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Thoughts on the Sacrament During a Pandemic

Podcast version of this Personal Essay. The sacrament feels like a medical procedure these days. It’s passed by men, not boys. I wondered about that requirement until I looked around the chapel at our scanty,…

Finding Rebecca: A Eulogy

Excommunication and Finding Wholeness

John Gustav-Wrathall writes a really powerful piece: “Excommunication and Finding Wholeness.” He tells his own story of excommunication in 1986 and his journey since then. “There have been times when my excommunicated status has felt…

To the Bishop Who Conducted My Father’s Funeral Service Yesterday

Art Essay: Reflections on Life, Art, Loss, and Love

Living with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Wife’s Perspective

The Mourning After

Frau Ruster and the Cure for Cognitive Dissonance

Depression and the Brethren of the Priesthood

Body and Blood

Uncertainty and Healing

Deaths and (RE)births

She had severe versions of typical pregnancy nausea and migraines. But she also experienced dreadful cramping on one side of her abdomen, crampingt hat could only be assuaged by long walks

Bones Heal Faster: Spousal Abuse in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Parable of Bones

The Iron Rod On the Eightfold Path

Thoughts on the Sacrament During a Pandemic

Podcast version of this Personal Essay. The sacrament feels like a medical procedure these days. It’s passed by men, not boys. I wondered about that requirement until I looked around the chapel at our scanty,…

Finding Rebecca: A Eulogy

Excommunication and Finding Wholeness

John Gustav-Wrathall writes a really powerful piece: “Excommunication and Finding Wholeness.” He tells his own story of excommunication in 1986 and his journey since then. “There have been times when my excommunicated status has felt…

To the Bishop Who Conducted My Father’s Funeral Service Yesterday

Art Essay: Reflections on Life, Art, Loss, and Love

Living with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Wife’s Perspective

The Mourning After

Frau Ruster and the Cure for Cognitive Dissonance

Depression and the Brethren of the Priesthood

Body and Blood

Uncertainty and Healing

Deaths and (RE)births

She had severe versions of typical pregnancy nausea and migraines. But she also experienced dreadful cramping on one side of her abdomen, crampingt hat could only be assuaged by long walks

Bones Heal Faster: Spousal Abuse in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Parable of Bones

The Iron Rod On the Eightfold Path