“Tripp”
Puppies are agents of chaos, in a Manhattan apartment especially so. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
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“Breaking the Silence” by Katie Ludlow Rich
Book Review of I Spoke to You with Silence: Essays from Queer Mormons of Marginalized Genders (edited by Kerry Spencer Pray, Jenn Lee Smith) As a tradition that both “elevates the hetero-nuclear family to the level of a saving ordinance” (3) and routinely denies female sexual des…
“Georgia On My Mind”
What did we possibly have in common? How would we work together? Wouldn’t she be frustrated by my crazy-busy life? . . . I didn’t think she would be the friend I desperately needed. Yet, she was. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
“Book of Mormon Stories I Wish My Teacher Told to Me”
Book review of The Book of Mormon For the Least of These, Vol. 2 by Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming I have taught the 10-11-year-old class in Primary for six years. While teaching this age group isn’t without its challenges, I do like that I can focus on teaching them t…
“Friendship with Christ”
Were we actually friends? Or was He more like a benevolent caretaker and I was forever in his debt?
Highlights from the Blog
Where’s Huldah? Missing (Female) Prophet in Come, Follow MeBy April Young-Bennett | Published July 14, 2022 God’s chosen people fall into apostasy. The prophet warns them that wickedness leads to destruction. They counsel with the prophet and repent. They follow the prophet. This…
“Mary, of Magdala”
Galilee, a crystal wave of scales falls into a boat. A tiny girl, Miriam, picks up a sardine, holds the wiggling fish in her palm. 1. Dripping with liquid beads, I am hasty, out of water, for the crackle of heat, coals for roasting. I tend the fires and turn the spits as fish ski…
“Best, Worst, Weirdest”
I am stretched out on a couch in Richmond, Virginia, PCR-tested and fresh off an evening flight from JFK. Only a few hours ago, I was at work in Brooklyn, in a room swarming with seventh graders, not quite believing that for the first time since the pandemic started I was going t…
“Called to Love”
The church often finds itself at odds with the LGBTQIA+, or queer, community, due to the doctrine that marriage is between a man and a woman. Too often, members debate if and how they should support their queer siblings. Many people turn to attitudes expressed by the phrase “hate…
“Can I Get a Witness?”
I have always known friends were key to my happiness. Give me a good friend and I can weather almost anything. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
“Reading to Be Good”
Like soil too heavy with clay, my soul needs amendment. Peat and gypsum balance the loam, but I’ll tend my mind with words. Stories to aerate, puncture assumptions, and poems like a hoe through neglected beds. Add a sprinkle of scripture to green up grudges and turn the biases la…
Vol. 42 No. 1 — Summer 2022
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