Author Archives: jendoop

About jendoop

Jen writes, reads, paints, walks, prays, eats and sleeps. Paul is her co-conspirator in teaching these skills to 4 children.
May 23, 2013

The Perfect Gospel Doctrine Teacher

Someone asked me recently what the qualities of the ideal gospel ...

May 12, 2013

Mother’s Day Epiphanies

Even though Mother's Day comes every year, and some mothers have ...

May 9, 2013

Relating To God and All People

One of the most often-quoted scriptures in the Church is Moses ...

May 4, 2013

Adult Parenting

My oldest daughter graduates from high school in less than a ...

April 24, 2013

What is Spirituality?

A friend recently asked on Facebook, "What does Spirituality mean to ...

April 22, 2013

Jane’s Story

Jane was abused as a child and in that horror she ...

April 10, 2013

Seeing Good Men

There is a line from Avatar which has become a silly ...

April 6, 2013

Pondering General Conference

  We're kind of quiet here at Real Intent on General Conference ...

April 1, 2013

Agency: Guns, Gays and Abortion

With all the tumult about same sex marriage, gun rights, and ...

March 23, 2013

Remember and Act

Today I attended a stake RS conference. In one of the ...

March 22, 2013

Spiritual Education Through Sin

We are often told that the only thing that we truly ...

March 16, 2013

Loving Pope Francis

This morning I heard, “I will pray for him and for ...

March 8, 2013

Why These Mortal Bodies?

As I get older my aches and pains increase (I sound ...

March 6, 2013

Enough with the Finger Pointing, Let Me Love My Kids!

This is a post from Jen's personal blog, June 2012 that ...

March 3, 2013

Satisfying our Dissatisfaction

In the last few years there have been public displays of ...

February 24, 2013

Mental Illness FHE Lesson

Over the past month I've been pulling together the Peculiar Minds ...

February 22, 2013

How Do We Embrace Those with Mental Illness?

We're learning so much about mental illness, let's see if we ...

February 18, 2013

Simply Depression

This essay is a part of our Peculiar Minds series. I have ...

February 15, 2013

Is Mental Illness a Latter-Day Plague?

This forum question is part of our Peculiar Minds series. Throughout preparing ...

February 15, 2013

Peculiar Minds

This is the first essay in our 10-day series, Peculiar Minds. When ...

February 13, 2013

Faith in Love

Valentine's Day is nearly here, in case you haven't seen the ...

February 7, 2013

All Is Well or Woe?

Mormons around the world sing the pioneer anthem 'Come, Come Ye Saints' ...

January 18, 2013

Vision of Hope

“Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we ...

January 15, 2013

I’m Being Tried?

I've been listening to NPR's Morning Edition series "Losing Our Religion" the ...

January 14, 2013

I Am a Sheep

I am a sheep. Like the fluffy blobs of wool sprinkled ...

January 12, 2013

Growing Sin

I don’t like the word repent. Short and chopped at the ...

January 9, 2013

Are You Happy?

I'm irritated with our culture's focus on happiness. It seems to ...

January 3, 2013

A Stream of Testimony

As the old year ends and the new begins, the editors ...

December 13, 2012

Tangible Gifts

This is the fourth in a series by our writers and ...

November 17, 2012

Candy to My Soul

It’s that time of year where sweet temptations are constantly at ...

November 6, 2012

A Storm of Anger

Lying here in the dark I hear the rumbling of a ...

October 31, 2012

Dia de Los Muertos

Halloween coincides with the Mexican festival Dia de Los Muertos (Nov ...

October 22, 2012

Peoria Tree of Life

with Richard Shook, artist This year I’ve had the opportunity to watch my ...

October 13, 2012

In Elder Oaks’ Office

Fifteen years ago my father-in-law was called to be a mission ...

October 8, 2012

The War of Animal Instincts

Recently, I remarked to my sister that I attract people with difficult ...

October 5, 2012

Four Good Reasons to Attend Church with Hypocrites

At church today I witnessed one of my fellow citizens in ...

September 20, 2012

The Child Behind the Diagnosis

Later in life than is usual, I’m a college student studying ...