Mary – 2000 years of scrutiny
When I got to the part where Mary was told to name her child “Jesus,” my kid gasped. “What?” she said in complete disbelief, “Mary couldn’t even choose the name of her own son?”
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I Would Gift Us
These are the gifts I would give us, and this is the way I would gift them. Bathsheba bathed and a king took her from her husband. I gift us rooftop gardens to bathe...
Temple Matron: No Husband Required
I was working my way through Saints, Volume 3 when I stumbled across this bombshell in Chapter 15: “…Armenia Lee had an interview with apostle George F. Richards and her longtime stake president, Edward...
Menopause and Me Blog Series: Call for Submissions
As I’ve prepared for my upcoming hysterectomy and oophorectomy, I’ve been surprised at how few resources there are related to menopause, and especially surgical menopause. While I am hopeful this will change in the...
What Would Change if Church Leaders Centered Global Women of Color?
Regular readers here need no introduction to the incredible Caroline Kline, a co-founder of the Exponent blog whose insight we’ve long benefited from. What readers may not know is that Caroline recently published a...
Of Porn Shoulders and Other Nasty Behavior
I know what they say in ward council. I know what they say because I, too, used to sit there and say that. When my name comes up, they shake their heads and ask...
Parents Teach, Children Decide
Someone once described parenting to me like blowing as hard as you can on a cannonball that has already launched in an effort to make it change course. Now that I am a mother,...
What Does Active Mean Anyway?
Recently in a conversation a person I was talking with stated somewhat jokingly that whether or not I consider myself ‘active’ in the church probably changes from day-to-day. The comment caught me off guard...
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