Category: history

May 12, 2013

The Power of Mothers and Babies

When I was a little girl I just knew that I ...

April 28, 2013

Mormon Corridor Traditions and the Pioneers Who Started Them

This essay is part of our Questions and Insight section. We welcome guest ...

March 29, 2013

Not Pertinent to My Eternal Salvation

A few weeks ago I overheard a comment that has become ...

February 28, 2013

Part 6: In Which I Finally Get to Gay Marriage

This essay is the sixth and final in a series about Gay ...

February 28, 2013

Part 5: What is Marriage?

This essay is the fifth in a series about Gay Marriage and ...

February 28, 2013

Part 4: Why Does a Word Matter?

This essay is the fourth in a series about Gay Marriage and ...

February 28, 2013

Part 3: Gay Rights in Our Time and Place

This essay is the third in a series about Gay Marriage and ...

February 28, 2013

Part 2: American Assumptions about Orientation and Identity

This essay is the second in a series about Gay Marriage ...

February 28, 2013

Gay Marriage and Proposition 8, Part 1

Next month, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the ...

February 9, 2013

Questions about Joseph Smith

This question came to us and we want to talk about ...

January 17, 2013

Does Exaltation Mean Polygamy?

Does Mormon doctrine teach that in order to obtain exaltation, men must ...

January 10, 2013

Why I Think We’re Having the Wrong Conversation

Last year Neylan McBaine, founder of the Mormon Women Project, rocked ...

December 13, 2012

Tangible Gifts

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

December 11, 2012

Women Giving Blessings in the Early LDS Church

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

December 1, 2012

Keeping Christmas

Karen Austin at Segullah has a post up about her celebration ...

November 11, 2012

“Remember” as a Missionary Principle

My mind is prone to wandering to and fro trying to ...

October 31, 2012

Dia de Los Muertos

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

October 27, 2012

Our Matriarch

My maternal grandmother is 90 years old. She has been a ...

October 12, 2012

Learning About the Protestant Reformation

Quick, what is October 31st known for? Halloween is not an acceptable ...

October 2, 2012

Greater Than the Parts

When I was little, we'd visit my father's parents as often ...