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- June 2013 (16)
- 18: To Mormon Moms Dealing with Depression or Anxiety (2)
- 16: The Heart of Fatherhood: Laying Down One’s Life (2)
- 15: Where’s My Petunia? (8)
- 15: Vilification of Men (19)
- 14: I Love You Daddy (2)
- 14: The Father of Us All (2)
- 13: The Burden of Fatherhood (1)
- 12: Are Good Men Perfect? (2)
- 12: My Father, an Enigma (4)
- 11: Not Perfect, Still the Best (5)
- 10: Becoming Father (5)
- 09: Be Still: And There Was a Great Calm (3)
- 06: Sex Ed: who, when, and what to teach? (17)
- 04: Hiking and Life (8)
- 03: Summer Fun? (8)
- 02: They Shall Be Called the Children of God (2)
- May 2013 (27)
- 31: Why Eternal Families? (20)
- 30: Hope Not Fear, The Lord Is In Charge (4)
- 28: In Defense of “The Orange Shirt” (29)
- 27: Adult Sharing Time (8)
- 26: Blessed are the Peacemakers (2)
- 23: The Perfect Gospel Doctrine Teacher (11)
- 22: Doubt, the Devourer (7)
- 19: Seeing God Among and Within Us (5)
- 17: Move Over – It’s The Law (5)
- 13: Truth Eternal Tells Me I’ve a Mother There (82)
- 12: The Power of Mothers and Babies (7)
- 12: Mother’s Day Epiphanies (3)
- 11: The Unlikely Gift (2)
- 11: What Would Marjorie Do? (6)
- 10: Becoming Mother (2)
- 09: Relating To God and All People (3)
- 09: How Do We Show Mothers Their Value? (7)
- 08: Other Mothers (8)
- 07: Learning to Be Okay With (and Maybe Love) Mother’s Day (22)
- 07: What’s A Slacker Mom To Do? (11)
- 07: The Mother Well (6)
- 06: The Gift of Giving Life (2)
- 05: Purity of Heart (0)
- 04: BYU Women’s Conference (2)
- 04: Adult Parenting (9)
- 02: Your Life is So Easy (11)
- 01: Follow the Money (9)
- April 2013 (37)
- 30: Walking the Path to Charity through the Atonement (12)
- 29: Consecration Question (13)
- 28: Mormon Corridor Traditions and the Pioneers Who Started Them (15)
- 26: Are False Spirits All Around Us? (6)
- 26: How Will Governs the Cosmos (3)
- 25: Separating Culture from Doctrine (15)
- 24: What is Spirituality? (27)
- 24: See The Spirit Before The Life-Worn Face (15)
- 22: Jane’s Story (4)
- 22: Gospel Barometers (17)
- 21: The Difference Between Mercy and Meekness and Kindness (13)
- 19: Choose Higher Ground (6)
- 18: We Are Daughters of Influence (3)
- 18: What is Modesty? (19)
- 17: Questions: Indication of Doubt or Display of Faith? (5)
- 16: The Words We Speak (2)
- 14: What Do You Contribute to Mormon Culture? (16)
- 14: Forbearance to Inflict Harm: Practical Mercy (18)
- 14: This Is My Work and Glory (3)
- 12: When is Your Appointment? (12)
- 12: 7 x 70 (2)
- 11: Being Accepted of the Lord (3)
- 11: Born That Way (9)
- 10: The Value of a Daughter of God (13)
- 10: Seeing Good Men (9)
- 09: “Lord, I Believe…” (11)
- 08: Reader Led General Conference Discussions (25)
- 06: Pondering General Conference (4)
- 05: Hold Your Peace (3)
- 05: Homosexuality, Feminism, and the Intelligentsia (25)
- 05: Family is the Plan of Salvation (5)
- 05: Sex as a Sacrament (76)
- 05: Gifts (Estates) Precede Callings (5)
- 05: Know Ye Not That Ye Are the Temple of God? (0)
- 05: Dualism, Pythagoras, and Philosophical Curiosity (4)
- 04: What Do You Wonder? (6)
- 01: Agency: Guns, Gays and Abortion (28)
- March 2013 (45)
- 31: It Is Finished: Death on Easter Sunday (1)
- 30: Easter Blog Hunt (6)
- 29: Not Pertinent to My Eternal Salvation (16)
- 28: General Conference Notes Worksheet (6)
- 28: Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday (4)
- 27: Brad Wilcox, Continuous (1)
- 26: Equal Opportunity Prayer, For only $5!! (3)
