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One of the hard things about finding myself on the marginal side of Mormonism is seeing myself in a new, less than flattering light. Sometimes I catch myself thinking things about others that are judgmental or prejudiced, and I wonder how on earth I managed to acquire these views. The idea that people [...]
(painting by Sue Orchant)
I had a minor epiphany a few weeks ago. It’s not like I hadn’t known it before, but this idea rang home anew after a conversation with a friend.
The epiphany? That the Church, at its heart, and at its best, really is all about trying to help people. A friend had been [...]
Thanks to Debbie Mayhew Zufall for this post.
Appropriate music for church meetings: What does “in keeping with the spirit of the hymns of the church”really mean?
I am sure I am not the only one who has puzzled over this. The music section in the Church Handbook of Instructions (and posted on LDS.org) suggests hymns as [...]
Last Sunday, our RS lesson was on “Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts.” i.e. pornography. In my ward, this seems to be a rather frequent lesson topic.
I appreciated the RS women’s comments and stories. My heart went out to the women whose families have been damaged by this. And I also appreciated the fact that some [...]
The other day, I made a comment on my personal blog about how I thought polygamy was still pervasive in the church today. Obviously I’m not talking about its practice (though of course it still does exist in temples today, as living men are sealed to more than one woman) but I’m talking about the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 42 so far )Yesterday I was talking to Amelia about the Church’s new Enrichment program, in which Relief Societies are supposed to meet all together quarterly rather than monthly, and smaller interest groups could meet more often.When I first heard about this new program, I thought it was a good idea. I liked the idea of the smaller [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 18 so far )Last weekend , Brooke, Amelia, and I went to the Rocky Mountain Mormon Women’s Retreat in Colorado. Despite the nearly two full days of travel it entailed, I loved it. There were about 40 women there, ranging from age 28 to 70-ish. We ate, we met people we only knew through cyber-space, we told our [...]
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