The Exponent

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Belief / Culture / Journeys / Relationships / women

Personal Revelation is Personal

So often I hear people trying to convince others that the way they feel about a particular topic/meeting/policy is the way that everyone *should* feel. As if God speaks to each of his children in exactly the same way at exactly the same time. But that’s not the way personal revelation works.

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Belief / Culture / Family / Journeys

Dear Believer

Dear Believer, I know it sometimes feels like you don’t know me anymore and that can be disorienting. I feel very much like the same person but I realize that in one very important...

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Belief / Journeys

Christmas After Faith Transition

My earliest Christmas memories are of deep drifts of snow visiting my grandparents house in New England. They lived on top of a big hill, and sometimes when it was too icy, we had...

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Belief / Journeys

When God doesn’t intervene

I grew up hearing a message that Heavenly Father answers prayers and brings peace and assurance to us in our pain. This is a beautiful message, but I have often struggled to see it...

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Culture / Journeys

All’s Not Well in Zion

This week I had a chance to meet with my friend Melissa for lunch. Melissa stopped attending church 10 years ago. She thought her family was finally adapted to her different feelings about church,...