Grieving Change
Today I will lead a group of about 20 kids in an activity to create a “goodbye bouquet” of well wishes for a family who has left our homeschool cohort. The family is still...
Category: Relationships
Guest Post: Doctrinal Inconsistencies — Relationships, Sex, Sin
by Kathy Bence During the first session of general conference, I was disappointed to hear Elder Oaks address a topic that has troubled and confused me for many years. He was dismissive and suggested...
Sisters Speak: Letters to the woman who wrote to President Oaks
To the women who took the time to write a letter that was read today in the first session of conference during the concluding talk, I do not know you and I do not...
Return to Sender: Heartbreak sent in a letter to Church HQ
By Thelma The best way for me to benefit from General Conference is to skip the live broadcast (and live social media reports) and wait to read the talks after they are printed and...
A Queer Prayer
A QUEER PRAYER – By Blaire Ostler Me: Heavenly Mother? Are you there? HM: Yes. I’m always here. Me: They say there’s no atheists in the foxhole, and once again I have found myself...
Guest Post: On Turning 50
by Jenny Atkinson Jenny Atkinson served as Editor-in-Chief of Exponent II for three years, from 1997-1999. She was 27 years old when she took the helm, making Jenny the youngest editor in our 44...
Guest Post: Breaking Bread on the Sabbath–A Hope
by Ashley I have been thinking the past few days about a woman named Lavina Fielding Anderson. I do not know her personally, but I thought about her a lot five years ago when...
How Temple Recommend Interviews Impede Temple Worship
I used to love the temple. I was uncomfortable, obviously, with the sexist elements. I felt betrayed when I was required to pledge obedience to my husband (even as a new temple patron, I wasn’t...
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