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Segullah Writers’ Retreat Recap

Were you at the Segullah Writers’ Retreat?  I was.  Well, if you weren’t able to make it, I thought I’d fill you in on how it was… and it was, in a word, amazing.  It was a perfect Saturday, filled with delightful company and writing inspiration, not to mention great food. Truly, every person I talked [...]

July Up Close

Thank you for your continued patience with our cyber dust as we continue some transitions and work through some technical issues on the blog. We welcome your submissions for July’s Up Close. Those of us on staff are heading off to points near and far and we know you are too, so share with us [...]

It’s just art–don’t be afraid

“Oh, I love the art everywhere!” people often say as they enter my house. You kind of can’t help but notice that all the walls in my house are covered with canvases, often hanging rather crookedly or precariously from the walls, while stacks of paintings in varying stages of doneness line the studio shelves and just about every other surface in my house. “Thanks. [...]

Call for submissions: May & June Up Close

We need you! Up Close is your chance to share you voice with us. We are currently seeking submissions for May and June Up Close features. May’s topic is Complexities of Mothering. Maybe the seasons of mothering have brought you unexpected surprises. Perhaps it has been more challenging than you thought, or maybe you have struggled in your relationship with your [...]

Boys to Gentlemen

“Please grab the door for me, son!” I  implore as, laden with Sunday bag and child, I attempt to make it through the perilous double set of doors at the church with three kids in tow. “This is how to be a gentleman,” I whisper and wink as I pass him in the breezeway. I have three [...]

Will our words condemn us?

The words you speak…or forward…or type. Commandment #9: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” While this is one of the less popular commandments, in the age of the Internet it is one I constantly find myself remembering. Especially when into my inbox pops some hearsay email claiming something eye opening, or purporting [...]

“You are welcome here.”

Three weeks ago I stepped off the plane in Amman, Jordan. “Welcome,” the immigration officer nodded as he snapped my picture and passed me back my freshly stamped passport. If there was any one word I would come to hear a thousand times in 10 days it was welcome. In fact, it is the word I think of first when I think of Jordan. [...]

Wielding Power

That I may live to be one of the best women, who make others glad that they were born. -George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda Power conjures up images of the conquering Alexander the Great, Donald Trump’s boardroom, or Bill Gates’ bank account. But that is not my power. While I may lack political power, star power, or excess capital, I [...]

The Stories of Women

Today’s interview is with Neylan McBaine, talking about the newly created Mormon Women Project. LG: How did get started with The Mormon Women Project? Tell me how your own unique background and personal experience influenced your desire to explore LDS women? NM: Growing up in New York City as the daughter of a professional opera singer, [...]

The Space for Change

Systems are resistant to change. This is one of the fundamental principles of systems theory (a paradigm for looking at people’s lives). Our lives are intricate webs of relationships and forces – home, church, school, community, family, friends.  A shift in one area, relationship, or routine sends ripples across the whole system.  So in essence the system tries [...]

Where Credit Is Due

If I won an Oscar (which I won’t I am no actress) I would have to say I got where I did because of the love of a good man. While it sounds so not PC, it’s true. For me marriage and family life has been liberating, not confining. There is a power in fidelity - in having [...]

Impending Doom?

Life is good right now, in fact too good. Everyone in our family is healthy, including my parents. My husband has a very stable job with a great work life balance. Our marriage is solid. We’re comfortable financially. My boys are having a good year in school. I am in a good creative groove. Really does it [...]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

At five something tomorrow morning I will hear classical musical eminating from the Wave Radio, gradually growing louder until I realize it’s not part of my dream and fumble for the alarm remote on the top of my headboard. Exhaustedly, I will roll out of bed and trip into the bathroom, shivering and banging into the dresser along the way. With [...]

When I grow up I want to be a…

doctor, lawyer, fireman, teacher? When you ask kids what they want to be when they grow up you get one of those 4 answers. When I ask the missionaries that revolve in and out of my house for dinner, at least 50% give me the “I have no idea” line. Occasionally, I am impressed at some of the [...]

The Spirit of 6 Year Old Giving

I was six. My mother wrote on the  fold-over envelope all the names of the members our family, tucked the $5 bill inside the envelope, and closed the pouch. I hurriedly zipped it into my purple backpack alongside my pink My Little Pony lunch box. My blond pig tails bounced as I skipped out for the bus. This was to be my first [...]

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