Excommunication and Listening to Silenced Voices
When I was a teenager my dad was excommunicated. He’d always held a less orthodox view of the church and as a long-time seminary and gospel doctrine teacher, he moved beyond Sunday school answers...
Category: Journeys
Book Review: Sealed by Katie Langston
When I was a kid growing up in Maine, I used to take church very seriously. It seemed like everyone around me wanted me to take church seriously, but with the frustrated expectation that...
What is the purpose of a building?
The summer I turned 14, I was so excited to go to EFY. A summer baby, I was a year behind all my friends who despite being in the same grade, got to go...
On The Morrow Come I Into the World
Guest Post by Anonymous. The author is a returned missionary and BYU alum. She is currently a writer and SAHM. A few years ago, my husband and I decided it was time to have...
Rebirth is a Process
I grew up in the desert. The February I was in second grade it rained. It rained four inches (a whole year’s worth of water) in one month. Plants greened and blossomed in this...
Leave Converts Our Agency
Guest post by Nicole Sbitani. Nicole is an adult convert, a non-Black woman of color, and a professional diplomat. She blogs at nandm.sbitani.com and writes microfiction. @nsbitani on Twitter. The content of this post...
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.
Healing from Whiplash
I didn’t know I was going to pass out—all I knew was I didn’t feel right. For the past six hours, I had alternated between nursing my newborn baby and taking trips to the...
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