World Childless Week
A friend of mine posted on Facebook the other day about World Childless Week. I had never heard of it before, but I felt seen and validated. At church, our worth as women is...
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Sacred Music Sunday: From Homes of Saints Glad Songs Arise
I find most of the hymns in the hymnal about home and family to be narrow and reductive – only one kind of home is contemplated, and it isn’t mine. It’s a father employed...
Singles’ Wards Are Against My Religion
It’s rather peculiar that in the church adults are segregated by marital status. There are entire wards (and in some more densely populated LDS areas, entire stakes) just for the unmarried. And I don’t...
The Church of Married Latter-Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Married Latter-Day Saints I grew up in a big Mormon family. I have dozens of cousins and we’d get together weekly for Sunday dinner at Grandma’s house. My...
What not to say to single people at church
At a recent general conference, it was noted that more than half of the adult members of the church are unmarried. Look around your ward. Are half of the adults in sacrament meeting single?...
The Mountain of the Lord’s House
This past weekend was General Conference. One thing at conference that made me happy was something President Nelson said in his talk in the Sunday morning session. He specifically invited single people to receive...
The Temple is More than a Milestone
Guest Post by Nicole Sbitani. Nicole is an adult convert, a non-Black woman of color, and a professional diplomat. She blogs at nandm.sbitani.com and writes microfiction @nsbitani on Twitter. The content of this post...
Ministering to the One
I’m really not a fan of having General Conference on Easter weekend. The date of Easter is known years in advance, and if we really want to show the world that we’re Christian, we...
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