In the fall of 2010, I published an article in Mutuality that critiqued the opportunities available to women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In that article, I said (emphases new to this post): On the ecclesiastical … Continue reading
In which I take Valerie M. Hudson to task for her serial abuse of the Hebrew language. Read and comment at Worlds Without End.
Interfaith “I’m a Mormon” ad: Love it. I do think this couple is interfaith-lite in that the wife seems fairly agnostic. She acknowledges not going to church or being interested in church and at one point says, “If there’s a … Continue reading
“NO!” Our daughter screamed. “I . . . don’t . . . WANT to go to your church!” She tilted her chin downward, crooked her hands into her armpits (like she was trying to put them on her hips, but … Continue reading
Here’s the thing: She doesn’t leave you or her church. What now? Do you focus on the difference or on the things you still love about her? Do you still try to be worthy of her love in every other … Continue reading
Numbers 26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. … 27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. … Continue reading
I talked about my daughter’s disabilities, her upcoming cleft palate repair surgery this Wednesday, and what God has been teaching me through her. Just for a few minutes. It was part testimony and part exhortation. Audio is here. While I … Continue reading
Posted at Worlds Without End. Read and comment there.
Posted at Worlds Without End. Read and comment there.
I did not grow up in a religious home. My parents would have self-identified as Christians, but not practicing ones. We seldom went to church or talked about God, and I don’t recall ever praying with them or reading the … Continue reading