“Holy in All its Forms”
Many of the contributors explore places that used to be holy or find holy in unexpected places or times. Several others reimagine a holy place.
Many of the contributors explore places that used to be holy or find holy in unexpected places or times. Several others reimagine a holy place.
I. The mountains were parched, their summer thirst unquenched by shallow stores of snowpack. The reservoirs were dangerously low. Each day, the sky (and my nose) filled with smoke that blew in from California forest fires, stubbornly coated the bowl of Utah Valley, and obscured the mountains behind my house. I griped on the way to work every day about my sinus infection caused by the smoke settling in my lungs. I couldn’t breathe. This is the perfect set-up for an apocalypse, I thought: smoke, sickness, increasing gas prices, widespread racism, unceasing global pandemic, approaching economic depression, dying rainforests, species extinction, […]
and with this lineage
I run my hands
over my stomach,
my thighs, hug my cheeks.
whisper, I love you.
The mission of To Ukraine With Love is to “Help the people on the ground in Ukraine outlast their invaders.” Hope is something people in Ukraine cannot afford to lose.
My sacred space is everywhere, though for only a brief moment because with each step, each breath, I am in another space.
The Love Map is a short but mighty novel with a lovely message, no matter in which of the four kingdoms a reader might most often find herself.
My photographs document and rebuild my family’s memories of loss and separation.
But this time it is different. As much as I love being in that place, and still hold it as holy, I know that it is not the place for me any longer.
The journey from knowing to believing is where the wilderness becomes holy and beautiful.
Exponent II provides feminist forums for women and gender minorities across the Mormon spectrum to share their diverse life experiences in an atmosphere of trust and acceptance. Through these exchanges, we strive to create a community to better understand and support each other.