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Mormonism’s F-Word
This week two anti-Mormon Feminist stories popped up in my FB news feed. Whether women are refusing the label mormon feminist (1) or women are labeling themselves as “maternal feminists” (2) defending...
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Have A Blessed Weekend
I’m leaving at noon today to drive from Rexburg to Salt Lake City to attend General Conference. I’m suffering from my own case of GC anxiety, as I’m sure many unorthodox saints feel about this weekend....
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Amazing Grace
BEDNAR: That’s it, we’re arm wrestling over this later UCHTDORF: you have no idea who you’re messing with, do you? I’m not a doctrinal or theological expert. I’m just a...
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The Givens Test
Give Your Ward a Pop Quiz I’ve listened to a few podcasts with Terryl and Fiona Givens and right now I’m reading Crucible of Doubt. Several times they have talked about unorthodox members of the church...
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Mormons Suck at Empathy
I stubbed my toe once. I feel you. Let me clarify: it’s human nature to suck at empathy, but I think that Mormons are under obligation to be better at empathy because of the covenants we have made. I...
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I Will Follow God’s Plan For Me
Rewind to 2002 with me for a moment: It had been six months of waiting for a baby and every month we bought those pregnancy tests: so excited! {Just kidding, false alarm x 6!} After graduating with my...
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Mormon Mommy Wars: Mother’s Day
If Only It Were This Simple I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but how to celebrate Mother’s Day is always a complicated issue for most Mormon communities. If you think about it, the poor bishopric just...
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My Wrongs Are Washed Away
I’ve been in primary for about the past ten years in every capacity. There’s a song we often sing for Baptisms: “When I am Baptized” I like to look for rainbows, whenever there is rain And ponder on...
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A Modest Letter to My Daughter
yes, some girls camps require all YW to wear tshirts over their swimsuits – which is actually unsafe while swimming We are entering the peak season of the hell that is our culture’s rhetorical modesty...
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RMs: Insular or Open Minded?
Welcome to our bubble I had a friend recently claim that due to the high rate of returned missionaries in Mormon Valley, it is actually a much more open minded place than people think. As a region it...
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Teaching YW about the Priesthood
When my faith transition came out at a family reunion a few years ago, I had some family members comment that I was the last person they would ever want to teach their YW about the priesthood. I have...
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I’m racist. Are you?
I can pinpoint the exact moment that I realized I was racist. It was last year and I was reading Jana Riess’ Flunking Sainthood blog right after the General Women’s Meeting where she shared some...
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Because of my Valiance?
A few months ago I posted a rant on facebook (usually a cause for regret) that actually turned into an interesting, respectful discussion (until my cousin showed up near the end) about how much God...
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Ankles, Earrings, & Hedges
Recently I got into a discussion about Elder Bednar’s “second earring story” in which an RM at Ricks College broke up with a young woman who didn’t remove her second pair after hearing Pres. Hinckley...
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A Sunstone Newbie
Sunstone sessions are like a box of chocolates, you never know what kind you are gonna get. Imagine if someone were to create a community where all interested or connected to Mormon thought in any way,...
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Where Justice, Love, and Mercy Meet
“Even in sorrow, we are given a choice: A choice between hopelessness of despair and the everlasting promise of faith. Faith that there is a plan and that in times of doubt, God will speak to you in a...
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Define “Faith Transition”
Four years ago I started to question things I’d been taught in the Church because I received an answer to prayer that I believe conflicted with church teachings. I started questioning almost...
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Letting People Go
Last week we had a really good conversation on Blaming Parents vs. Mourning with Those Who Mourn. I asked an online friend Robert Trishman (@RobTmanJr on Twitter), who is a convert from Catholicism, to...
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Raising Daughters in the Church
I have a 15-year-old exchange student whose English skills and knowledge about the Christian religion are meager, at best. This Sunday she was gifted a binder they give to all YW that is mostly about...
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Sisters: You are Valued; Just Not as Needed
Last week I attended the Rexburg temple with my husband. The Idaho Falls temple is closed for a year and half for renovations so all temple traffic comes north this way. Knowing that we need to show up...
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