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Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

Spiritual Mentors

Who are the most influential women in your world? I checked out  The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women; Forbes magazine claims their list “isn’t about celebrity or popularity; it’s about influence. Queen Rania of Jordan (No. 76), for instance, is perhaps the most listened-to woman in the Middle East; her Twitter feed has 600,000 followers.” [...]

Scary Teachers, Scary Parents

I have a child who hates school.   He didn’t always hate school.    The kindergartener who upstaged all the other tyrannosaurus rexes loved school.   The first grader whose portrayal of Medusa delighted audiences at the end of the Greek mythology unit adored school.   His first years of learning were joyous and fun.  What happened to my youngest [...]

Wanted: Voices from the Dust

  The derecho, an angry gang of thunderstorms packing hurricane force winds poured across the plains, leaving smashed trees and destroyed lives in its wake.  Sailing on a lake, my parents saw the black clouds surging across the pale green sky.  My parents reached the dock, but as my dad yanked down the sails, the [...]

Ward Envy – Part II

“It seems like the more we try to live the gospel, the more trials we have.  Why ?”  I will never forget Beata’s question while I was studying in Poland last summer.  Dr. Whipple and I gave our best Sunday School answers, but our words felt empty and our hearts ached for her pain. My mind went back to [...]

Strawberry Moments Forever

I must confess that I’m not crazy about chocolate. I am a fresh berry addict. I endure the pepper steak with mango chutney at the Tree Room, just so I can order the most divine dessert in the gastronomic galaxy: sweet and juicy strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries floating in a sea of crème anglaise. Why [...]

Ward Envy

A missionary plunked out a hymn on an electronic keyboard in the cramped hotel conference room. Beata was the first speaker. She told us that her husband was out of work and she lives in a town where the Church just barely exists, but the gospel of Jesus Christ is her lifeline, the ray of [...]

Join the Club

We all belong to exclusive insider clubs. Don’t worry, these insider clubs have absolutely nothing to do with the stock market. The only way you can join an insider club is to pay the price. The members of insider clubs are pretty tight because outsiders just don’t seem to understand. I joined the Child of a [...]

Fly, Little Bird, Fly!

Last summer I  discovered a  young  bird hopping and hobbling around our patio.  He had fallen out of the nest and didn’t yet have the flying skills to find his way home.    He frantically tried to fly, but his body weight seemed too heavy for his wing span.   He discovered the aspen trees near by, [...]

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