#hearLDSwomen: As a New Mother, I Was Denied the Sacrament
By Sydney I was attending sacrament meeting for the first time since having a my first baby. During the passing of the sacrament, my infant
By Sydney I was attending sacrament meeting for the first time since having a my first baby. During the passing of the sacrament, my infant
by Helena I used to think I understood the gospel of Jesus Christ. But as I’ve been teaching my children about Him, and really
I taught a Relief Society lesson recently on the importance of temples and temple work. Usually I can figure out a way to approach a
By Lynne “I’d like to know why you don’t have a current temple recommend.” I sat across from my bishop, stunned. This is not
*content and language warning* This is a piece I submitted to my university student magazine. Peeling off the layers from my previous patriarchal life has
Wayward. There was that word again in a Relief Society lesson. The word that describes me. Mentions of wayward children always make me uncomfortable. From
I was only five months old when I got my first pair of glasses, and the doctor got it wrong. Because I could follow the
One of the most commonly misunderstood and misapplied Biblical parables in the modern church is the parable of the wheat and the tares, found in
I’ve probably taken the sacrament/communion more than 1500 times in my life. As a practicing Mormon, I took it weekly for years and as part
I ran into a friend recently whom I hadn’t seen in months. She told me she was stepping back from the Church for a while.
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