- 25: The Unequal Burden of Women (9)
- 24: Mercy: “Judge Not, that Ye Be Not Judged” (6)
- 23: Remember and Act (0)
- 23: Be Ye Therefore Perfect (2)
- 22: Spiritual Education Through Sin (6)
- 22: Is College Education for Naught When You Just Stay Home? (54)
- 22: Why We Chose a Charter School (9)
- 21: Lambs in Public Education (7)
- 21: A Peek at LDS Un-Schooling (32)
- 20: Who’s in Charge of My Child’s Education? (4)
- 20: With Mindful Consideration (5)
- 19: A House of Learning (4)
- 18: What Should I Expect? (8)
- 18: The Highest Education We Can Achieve (4)
- 17: Becoming More Merciful (2)
- 16: Loving Pope Francis (4)
- 15: Covenant Motherhood: A Review (1)
- 14: Redeemed (6)
- 14: What does “study” mean? (10)
- 13: Easter Beyond the Basket (13)
- 12: Who’s the Man? (11)
- 12: God’s Greatest Hits: Moses v. Satan (6)
- 11: Called to Fall (15)
- 10: What Is Modest? (9)
- 10: What Satisfies Hunger and Thirst? (2)
- 09: Gospel Friendship (8)
- 08: Why These Mortal Bodies? (6)
- 08: An Interview with the Author of “Covenant Motherhood” (6)
- 07: Humility and Forgiveness (5)
- 07: Modesty & Breastfeeding (35)
- 07: Divine Motherhood, Earthly Realities (18)
- 07: Viral Media (3)
- 07: On Commentary and Conduct (7)
- 06: Enough with the Finger Pointing, Let Me Love My Kids! (12)
- 04: That for Which I Hunger and Thirst – and the Place of Blogging in My Pursuit (5)
- 03: Satisfying our Dissatisfaction (9)
- 01: Enjoying the View (4)
- 01: Do God and Satan Negotiate My Trials? (15)
- February 2013 (65)
- 28: Part 6: In Which I Finally Get to Gay Marriage (43)
- 28: Part 5: What is Marriage? (1)
- 28: Part 4: Why Does a Word Matter? (1)
- 28: Part 3: Gay Rights in Our Time and Place (1)
- 28: Part 2: American Assumptions about Orientation and Identity (3)
- 28: Gay Marriage and Proposition 8, Part 1 (3)
- 27: Standing Still (1)
- 27: Defending the Faith (18)
- 26: Why We Sometimes Shouldn’t Write (9)
- 26: When the Spirit Leaves (9)
- 25: What is Influencing You? (14)
- 25: The Day I Lied to My Bishop (4)
- 24: Healing (22)
- 24: Mental Illness FHE Lesson (2)
- 23: My Path Down the Rabbit Hole (4)
- 23: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (13)
- 22: Understanding a Roommate with Schizophrenia (2)
- 22: Understanding Schizophrenia (4)
- 22: What is Schizophrenia? (1)
- 22: How Do We Embrace Those with Mental Illness? (15)
- 21: Overcoming Anxiety and Depression without Medication (10)
- 21: Choosing Treatment through Revelation (7)
- 21: What is Bipolar Disorder? (0)
- 21: Understanding Bipolar II Disorder (4)
- 20: A Reader’s Story of Hope (6)
- 20: What is Real? Living Without Diagnosis (4)
- 20: Understanding P0rnography Addiction (4)
- 20: No One Wants to Hear They’re Wrong (20)
- 20: Free at Last (2)
- 19: Understanding Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and OCD (70)
- 19: Panic, OCD, Grandma, and Me (7)
- 18: The Well of Depression (7)
- 18: Does Committing Suicide Consign Someone to Hell? (8)
- 18: How To Help Someone Who Is Depressed: An LDS Perspective (25)
- 18: Simply Depression (33)
- 17: Asperger’s and Autism (1)
- 17: Different Issues for Children (3)
- 17: Understanding Dementia (5)
- 17: Understanding Asperger’s (8)
- 17: The Diagnosis (4)
- 16: Anxiety Disorders, including PTSD (3)
- 16: Understanding PTSD (7)
- 15: Resources for Help with Mental Illness (3)
- 15: Resources (6)
- 15: Is Mental Illness a Latter-Day Plague? (25)
- 15: Peculiar Minds (10)
- 14: Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion (3)
