Guest Post: Mary Jane, Wilford Woodruff, and the 267 Dead Wives
By Erin “We meet today with joy to act A proxy for thy dead, And give thee scores of wives who’ll be Like Crowns upon Thy Head” -Mrs A Randall, written for Wilford...
Tagged: church history
So you Want me Back at Church?
So you say want me to come back to church? Why? Do you really want ME? Do you really love me and want me to bring my whole self to church, just how I...
Can you Trust in the Character of God?
Throughout my faith transition I have had to wrestle with the construct of “God” in an entirely new way. In my childhood, and throughout my time as a traditionally believing Mormon, I was taught...
Why Good People do Bad Things
I’ve been reading about the massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857. South Utah Mormons disguised as native Americans and their Paiute allies laid siege on a wagon train from Arkansas. The 5...
Little Black/White Lie
Humans use story to understand and make meaning of their existence. Sometimes life happens in a way that shakes your foundational paradigms and they crumble, as mine did. As a Mormon child, the theoretical...
Interview with Breanna Olaveson, author of Sweet is the Work
Sweet is the Work is a book published this year by Breanna Olaveson, and is about sister missionaries serving from 1830-1898. I was so excited when I heard about this book! Usually we hear...
Book Review: The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy by Carol Lynn Pearson
I have to start out by saying that I absolutely loved this book! There are several books out there about our church’s history on polygamy, but this is the only book out there (that...
The Downtrodden and the Blessed: Implicit Messages in LDS.org’s Gospel Art Collection
I love that the Church has a variety of images available to help supplement lessons. Whether it be Gospel Doctrine or Primary, I want to make sure the whole class gets to see a...
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