I live in the Middle East. I don’t get to go to the temple often because when we travel, we have small children with us.
I have been thinking and writing about temple covenants during the past few weeks. I am writing a paper for an upcoming Mormon Studies conference
Despite my worthiness (and even my husband’s willingness), my bishop would not let me receive my endowment right before I married my non-member husband as
We had recently moved into a new ward. I had five children under the age of eight, three in diapers, and was homeschooling the older
by Alan Buys I once had a conversation with an elementary school librarian. She told me about the difficulties of getting some of the rowdier
The angriest I have ever seen our former Young Women president was after Ward Council one week. The previous year the Young Women & Young
I was once asked if I would accept a calling, and said I’d think about it. Two days later, they called me to it in
As a young woman, we had a combined camping trip with laurels and priests in our stake. When it came time to go on a
Patriarchy in Mormonism negatively impacts men and boys by afflicting them with shame, anxiety, and unrealistic expectations. I term this “Toxic Mormon Masculinity.” When I’ve
A few months ago, my friend asked me to sub her Gospel Doctrine class. I did, and the lesson went really well. After class, the
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