Come Follow Me: Job “Yet Will I Trust in Him”
Reading Hebrew Poetry With Job, we read the first of a series of Biblical books written almost exclusively as poetry. The poet introduces the plot of this epoch poem by imagining a dialogue between...
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Hunkering down? Here’s some light reading for your coronavirus quarantine. #CopingWithCOVID19
Throughout the world, and more specifically, in my neighborhood, health officials are calling for quarantines, self-isolation and social distancing. We are coming together to fight off a viral enemy…by staying apart and alone. With...
Relief Society Lesson: The Eye of Faith By Elder Neil L. Andersen
Guest Post by Descent Link to the talk Sometimes Relief Society instructors mention how they have to dig to find a lesson that they find uplifting to share. This is one of those talks....
Mourn with those who mourn
Today on November 11 we will mark Veteran’s day in the United States. Other countries observe the same event as Remembrance Day or Armistice day. November 11 is significant because it was the day...
Relief Society Lesson Plan: The Saviour is our Perfect Example of Ministering
“Let our hearts and hands be stretched out in compassion toward others, for everyone is walking his or her own difficult path.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf To give your Relief Society opportunity to speak...
How do you feel about that?
A while back, with the feedback of Exponent readers, I completed a detailed analysis of church policy and its effects on women and submitted it to my Stake President, who had agreed to pass...
Diplomatic Disagreeing without fueling Divisiveness – A suggested script for Inauguration day exchanges
Today in the United States, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President. (I can’t believe I just wrote that.) This U.S. election season has been polarizing for her people, and not just...
Values and Power in a Changing World
One of my best friends, Jocelyn, whom I left behind in Seattle, sent a friend of hers to me through Facebook messenger today. I have met him a few times – the first time...
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