We were advised by a lawyer-type person from a tenant rights agency that, according to Illinois landlord-tenant law, our case counts as “constructive eviction” and our lease is immediately void. He seemed very confident that ours should be an easy … Continue reading
So, here’s some news on our living situation. People from our respective faith communities have really stepped up to help us. On the night that our apartment started leaking, the first counselor in Paul’s bishopric immediately opened his home to … Continue reading
A windstorm ripped off part of the roof of our apartment building yesterday. The ceiling in the living room and in our daughter’s bedroom is caving in and the fire department has declared the building uninhabitable. So, it looks like … Continue reading
[Hanks, Maxine, ed. Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism. Salt Lake City, Ut.: Signature Books, 1992.] Let’s get caught up today with Chapter 6, “Mormon Women as ‘Natural’ Seers: An Enduring Legacy” by Ian G. Barber. “And the king said … Continue reading
[Hanks, Maxine, ed. Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism. Salt Lake City, Ut.: Signature Books, 1992.] Yup, late again, but here’s Chapter 5, “An Expanded Definition of Priesthood?: Some Present and Future Consequences” by Meg Wheatley. For starters, the tone … Continue reading
Interfaith marriages are rising fast, but they’re failing fast too by Naomi Schaefer Riley (I know, what a diligent blogger I am, blogging about this two days after it was published.) Here is the excerpt where I was interviewed: Bridget … Continue reading
(Part 2 of TBD) Finding Jesus? What does it mean for us as Christians when the method originally used to bring us into the fold would never work on us if someone tried the same technique today? Having an aunt … Continue reading
(Part 1 of TBD) I get nervous whenever I’m asked to share my testimony of why I am a Christian. I get especially nervous when I’m asked to do this in meetings where other Christians will be giving their testimonies … Continue reading