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...
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Guest Post: Why Heavenly Mother is Essential: Part 7
Guest Post by McArthur Krishna, McArthur comes from a pack of storytellers. And while the pack rightly insists she’s only in the running for third-best storyteller on a good day, she’s made her living...
Come Follow Me: Doctrine and Covenants 37–40 “If Ye Are Not One Ye Are Not Mine”
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...
Baptism, Buddha, and Eternal Bonds
My oldest child was baptized a year ago. It was a decision I struggled with the year leading up to the occasion. Having been “Mormon” in every sense of the cultural word my whole...
Sacred Music Sunday: For All the Saints
I love big, bold brassy hymns, and anything written by Ralph Vaughan Williams tops my list. One of my favorites is For All the Saints, written to the tune Sine Nomine, which means “without...
Lesson Plan: “Come, Follow Me” by Russell M. Nelson and A Home Where the Spirit of the Lord Dwells by Henry B. Eyring
Since both Russell M. Nelson and Henry B. Eyring talked about eternal families at the April 2019 General Conference, I would discuss both talks together if I were assigned to teach about one of...
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...
Updated Relief Society Declaration
The lds.org website changed this last week, with an update to the Relief Society Declaration. Obviously a lot has been cut, it’s much shorter. Let’s see the differences between the old and new versions,...
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