I was called to be a counselor in the stake Young Women presidency. I didn’t think I could or should fill that calling. I have
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
“Quick! Grab her!” The woman was pulled from the river, battered and bruised from the treacherous rapids. Nearly drowned, she gasped for breath. But before
by Mamie I was sexually abused as a child by a neighbor and physically and emotionally abused by my LDS parents. Multiple siblings in my
by Kaylee McElroy Our ordinances are full of beautiful birth and breastfeeding imagery. I know that for a variety of historical and cultural reasons there are
by LMA August 2018 This week, I read a sweet story from Dr. Susan Reynolds about her experience at mass following the news of the
Today I have a retelling of an old story as a parable. One fine morning in a small village a woman looked at her children
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
Hey there. It sounds like maybe you’ve discovered that the church you love and the people in it are a little bit sexist. Maybe you
With the recent news about a stake president refusing to give a temple recommend to a woman for breastfeeding in church, there have been a
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