- 13: Why the Basics Are Not Always So “Basic” (4)
- 13: Faith in Love (9)
- 12: The Unspeakable Gift (9)
- 11: What if No Answer Resonates? (23)
- 11: What Will I Regret? (12)
- 10: Managing Hunger and Thirst (2)
- 09: What’s So Great About Water? (5)
- 09: Questions about Joseph Smith (20)
- 08: What Shall I Give in Exchange For My Soul? (9)
- 07: All Is Well or Woe? (10)
- 07: Gospel Protection in a Poisonous Culture (11)
- 06: Life Infusions from Lives Lived Well (2)
- 05: My Favorite Conference Sermon (7)
- 04: Can I Do Good with a Bad Attitude? (27)
- 04: The Three Tests We Must Pass? (6)
- 03: Hungering and Thirsting after Righteousness (3)
- 02: Does God Play Favorites? (19)
- 01: What Inspires You to Do Family History? (7)
- January 2013 (35)
- 31: The Road IS Long (10)
- 31: Apostle Fan Protocol: Is there one? (29)
- 30: On Losing Our Religion (8)
- 29: The Power of Disconnect (6)
- 29: Spiritual ADD (8)
- 28: Invitations for Our Readers (0)
- 27: Unfulfilled Promptings (21)
- 27: Reflections on Meekness: Being Gentler With the Ones We Love (4)
- 26: Equality without Unity? (8)
- 25: VT / HT = Joy? (23)
- 25: You’ve Got Questions? We’ve Got Insight. (1)
- 24: In the Tunnel (26)
- 23: Agreeing Disagreeably? (18)
- 23: Public Dissent and Private Responsibility (29)
- 22: What’s The Good Word? (2)
- 21: Three questions from the 1964 Freedom Summer (4)
- 21: Lies That Separate Us From God (13)
- 20: Blessed are the Meek: Defining Meekness as a Personal Quest (5)
- 18: Vision of Hope (4)
- 17: Does Exaltation Mean Polygamy? (49)
- 16: Exact Obedience in an Imprecise World (11)
- 15: I’m Being Tried? (19)
- 14: I Am a Sheep (12)
- 13: Integrating Young Women into Relief Society (18)
- 13: The Paradox of Spiritual Debt (5)
- 12: Growing Sin (11)
- 11: Good, Better Best is great, but what do you do with Best, Best, Best? (12)
- 10: Why I Think We’re Having the Wrong Conversation (59)
- 09: Are You Happy? (41)
- 08: On studying the Doctrine and Covenants (25)
- 07: Our New Discussion Forum (0)
- 06: Thoughts on Spiritual Poverty (7)
- 05: My Gift to Jesus (8)
- 03: A Stream of Testimony (6)
- 02: Miracles, Not Just Resolutions (9)
- December 2012 (21)
- 31: Three Pillars of Testimony (1)
- 24: My Children and the Traditions of Their Father (5)
- 23: Greater Love Hath No Man than This (4)
- 22: Mary and Christmas (5)
- 21: The Gift of the Gospel (6)
- 20: The Gift of Oneness (1)
- 19: The Gift of a Thankful Heart (3)
- 18: Foundational Thoughts about Spiritual Gifts (2)
- 17: Something Useful, Something Meaningful, Something Joyful (0)
- 16: To Believe on Their Words (12)
- 14: The Gift of Weeping (7)
- 14: The Gift of Faith (5)
- 13: Tangible Gifts (3)
- 12: The Gift of Tongues (4)
- 11: Women Giving Blessings in the Early LDS Church (14)
- 10: Jared, His Brother, and Spiritual Gifts (7)
- 08: Praying for Charity (11)
- 07: Salvation in This Life (5)
- 06: Forgetting What It Means To Be a Kid (5)
- 03: Seeing God in the Caterpillars Among Us (3)
- 01: Keeping Christmas (11)
- November 2012 (30)
- 30: Making the Gospel a Review, Not a Revelation (6)
- 29: Motherhood – Service of the Highest Order (11)
- 28: A Book of Mormon Poem (3)
- 27: The Big Fluffy Airport In The Sky (3)
- 26: Bearing the Vessels of the Lord (2)
- 25: A Fresh View of Repentance (2)
- 24: How Readest Thou? (1)
- 23: When the Road Veers to the Right (9)
- 22: God is There. Somewhere. (5)
- 21: Be Zealous to Save Souls (10)
- 20: In Which I Am a Church Lady (6)
