Guest Post: The Path of Least Resistance

Posted on February 4, 2008. Filed under: Family, Mormon women, faith, marriage | Tags: faith, SAHM, single, married, inactivity |

A great guest post by Jessawhy:

Though experiencing similar crises of faith, my friend Anna and I have different incentives with respect to church activity and lifestyle choices. Without a firm conviction of the teachings of the church, we both follow the path of least resistance, but end up in entirely different places. What [...]

Ambivalence as a Religious Virtue

Posted on January 30, 2008. Filed under: Belief, Doubt, faith, testimony | Tags: ambivalence, Belief, Doubt, faith, testimony |

(Influence by Chidi Okoye)

Ambivalence generally has a negative connotation, despite its neutral root definition of simultaneous conflicting feelings (ambi = both, valeo = feel strongly). Indecision, wishywashiness, lack of commitment is what generally comes to mind when you hear the term.However, in The Religious Imagination of the American Woman, Bednarowski argues that religious ambivalence - [...]

Poetry of a Faith Journey

Posted on May 4, 2006. Filed under: Poetry, faith | Tags: Poetry, faith, journey, Emma Lou Thayne, Carol Lynn Pearson, Kaylin Haught |

I felt like posting some poems today written by others, rather than anything of my own. I chose these three because they have each been influential to me, religiously, and otherwise. But mostly religiously. The thing is that I have posted them in the order I encountered them. I feel like I’ve been through a [...]