The Gluten-Free Bread of Life
This is a repost of something I wrote on my personal blog a few years ago. I was leading the music for sacrament meeting, so I was sitting on the stand next to the...
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This is Life Eternal
The search for eternal life has been a concern of many religions and philosophical traditions throughout human history. This is especially poignant in our own tradition – Adam and Eve were immortal, ate the...
Jesus Doesn’t Want Us to Teach the “Ideal”
So many times, when I or others have expressed that a particular way that a message at church has been framed or presented is hurtful or irrelevant to a swath of the congregation, the...
We Don’t Know Who the Tares Are
One of the most commonly misunderstood and misapplied Biblical parables in the modern church is the parable of the wheat and the tares, found in Matthew 13:24-30. People who reference it often do so...
Relief Society Lesson Plan: “With One Accord” by Reyna Aburto
I like this topic – I think there’s something very uplifting in the idea of people, in all their diversity, coming together to act for good in the world. This is the theme of...
The Parable of Mushrooms
I hated mushrooms… When I was four and I wrote in my journal, “I lik all food excip mushroms.” Family members would say, “But, they’re really good in this dish.” Or, “Maybe you’ll like...
What we see
“Do you know why you’re so good at drawing this model?” asked my figure drawing 101 professor. “Because she looks like you.” The model was hired from the student body of my junior college....
Relief Society Lesson 4: Strengthening and Preserving the Family
By Amy Cartwright Amy is a blogger for Young Mormon Feminists My childhood was spent watching far too much television. While I would never admit this to my schoolmates, one of my favorite shows...
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