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 7, 2019 | Activism, Agency, Apostasy, Authority, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Church, Compassion, covenants, decisions, Empowerment, eternal progression, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, General authorities, General Conference, God, Goddess, Goodness, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Ordain Women, ordinances, parenting, Policy, Prophets, Radical Compassion, Religion, Righteousness, Savior, scripture, spiritual abuse, Spiritual Experiences, spirituality, the Spirit World, Theology, Theology, Truth, Why I Am Mormon, Youth |
I have a family. We are a family. I bore these children, made from my own flesh and blood. I labor for them. I love them. I nursed them. I nourish them. But, when I listened to President’s Nelson’s talk on the Sunday Morning Session of General Conference,...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Mar 25, 2019 | Activism, Agency, Apologetics, Authority, Belief, Body of Christ, Church, Compassion, Corporate Church, covenants, decisions, Disagreement, Empowerment, Excommunication, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, General authorities, Honesty, Humanity, infallibility, Interviews, Judgement, Leadership, lies, Lying, Mental Health, Mormon Women Speak Podcast, News, Obedience, parenting, Patriarchy, Policy, Priesthood, Righteousness, sexism, Sexual Abuse, spiritual abuse, Tithing, Truth |
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/348_MWS_CHURCH_ABUSE_21.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSDoes the church really protect predators and enable abusers? What happens when a victim pursues...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Mar 18, 2019 | Activism, Agency, Body of Christ, Charity, Church, Compassion, decisions, Disagreement, Empowerment, Family, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, Goddess, Goodness, Heavenly Mother, Humanity, Individuality, Modesty, Mother in Heaven, Ordain Women, parenting, Patriarchy, Righteousness, Savior, Service, sexism, Sexuality, spiritual abuse, Spiritual Experiences, spirituality, Truth, unity, Youth |
It is impossible to be a mother of both sons and daughters and not notice external and even internal biases that are imposed upon our children. Blue for boys, pink for girls. Trucks for boys, dolls for girls. But there are also covert biases that exist. Recently, a...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Dec 13, 2018 | Activism, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Christmas, Church History, Compassion, decisions, Empowerment, exclusion-policy, Exculion-policy, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Goodness, History, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, LGBTQ, Mental Health, ordinances, Policy, racism, Radical Compassion, Righteousness, Savior, Service, spiritual abuse, spirituality, unity, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom |
My arms ached. My back would feel it tomorrow. My fingers frozen from the nip of the wind. Tears welled in my eyes as I began to feel sorry for myself and the pathetic situation I was in. Again. As a single mother, snowfall doesn’t mean hot cocoa, snowmen, and...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Nov 7, 2018 | Activism, Authority, Church History, Corporate Church, Empowerment, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, General authorities, Humanity, Individuality, infallibility, Interviews, Judgement, LGBTQ, Lying, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mormon Women Speak Podcast, Obedience, Patriarchy, Policy, sexism, Sexual Abuse, spiritual abuse, spirituality, Truth, unity |
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3zprmk/314_Mormon_2Women_MaleMeToo_15.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhat is the perspective from a male survivor within the Mormon Me Too movement? Have they...
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