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It’s my turn to write today (Michelle L.) but I want to share these words from my friend Martha with you instead. Our mother hearts stretch as wide as the universe and are as fragile as a tuft of dandelion seeds.   My father calls and wants to know when I will write. Often. And [...]

Practicing Grace

Once in a while, you come across a talk or essay so eloquent, so profound, that you want to shout it from the rooftops. Brad Wilcox’s July 12th BYU Devotional is one of those messages. I highly recommend watching it here, downloading the MP3 here or reading the PDF here. Some of my favorite ideas: [...]

To Not Have Sinned

I plead with you, my brothers and sisters, my young friends and my older friends, avoid transgression! The idea that one is better off after one has sinned and repented is a devilish lie of the adversary. Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Sin and Suffering,” BYU Speeches, Aug. 5, 1990 She was our guest speaker in [...]

Like Grandma

My grandma has always been a sun that pulled everyone else into her orbit. Bright and brilliant, gifted and glamorous, I grew up hearing stories of how she began playing Chopin as a girl, soloed with the Utah Symphony in high school, and went on to become a professional musician and teacher. She was also [...]

I’m Not Perfect. Can I Still Go to Heaven?–An Interview with Anthony Sweat

Anthony Sweat is a full-time religious educator, currently teaching seminary at West High in Salt Lake City, and a regular speaker at Especially For Youth and Education Week conferences. He is the co-author of the bestselling book WHY? Powerful Answers and Practical Reasons for Living LDS Standards, and the author of the newly-released I’m Not [...]

What a Difference 30 Years Makes

First time blogger Heather Bennion Judd shares her recent “tough day” cathartic writing at the coaxing of a friend.  Not the B.A. in English from BYU, but rather the small stack of short stories, poetry and essays that she’s written since the 4th grade should have been a clue that this day of virtual “publication” [...]

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