Jessie served a mission in Spain and graduated from BYU with bachelor’s degrees in Spanish Translation and English, as well as a master’s in Spanish Literature. She currently works full-time at a university library and nurtures her three children, one cat, and a fluctuating number of fish. She relaxes by reading, baking, canning fruit, and putting together jigsaw puzzles.
Jessie Christensen
Posts by this Author
- Book Review: Multi-faceted Views of Mormon Women February 9, 2025
- Book Review: “Buffalo Flats” by Martine Leavitt November 7, 2024
- Book Review: Every Needful Thing: Essays on the Life of the Mind and the Heart, edited by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye and Kate Holbrook February 2, 2024
- August 2022 Issue August 9, 2022
- Fall 2021 Journal Editorial and Table of Contents October 4, 2021
- Just Receive December 19, 2020
- Good Pioneer Stock? July 24, 2020
- Book Review: A Girl’s Guide to Heavenly Mother May 7, 2020
- “After this manner we keep the records” March 27, 2020
- Book Review: Saints, 1846-1893: No Unhallowed Hand February 18, 2020
- Practicing Kindness November 24, 2019
- Comfort Food September 27, 2019
- Becoming One Through His Word August 23, 2019
- Welcome to My Home July 27, 2019
- Book Review: The Legend of Hermana Plunge June 28, 2019
- Not Every Shot Will be a Slam Dunk May 25, 2019
- Announcement: Whitney Award Winners 2018 May 20, 2019
- 2018 Whitney Awards Finalists: General Fiction April 27, 2019
- 2019 Gospel Vision of the Arts Auction April 18, 2019
- 2018 Whitney Awards Finalists: Historical Romance March 9, 2019
- 2018 Whitney Awards Finalists February 16, 2019
- Weed or read? Why not both? January 25, 2019
- An Invitation to Listen January 21, 2019
- Taking the Challenge November 27, 2018
- Why I’m Here: I Write September 28, 2018
- Book Review: Educated August 24, 2018
- The Power of a Name April 28, 2018
- Sparking Joy at Christmas December 22, 2017
- Stretch November 24, 2017
- Moments of Grace at the MTC August 26, 2017
- The Same Everywhere? Really? July 28, 2017
- Beach Body June 23, 2017
- Don’t Be Afraid of Subtitles April 29, 2017
- Around the World in Fifty Meals March 25, 2017
- Beauty and the Beast and Me February 24, 2017
- Gut Feeling November 25, 2016
- Reading Beyond the Comfort Zone June 24, 2016
- 2015 Whitney Awards: Romance April 29, 2016
- Reading Resolutions January 22, 2016
- Thanksgiving Mayhem, Christmas Chaos, and Other Cherished Memories November 27, 2015
- Watch With Me October 23, 2015
- Movie Review: Once I Was a Beehive September 2, 2015
- Teaching the Ideal, Living the Real July 3, 2015
- Twelve June 26, 2015
- How To: Get a Degree Online May 22, 2015
- The Morning of the Resurrection March 28, 2015
- Are You Curious About Mormon Literature? March 23, 2015
- Surprise: I like Fantasy Novels February 28, 2015
- The Cost of Leisure January 23, 2015
- Passion: Finding Myself Again November 28, 2014