EP 513 – End YSA Stakes
January 26, 2021
Are Young Single Adult stakes serving their purpose? How do we combat “brain drain” of members moving to more affordable areas?
Author: Josie Gleave
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EP 424 – Motherhood Part 3: The Value of a Mother
May 19, 2019
Our church emphasizes motherhood as a woman’s ultimate goal, but what of women who want motherhood and a career? And how can we know Heavenly Mother?
EP 423 – Motherhood Part 2: Pressure and Longing
May 12, 2019
The importance of motherhood is deeply ingrained in Latter-day Saint culture, but what of those women in the Church who don’t want to have children or those who struggle for years with infertility, seemingly unable to fulfill their divine mandate?
EP 421 – Motherhood Part 1: What Is A Mother?
May 5, 2019
By traditional definitions, motherhood is easy to describe, but for numerous Latter-day Saint women being a mother is much more complex – and unpredictable.
First Young Single Adult Ward in Asia Organized in Singapore
February 1, 2019
The new year brought new changes to the Church in Singapore with the creation of the first Young Single Adult ward in Asia.
In “Model Mormon,” Rosemary Card Upends LDS Stereotypes While Living Her Faith
June 19, 2018
On Church culture, women’s voices, being the “model” Mormon.
Is It Time to Talk about Pornography in Primary?
March 28, 2018
Primary General President Joy Jones spoke to parents about pornography. But who will teach the kids whose parents aren’t present?
#LightTheWorld Day 19: “Rejoice, and Be Exceeding glad”
December 19, 2017
Too often we forget that our purpose on this earth is to experience joy. Do you make joy a priority?
Mormons Need to Stop Living the Billy Graham Rule
June 2, 2017
Mormon quests for righteousness have inevitably led to an imbalance in gender relations, from dress and grooming standards to office culture.
“Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image”—An Interview with Mary Campbell
March 9, 2017
Charles Ellis Johnson was one of the Mormon Church’s more popular temple photographers in the 19th century. He was also a peddler of erotica.
Stairway to Mormonism: A Review of Shaun Micallef’s Latest Spiritual Journey
January 24, 2017
With the opening of The Book of Mormon musical in Melbourne and now Australian comedian Shaun Micallef’s Stairway to Heaven documentary exploring the Church of
Americanisms in a Global Mormon Church
February 24, 2016
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a global church with a large dollop of Americanism mixed in. Here’s how it is for the rest of us.
My Lipstick Won Me a Husband
November 3, 2015
We can choose to be offended or we can look for the sliver of truth that exists in comedy. For me, that truth is that women should look like women!
Chastity for the Modern Era
September 20, 2015
The very meaning of chastity is now in question, and Latter-day Saints might find themselves even further outside of mainstream society.
The Uninspired Calling
August 12, 2015
Sometimes being a musically inclined Mormon pigeonholes one into obvious calling slots rather than inspired ones. Or does it?