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 | 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 Jacob Baker | Feb 1, 2018 | Activism, Charity, Empowerment, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, harmony, Individuality, Modesty, Mormon Humor, Porn Shoulders, Righteousness, Sexuality, unity |
It’s sad how the female immodesty issue–constantly a topic of discontent in social media–has unnecessarily divided us. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We should treat all inappropriately dressed women with courtesy and respect. They are...
by Azul Uribe | Jan 8, 2018 | art, Featured, Modesty, Pornography, Racism 101, Racism 101 podcast |
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhy has the White media sensationalized the story of an elementary art school teacher from Logan, Utah? What was it like growing up in Bogota, Colombia? What brought Mateo Rueda to Utah? Why did...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Dec 11, 2017 | Featured, Modesty, racism, Racism, sexism |
On Friday, December 1st, we learned that John Hokenberry, host of the award wining NPR program, The Takeaway , had been accused by several women of sexual harassment and bullying women, especially Women of Color. He was so effective in his bullying that The...
by Michelle Wiener | Feb 22, 2017 | Agency, Church, covenants, Faith, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Heavenly Mother, Marriage, Modesty, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, prayer, Righteousness, romance, Spiritual Experiences, Temple, Worthiness, Youth |
“I know that love eternal will not be denied…” – the Moody Blues In honor of Valentines Day being last week, I would like to reflect on my marriage. First, let me make it clear that according to the teachings of the LDS Church- or even the...
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