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 Benjamin Knoll | Jan 21, 2019 | Featured, Jesus, Jesus Christ |
I recently read Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary by the late Marcus Borg as part of my effort to learn more about “historical Jesus” scholarship. This book is Borg’s attempt to summarize the conclusions of this body of...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 18, 2018 | Featured |
The following is a paraphrased summary of a presentation given by Reverend Griffin Phillips as part of a series of Advent Luncheon Speaking Events held at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Danville, Kentucky on December 17, 2018. Griffin is an...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 11, 2018 | Christmas, Featured |
The following is a paraphrased summary of a presentation given by the Reverend Amy Dafler Meaux as part of a series of Advent Luncheon Speaking Events held at First Christian Church in Danville, Kentucky on December 10, 2018. Amy currently serves as the Rector of...
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