- 19: The power of memory (3)
- 18: The Map: Imagine If (1)
- 17: Candy to My Soul (8)
- 16: Handling the Glut (4)
- 15: Eucharisteo (8)
- 14: Poem: and when that morning comes (3)
- 12: Lift Up Your Voice (6)
- 12: Distilling Knowledge (3)
- 11: “Remember” as a Missionary Principle (3)
- 10: Count Your Blessings (8)
- 09: In Prison and Ye Came (5)
- 07: More Questions than Answers (18)
- 07: No Turning Back Now (9)
- 06: A Storm of Anger (4)
- 05: Questions? You’ve got questions?? (3)
- 04: Light and Darkness (2)
- 03: A Vote That Matters (1)
- 02: Embracing Grace (6)
- 01: Are Things What They Are, or What We Are? (13)
- October 2012 (53)
- 31: Dia de Los Muertos (9)
- 30: Pool Covers and My Hurricane Husband (2)
- 30: Sharing Christ (5)
- 29: To Taste the Atonement (7)
- 28: Understanding Commandments (2)
- 27: Our Matriarch (2)
- 26: Appraising Souls (1)
- 25: Too Proud to be Served? (9)
- 25: Carrying His Load (4)
- 24: A poem (2)
- 24: The President’s Ward (6)
- 23: Sleep Is Over-Rated (4)
- 23: Does God Need Me? (17)
- 22: Venus & Mars and the Empty Bucket (6)
- 22: Peoria Tree of Life (6)
- 21: Defining Faith (1)
- 20: Arriving Elsewhere (4)
- 20: The Autumn of Our Lives (5)
- 19: To Prosper in the Land (5)
- 19: Sacred Silence and the Mysteries of God (16)
- 18: Faith Enough to be Healed (10)
- 18: Digging Deep Wells (2)
- 17: The Wonder of Warts (5)
- 17: Reconciling the Conflicts between Science and Religion (13)
- 16: If Ye Do This, Ye Shall Always… (5)
- 16: Four Centuries Contest Discussion: “Ruby’s Gift” (12)
- 15: Living Imperfectly (12)
- 15: Return and Bring Me Word (5)
- 14: Quotes from Conference – Sunday (0)
- 14: Quotes from Conference – Saturday (1)
- 14: On Being Forever Broken (8)
- 13: 5 Habits of Great Teachers (2)
- 13: In Elder Oaks’ Office (20)
- 12: Whither a Soapbox? (3)
- 12: Learning About the Protestant Reformation (6)
- 11: My Pavilions (4)
- 11: Celebrating Repentance (9)
- 10: A Tale of Two Frames (4)
- 10: Enough (21)
- 09: If Jesus Wrote a book about the Garden of Gethsemane, would you read it? (9)
- 09: Judge Not, or In Other Words, What I Learned When I Was Hanging From a Rock (3)
- 08: The War of Animal Instincts (15)
- 08: The Driving Force of Parenting (4)
- 06: Conference is Here! And How Was It? (8)
- 05: We cannot say, “I have no need of you” (10)
- 05: Four Good Reasons to Attend Church with Hypocrites (14)
- 04: The Problem with the Popular Perception of Perfection (4)
- 03: Messengers from my Father (8)
- 03: The Contradictions of the Adversary (10)
- 02: “If God Only Knew…” (5)
- 02: Greater Than the Parts (4)
- 01: Obedience to Living Prophets (5)
- 01: Stale Bread (17)
- September 2012 (21)
- 30: With Willing Hands (5)
- 30: Connection to the Divine (2)
- 29: Receiving God’s Image in Our Countenances Does Not Destroy Individuality (7)
- 29: Helping the World (8)
- 28: The Simple Pleasures of Home (11)
- 28: Ghazal (11)
- 27: Can I Really Share a Book of Mormon? (6)
- 27: Empty Nets (10)
- 26: A Comfortable Dead Watch (23)
- 24: Is Faith Your Personal Story? (3)
- 24: The Bright Night of My Soul (7)
- 24: From Faith to Conviction (15)
- 23: Faith and Belief (4)
- 22: Kids and Communication (2)
- 20: Cognitive Dissonance For a More Perfect Understanding (6)
- 20: On Parental Controls (8)
- 20: Mites (4)
- 20: The Child Behind the Diagnosis (4)
- 19: Letting Go (7)
- 18: Living Faith in an Age of Like (5)
- 16: A Summer Cottage in Babylon (6)
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