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What Would Marjorie Do?
Published long ago in a galaxy far, far away… A week or so ago I sat in a women’s group meeting and listened as a member of the group talked about how girls dress too casually for church nowadays. She...
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Truth Eternal Tells Me I’ve a Mother There
From our Separating Culture from Doctrine series, an ongoing series addressing culture and policy in our LDS communities that stem from doctrine but may not necessarily be doctrine. If you have a...
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My Father, an Enigma
My father is an enigma amongst men. Growing up, I didn’t realize how different he was from other typical males in our society, or even from many in the church. It wasn’t until adulthood before I...
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I have two stories that I wish to share as illustration of the effect diet has on the principle of agency. After sharing the two stories I hope to correlate them to this precept. First Story: I live...
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Entertained or Devoted?
My husband and I went to see the movie, Man of Steel, on opening weekend. He wanted the ultimate viewing, complete with comfy chairs, so he sprang for the 3D experience. From the beginning my senses...
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A Word of Wisdom: Now, With Even More Promise!
Often, we consider the benefits of following the Word of Wisdom (section 89 of the Doctrine & Covenants, hereafter referred to as the WoW in this article) as fairly limited to our own physical,...
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Gender Roles in the Plan of Salvation
This is a theory, a try at understanding. It is my way of connecting existing truths with new truths within my own mind. I believe in faithful obedience first, through which I gain access to deeper...
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Mormon Women’s Involvement with the Sacred: Reflections on Kris Wright’s...
Some Mormon women: Driggs sisters, photograph in possession of the author On Thursday, September 12th I had the opportunity to hear Kris Wright, co-author of Female Ritual Healing in Mormonism with J....
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Vignettes from Earth’s Oldest Records
It’s been a while since I looked forward to a book’s release more than Written on Our Hearts. Billed as a biographer’s peek at the Old Testament, a view from the storyteller’s perch, I yearned to hold...
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Christmas Letters
Every year about this time I start thinking about writing the Christmas Letter. You know, the letter that you send out with an adorable picture of your kids telling all of your near and dear just how...
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Facebook: Enabling a Codependent World
Originally conceptualized in the 1980’s, codependency been defined as a description of relationship behaviors and mental health status of those who are connected with someone considered to be an...
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