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Race and the Priesthood Resources

This is a collection of mostly quotes regarding race, the priesthood ban, and the lifting of the ban.

An Acceptable Offering

As much as I pretend to be anti New Year’s resolutions, (“It doesn’t mean anything, it’s just another day!), I found myself making a few. One of those was to get back to writing consistently. So here we are, trying again to return to my original purpose, which was to hold myself accountable for scripture…

Week 4: the God of the Old Testament

A voice from the dust!

And just like that, it’s been almost two years since I’ve posted. It seems impossible to me that it’s been so long. It has been a strange, difficult 22 months since I last wrote, with enough going on personally, nationally, and globally to fill many pages. And maybe that’s why I hit the pause button……

A year in Oregon, “Saudade,” and Current Events.

This is sort of a mess. But it’s my heart and mind today. One year ago today we left Arizona and moved to Oregon. I have consistent, contradictory feelings: On one hand feeling like we just left and the year has passed in a blink, and on the other hand feeling like we have been…

The Pandemic brought changes. Which changes should we keep?

2020 will forever be known as the year of the Global Pandemic. With the pandemic came so many questions. What is COVID-19? Where did it come from? What will it do? How do we best respond to it? Should we shut down and stay home? If so, to what degree and for how long? How…

As Though He Had Already Come Among Them

I’ve studied King Benjamin’s famous sermon in Mosiah 2-5 many times. It’s a section of scripture with profound spiritual depth and breadth; the source of many favorite scriptures and doctrines that I have revisited many times. In light of global circumstances, a new verse lodged in my mind while studying last week. After sharing his…

The Greatest Event In History

“ The greatest events of history are those that affect the greatest number of people for the longest periods. By this standard, no event could be more important to individuals or nations than the resurrection of the Master. The literal resurrection of every soul who has lived and died on earth is a certainty, and…

For disrupted missionaries, and anyone else who’s been thrown a Corona curve-ball.

If your mission has been changed, cut short, or cancelled because of COVID-19, it’s likely you have some questions. The simplest may be, “Why?” You may wonder how you could be called by revelation to one place, when the Lord knew you would end up serving in another. You may ask how you are supposed…

Worshipping at home is a sacred opportunity. Make the most of it.

Few things in my life have consumed my thoughts and feelings as much as this COVID 19 pandemic has over the past week. The virus itself, the statistics, government responses, media coverage… I’ve been trying to wrap my head around it all week. It’s so cumbersome and complicated, with so many variables; so many ideas…