Healing through Christ
Healing the Whole Soul Christ heals a man who is paralyzed In Matthew, chapter 9, Jesus arrives in Capernaum, and almost as soon as he gets off the boat, a group of disciples bring...
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We don’t need a quad revolution; we need a safer world for teen girls.
When 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva became the first woman to land a quad at the Olympics last week, it seemed like a victory for women. But Valieva is not a woman, she...
It’s my turn to teach a really problematic Old Testament text about women in LDS Sunday School.
My next assignment as Gospel Doctrine teacher in my Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) ward is to teach Genesis 28-33. There are women in these six chapters of Genesis; six named...
Last summer, I was the Ward Service Project
We had a great plan. Our local water Conservancy District was offering rebates for households that revamped their yards to be more water-friendly. We wanted to do our part to save water, especially during...
Has the LDS church become more woman-friendly since 2015?
During the last half decade, several improvements have been made to policies within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) that can be directly connected to public awareness campaigns, lobbying and publications...
Church Disciplinary Councils: Scriptural, But Not Revelatory
When you read Doctrine & Covenants section 102 as part of your Come Follow Me readings this week, take a moment and pause at the first word. No, I’m not talking about the word...
My 15-step process for planning a Come Follow Me lesson
Step 1 I read the Come Follow Me manual. Full disclosure: this is wrong. If you came to this post looking for sage advice about how a good teacher would go about this, my...
Better styles and fabrics aren’t enough. Let’s end the garment-wearing mandate.
The New York Times recently featured an article about Mormon women’s garments, featuring interviews with brave and smart Latter-day Saint women. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. But the New York Times...
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