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The Gift of Receiving

We are thick in the season of giving. Retail merriment may jing-jing-jangle our nerves, but many of us bask in thinking about our giftees and what might bring them joy. This is progress from our less-enlightened “gimme” days. Wonderful! We are learning to be good gift givers. The flip side of this is that this [...]

Justice and Mercy Walk into a Bar

Justice and Mercy walk into a bar. Justice overhears a customer order “another Shirley Temple, please.” Barkeep reminds the customer that he hasn’t paid for his last two yet. Justice grabs the customer by the collar, yells, “You can’t pay your bill? You’re outta here!” and kicks him out the door.

Rock, Dust

Photo by Aidan McRae Thomson I love the Apostle Peter—his enthusiasm, his heedless loyalty, his solid faith. His answer to the Lord’s question, “Will ye also go away?” forms the foundation of my own belief: “Lord, to whom should we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.” The completeness of his devotion is part [...]

The Naaman in Me

Today’s guest  post comes from Emily Orchard. Emily lives in Meridian, Idaho with her patient husband, four young children, a dog, a fish, and a snake. Her favorite daily activities involve her kids but she also enjoys working a few hours a week as a speech therapist. Before her household wakes up in the morning [...]

Trouble, Repentance, and The Worst Kind of Writer’s Block

Today’s guest post comes from Holly Abbe, who says she is a terrible gardener, but loves fresh tulips. She can make a perfect apple pie, but despises washing dishes. And while you will rarely find her organizing her home office, she finds great joy in organizing musical numbers and planning family outings. There is nothing [...]

La Leche à la Hong Kong

No one warned me that we’d be hiking all day long, trekking under full blown summer sun on Lantau island, running low on water, dehydrated, sluggish, in need of shade and a toilet. Had I known all this beforehand, of course I would have carried several water bottles for myself and several clothes changes and [...]

Hey, Everybody! Let’s Give It Up for…

Hey, everybody! Let’s give it up for… …Lent! Yes, this season of traditional Christendom will be upon us soon. March 9th is the first day this year, often called Ash Wednesday. Mormons generally don’t follow any kind of liturgical calendar, but it’s something valued I brought with me from my Protestant heritage. It’s the 40 [...]

Blogging in Zion

My remarks from “Across Web Time, Cyberspace, and Blogging Disciplines,” a panel discussion moderated by Mormon Times columnist Emily Jensen at BYU’s Mormon Media Studies Symposium yesterday. Great to see those of you who attended! It may seem suspect to draw a connection between blogging and Zion. Blogging is often maligned–and sometimes rightfully so–as navel gazing, [...]

A Divine Eye Roll

You’ve been there.  You’re forced to go to a bridal or baby shower long after the stage where they seem fun and exciting (even romantic.  I’m gagging.  But yes, I thought that, at least about the bridal showers).  You play games.  You talk about your own wedding.  You compare birth stories.  You win in the [...]

Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd

Today’s Up Close guest post is by Sunny Smart. She is a stay at home mom with four wonderful, hilarious kiddos and one hard-working, good-natured husband. She has battled depression at various times in her life and to varying degrees. She wanted to share her story so that others who suffer silently and alone might [...]

The Rain Falls on the Just and the Unjust

Laguna Beach, 1993. As fierce wildfires fueled by 70 mph Santa Ana winds swept through the Laguna Canyon and hurtled towards their neighborhoods, several families in our Laguna Beach ward found themselves literally racing to escape the 200-feet-high flames. When it was over, the fire had claimed 366 homes, and, though most of our ward [...]

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” [...]

UP CLOSE: Living Single– Titanic Tears and Ministering Angels – Just Another Day Really

If you’d like treat yourself to wonderfully honest, poetic writing from a red-headed Aussie, visit Selwyn’s Sanity. Selwyn is the mother of two boys and is in the middle of a divorce. What more shall I say? I’ll let her writing tell her story. Last night I watched Titanic for the first time. Apparently I [...]

a different sort of happily-ever-after

“I don’t’ think there has ever been a premarital couple who is closer than Beau and I are. We’re one of the rare lucky ones whose union far exceeds the sum of it’s parts…one plus one equals a billion. I have a feeling the best thing I’m going to have in this life is my [...]

Dating, Courtship, Marriage, WORK

Attention all Segullah readers: The deadline (August 15th) is quickly approaching for our 5th anniversary issue on Dating, Courtship and Marriage. We hope to make this an extended issue examining every aspect of bliss and heartbreak, but we need your contributions.  Writing tips can be found here and submission information is here. Be sure to [...]

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