by Lesley A. Butterfield | Jun 16, 2022 | Belief, Church History, Church Policy, Featured, forgiveness, abuse, trauma, boundaries, safety, healing, peace, History, LDS Church History, Mental Health, Modesty, Patriarchy, Plural Marriage, sexism, spiritual abuse, Temple |
Watching the hit series, Under the Banner of Heaven, take liberties to correlate pervasive domestic abuse with uniquely Mormon religious beliefs has seemed to strike an unexpected chord with society at large. Except it’s not unexpected at all—at least not for those...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Apr 16, 2021 | Featured |
Are YOU a man that needs a list of what is acceptable behaviors towards women? Do you CONSTANTLY feel annoyed and defensive when a women brings up the topic of misogyny? Are you TRIGGERED by the word “feminist?” Do you feel like this issue is RUINING your...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Aug 9, 2020 | Featured |
ex·ploit: make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource); to make use of meanly or unfairly for one’s own advantage I was 34 years old. Married, mother of four young children. I sought help from my bishop when I was experiencing personal problems, just as...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Apr 12, 2020 | Activism, Atonement, Body of Christ, Compassion, decisions, Empowerment, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Forgiveness, forgiveness, abuse, trauma, boundaries, safety, healing, peace, Goodness, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Potential, Savior, scripture, spiritual abuse, spirituality, Theology, Truth, Worthiness |
“How beautiful you are he said a tapestry of scars.” -Atticus When I was in college, I flew home for the summer. I packed up everything I owned into my luggage and when I arrived at the airport, my bag was over the weight requirements, forcing me to remove...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Apr 6, 2020 | Activism, Compassion, decisions, Disagreement, Empowerment, eternal progression, faith crisis, Featured, forgiveness, abuse, trauma, boundaries, safety, healing, peace, General authorities, General Conference, Humanity, Jesus Christ, Lying, Obedience |
Three years ago. It happened. I have replayed the events in my mind a thousand times. Even doing trauma work (a lot of it) to disentangle them from the gray space where they seem to be stuck, bouncing around like ping pong balls that never stop. I was injured, harmed....
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