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Untangling
It was 4 months after I “found Jesus” and started going to my new church. My husband had been super concerned and weighed down about my change. He said he felt like the contract we made at marriage was being altered, and I wasn’t being true to the terms of the contract (Basically that we’d… Continue reading
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What are Your Pronouns?
Mormons have this interesting habit of praying in modern English except for the second person pronouns for some weird mixed up reasons. What if I spoke to you in French except all the adjectives were in Portuguese? Yeah that would be weird. We are taught that saying “thee” and “thy” are respectful. Why is one… Continue reading
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Smithereens and Anger
Last night, I was reading the appendix at the back of Lynn Wilder’s book Unveiling Grace. It’s great to see compilation all in one place about the Mormon doctrines that are contradicted in the Bible. Most of them I already knew. A lot of them I just rolled my eyes and I don’t care about,… Continue reading
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Working Backwards: Apostasy & Keys
In LDS theology, we say that there is a cycle that has been repeated several times in the history of the world, each time being called a “dispensation.” A dispensation is when God manifests himself to a prophet, reveals doctrine, and establishes a church or group of followers. But inevitably, that church will into apostasy,… Continue reading
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Relationship with Jesus
What’s your relationship with Jesus like? How do you develop that? In Relief Society (the women’s class at LDS church) about 10 years ago, this question was raised. I loved Jesus. I knew a lot about him. I tried to please Him and do what he would do. But an interactive relationship? I pondered this… Continue reading
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Eternal Marriage
Haleigh says it so well. Just listen to her. In the spring when I was consuming a lot of Hello Saints videos, I would usually comment and put up my thoughts defending or explaining the Mormon church. My defense mechanism was on overdrive trying to protect me, trying to stay connected to my husband and… Continue reading
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Rituals
One thing I’ve discovered is that I am not a ritual person. I was always OK with the temples, almost as an intentional defense. Like “Some people think temples are weird, but I won’t! I’ll understand it! I’ll be righteous!” I always had explanations for everything. I took pride in that. “The modern world has… Continue reading
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The You-Know-What in 2021
“We’re having Christmas alone. We won’t let any of our kids come because they won’t get it.” I can’t believe what I was hearing. And this was so awkward. Here I was standing in my neighbors’ living room, with the shocking contraband of pure blood flowing through my veins. They didn’t know, and they weren’t… Continue reading
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“Are You Saved?”
This is a very strange and interesting question for Mormons. Are Mormons saved? We discussed that question in the second half of this podcast episode: The short answer is, some Mormons are saved and some aren’t. Some Mormons are Christians and some aren’t. Just depends if they “get it” on a personal level or not.… Continue reading
All I Possess 