Relief Society Lesson: The Eye of Faith By Elder Neil L. Andersen
Guest Post by Descent Link to the talk Sometimes Relief Society instructors mention how they have to dig to find a lesson that they find uplifting to share. This is one of those talks....
Guest Post: Re-defining My Relationship with the Temple Garment
by Anonymous Annoying. Frustrating. Un-sexy. Unprofessional. In the way. Old-fashioned. Heat Rash. Awkward. Forced. These are the words I would use to describe my garments. I was endowed at the age of 21, right...
The Great Divorce
My parents are divorced. They have been for a long time. I spend weekends with my father But all through the week I am cared for by my mom. When I was younger I...
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