Sacred Music Sunday: Worthy Is the Lamb
I’ve always been partial to Baroque music, and one of my favorite composers is G.F. Handel. Messiah is a masterpiece. With the exception of when I was on my mission, I have performed it...
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What Church Leaders Don’t Understand About the Power Dynamics in Worthiness Interviews
Several years ago, I wrote a post on my personal blog that I thought was completely benign, but someone in my ward sent it to the bishop. That Sunday I had a temple recommend...
Smash the Plate-riarchy: A New Feminist Ritual
I grew up hearing the legend about the early Mormon pioneer women who sacrificed their china to be smashed up for the plaster on the Kirtland temple. I imagine it was told as...
Redemption in Baking
I served this imperfect cheesecake. It was sweet, silky, and lemony puddle, and I knew I was more than someone who couldn’t get the shape of my cheesecake just right.
Value beyond Measure by President Joy D. Jones Lesson Plan
In her 2017 talk, Value beyond Measure, General Primary President Joy D. Jones explains the concept of individual worth. This is a value that LDS girls study in detail during the Young Women program,...
Parable of the Prodigal Daughter
There was a woman who had two daughters. The younger one begged for her share of the estate until her mother relented. Soon after, she left and squandered her wealth in wild living far...
Worthiness
As part of her New Year’s resolution, a friend of mine is trying to watch a few TED talks a week. Together we were revisiting Brene Brown’s moving TED talk on vulnerability as a...
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