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Bomb Sheltered

February 22, 2026April 17, 2022

One recurring dream was of a bomb shelter In the middle of the kitchen floor Opening up to take us in When the nuclear searing began. The nightmares ended when the Wall did, So we went to thinking Peace reigned. We are fools. It cannot yet prevail, The Zion we desire until another Fire clears …

Ten Haikus for Ukraine

February 22, 2026March 11, 2022

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

Ten Haikus for Ukraine

For two weeks now my mind has been preoccupied with the war in Ukraine. I’m trying to find balance, but my heart is constantly aware of the travails of that great nation right now. If I’m enjoying my lunch I immediately think of the refugees fleeing their homes hungry and stripped down to bare essentials hoping they get to safe and welcoming territory alive. I cry through news reports. I have found some solace in contributing to Relief Agencies – putting my money where my heart, prayers, and griefs are.

Looking for Living Sages: Diverting from Diversions to Roads Less Taken

February 22, 2026January 21, 2022

By Karen Austin

This semester, I am teaching a course entitled “Later Life and Spirituality.” I invited my students to do reports on living sages, people who are 60 plus years old who demonstrate a measure of wisdom, maturity, leadership, compassion, and service. They just turned in their first of five assignments. All but one of these reports …

Meet Co-Editor-in-Chief, Jessie Christensen

February 22, 2026December 18, 2020

By Sherilyn Stevenson

Getting To Know Jessie Sherilyn: Your day job? Jessie: I work as a library cataloger in an academic library. I create the metadata that describes books that are in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian so people can find them in the library’s catalog. I love working with books and information and I love that my …

On Choosing

February 22, 2026October 7, 2020

By Jennie LaFortune

“What I’ve taken away: if anyone asks you to spring down a gravel road in your bare feet? Kindly decline. If someone asks you to slowly walk into a lake fully clothed at sunrise? Absolutely do it.” – Annie Murphy In this, the year of Covid, an anonymous poster once said, “Beware the Ides of …

A Tribute to Anam Cara

February 22, 2026December 14, 2019

By Rachel Rueckert

I’m not someone who is inclined to easy belief or who puts much stock into superstitions. But ask me about Anam Cara, and I can preach for hours about the magic of Ireland. I know because of what it did for my writing. Artists and writers, from my experience, are too often people who put …

Announcing the 2020 Contest: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.”

February 22, 2026November 21, 2019

By Linda Hoffman Kimball

For 2020, in honor of the anniversary of The Women’s Suffrage Movement, we partner with Mormon Women for Ethical Government and extend an invitation to all interested Latter-day Saint women (18+) and/or members of Mormon Women for Ethical Government prose writers, poets, and visual artists to create entries on this year’s theme based on a …

Words Fall In: A Segullah Podcast featuring Lisa Bickmore

February 22, 2026October 30, 2019

By Melonie Cannon

Lisa Bickmore wields words like a master craftsman. In this interview, she describes her writing life, her connection to nature, her advocacy and the responsibility of an artist, and how her faith tradition seeps into her work. I edited the interview into two parts, so take the time to relish Lisa’s wisdom. I so enjoyed …

Rising and Falling

February 22, 2026September 11, 2019

By Jes Scoville

You shouldn’t have to be dating when you’re 39. I know this because when I was 13 I wrote myself a letter that I recently unearthed: it mapped out, with some detail, how I would be married at 22 and have three children and a dog. I kind of wanted to write back to myself, …

Book Review: I Gave Her a Name

February 22, 2026August 12, 2019

Heather Harris Bergevin hates long walks on the beach, and the saccharine sweet fake taste of pina coladas (virgin). She does like mythology, writing poetry with obscure esoteric fairytale references, and lime slushes. Her recent accomplishments include her book, “Lawless Women,” her ridiculous and delightful children, and her joyously completed divorce. She thinks she’s funny. Sometimes …