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Sacred(ish) Music Sunday – Welcome Christmas

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The Complicated Legacy of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland leaves complicated legacy of inspiring talks, devoted service, and occasional hyperbolic, divisive and disingenous statements.
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When your resolutions leave you depleted

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The Christian God Could Have Been in the Epstein Files

This post is about a dark side of the Christmas story. I can’t tie it up with a pretty bow at the end. [...] No one knows how old Mary really was when she gave birth to Jesus. Even if she wasn’t a teen mom, a divine pregnancy isn’t ethical.
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Christ Did Not Just Come to Earth to Die

To me, one of the greatest miracles of Christ’s life is that He chose to live all of it. He chose to experience mortality. He chose to walk amongst His disciples and love them. He chose to weep and eat and bleed. He chose it so we would not have to do it alone. 

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Our Reluctant InnKeepers

Is it within the stewardship of clergy to call out injustice and should we expect them to do so? Immigrants deserve to be embraced by faiths.
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Guest Post: A Christmas Message: Let the Prisoners Go Free

Mass incarceration and detention are features, not bugs, of late-stage neoliberal capitalism. They manage populations excluded from stable employment by deindustrialization, austerity, racialized labor markets, and global inequality...
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Personal Revelation: Ask More, Know Less

“There’s no way God wants you to go all the way to Ghana to build a school with a group of people we don’t know. If you want to help, there are plenty of opportunities around here. Habitat for Humanity, for example. You can swing a hammer all summer.”
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The Old Testament: It’s complicated

As the LDS Church prepares to study the Old Testament, blogger Heidi Toth shares 10 things to consider as you read. It's much more complicated than a manual or the words on the page may seem.
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The Mundane Story of God With Us

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All I Want for Christmas is…the Priesthood?

Standing in that line represented asking men to simply open the door to the question of women's ordination; to begin a conversation about earnestly praying to God with a question.
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When Christmas is Lonely and Blue

Christmas seems to be increasingly about people retreating into private comforts and inner circles, including in the Church.
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Order our new edition of Illuminating Ladies: A Coloring Book of Mormon Women!

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Old Testament Come Follow Me Lesson Plans: Winter 2026

In 2026, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is studying Old Testament for the Come Follow Me curriculum, and we’re here to help with our bloggers’ feminist and nuanced lesson plans!
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No, Elder Bednar, This is Not How You Get Your Children Back to Church

The antagonizing of those who leave, and the belief that their path is inferior, is exactly why so many never come back. And no amount of covenantal obedience is going to change that.
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Defending Joseph Marrying Young Girls is Rape Apologetics

It's time to stop the excuses and conspiracy theories. The LDS church needs to disavow polygamy and Joseph Smith's deplorable actions as a predator.
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Mary Did You Know? The Ultimate Mansplaining Carol

Did you know that I’m not looking into his face and seeing the savior of mankind, I’m looking into his face and memorizing the slope of his tiny nose, the soft pout of his bottom lip.