Come Follow Me / Gospel / history
by April Young Bennett · Published March 27, 2021 · Last modified March 28, 2021
The Church as a Cause To the early Saints, the Church was more than a place to hear some preaching on Sunday. Throughout His revelations to Joseph Smith, the Lord described the Church with...
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...
Belief / Gospel / Intersectionality
by Trudy · Published January 6, 2020 · Last modified December 1, 2019
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Intersectionality / Relationships
by April Young Bennett · Published October 25, 2014 · Last modified November 6, 2018
“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....
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