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- Battle Hymn of My Mormon Mother
- A Celebration of Motherhood
- Motherhood Is Not the Essense of my Personhood
- 3 Little Gurus
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Ride to Mosque in Istanbul
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Michael Nielsen (a Ride to Church veteran: see here). Michael writes: We spent this Christmas in Istanbul, visiting our friend Metin who... -
Parenthood Juggle: On Path Renovations
I’ve also realized that while my life hasn’t followed the path I thought it would, or any of the path renovations I imagined along the way, I have been blessed... -
44 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Clumps”
“Cloudy, he recalls / his late night study of it, in the liquid / too liquid there were little jelly clumps / like the half-dried hair gel that clung to... -
Parenthood Juggle: Figuring It Out As You Go Along
How have we taken care of our little ones? The first year of my son’s life was a complicated, sleep-deprived blur, and I’ll spare you the details. -
Boy Scouts of America Changes Direction?
Wow. I just read this article that says the national Boy Scouts of America organization is considering ending its ban on gay Boy Scouts and gay leaders. This would be... -
Parenthood Juggle: To Put Off School or To Not Put Off School
I really wish that someone had told me that marriage does not always change your life plans, but having children does. I wish that I had not had a... -
Ride to Church in Nairobi, Kenya
Today’s ride to church comes to us from Lori P., who writes: These are from a trip to Nairobi, Kenya to visit my brother and sister-in-law and their family. We... -
Grondahl 50
For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
D’Arcy’s Sundance Reviews: The East
D’Arcy is busy attending the Sundance Film Festival and agreed to let us post an excerpt of her movie reviews on Doves and Serpents (thanks, D’Arcy). Her third review covers... -
Parenthood Juggle: I Wanted to be a Mother, so I Needed a Good Job
There are distinct benefits to the academic path I chose. Being in constant need of money is the way of life for many students. Being surrounded by impoverished students helped... -
43 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Skin Dive”
“We are not furred like dogs / or feathered like ducks, no / rows of scales clog our touch / like tree bark . . . “ -
D’arcy’s Sundance Reviews: Stoker
D’Arcy is busy attending the Sundance Film Festival and agreed to let us post an excerpt of her movie reviews on Doves and Serpents (thanks, D’Arcy). Her second review covers... -
Parenthood Juggle: A Crooked and Twisting Path
And this is where I am now. I work part-time in my son’s school and next year our youngest will join us for part-day kindergarten. The year after that, they... -
The False Gods We Worship
As I’ve reflected, I’ve come to believe that one of the reasons the pants initiative and the letter-writing campaign have struck such a nerve is because they threaten cherished narratives... -
Finding Common Variables in Parallel Struggles for Change
I envision a Church that publicly recognizes that, like its own history, healthy gender roles and healthy sexuality are also not as simple as the Church has taught. -
D’Arcy’s Sundance Reviews: Kill Your Darlings
When Michael C. Hall walked into the Eccles Center for his Sundance Premiere of Kill Your Darlings, he was dressed in monochromatic gray sweater and pants, and had a very... -
42 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Prince of Peace”
“Plucked and torn / and capped in thorn / that sprig was hung / from cross bar slung / with ache of nails.” -
Grondahl 49
For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
Parenthood Juggle: Reflections of a Career-Oriented Mormon Mommy
My career aspirations, even my choice of career, have been with me from the beginning, an integral part of me, coded in the DNA in every cell in my body. -
41 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “Sons”
“I believe / you put the compass in me, / you are the needle / that directs us on the / path to godhood; . . . “ -
Parenthood Juggle: This American Life
Should we all move to Sweden? I hope that we won’t need to. My hope is that America will begin to adopt these notions of equality, flexible roles,... -
Parenthood Juggle: The Provider, the Bacon Bringer-Homer, the Winner of Bread
We need to be there through the good and bad, thick and thin, silly times and serious times. -
Grondahl 48
I love the mix of corny cartoons along with some that sting. Obviously one of the corny ones here.For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted... -
40 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “From Zina to Henry”
“Miles away my lips / taste the prophet’s skin / moist with salt . . . “ -
Parenthood Juggle: The Most Important Thing is to Have Options
The other thing is that there’s really no such thing as “having it all.” At least, not for me. -
39 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “To a Black Velvet Jesus”
“At the flea market today I called You Lord of the Fleas / and my lover laughed . . . “ -
Parenthood Juggle: The Blessings of Both Worlds
My job provides a different type of stimulation, adult conversation and a sense of pride since I am good at what I do. -
How Much Does a Mormon Apostle Make?
For the time being, I believe it is literally impossible to answer these questions appropriately, especially because the Church is far from transparent with its financial information. . . . -
Parenthood Juggle: Just as Valuable
As a woman, I wasn’t supposed to be actively seeking someone to marry, right? -
Grondahl 47
1980. Not sure we’ve made any progress.For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
Ride to Church in Loudoun County, Virginia
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Chelsea in Virginia. We live in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 50 miles west of Washington, DC. My family moved here in 1989... -
January 2013 YM/YW Lesson Comparison
The church has finally updated the curriculum for the YW/YM’s programs. At long last. We published two comparisons of the YW/YM lessons in 2012–both written diligently and conscientiously by Laura... -
38 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “Helen Mar Kimball to Joseph Smith”
“If I were permitted selfishness, I’d ask God to / catch a ram inside a thicket, send an angel down / to smite the chains that bind my will.” -
Parenthood Juggle: From SAHM to Single Parent
I couldn’t quite believe my bishop had confidence in my ability to be in charge. “Are you sure about this?” I asked him. “My life is falling apart right now.” -
37 Psaltery & Lyre: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, “There Will Be Poetry,” translated by Charles Patterson
“the sun dresses the tattered clouds / in fire and gold . . .” -
Guest Post Invitation: The Parenthood Juggle
I want my daughters (and my son!) to be able to read about other women’s struggles. How did they go about deciding what to do and when? -
I Am
“And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.” Exodus... -
36 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Sometimes I Fear”
“Sometimes I fear a body knows when it’s dying / and relays urgency to the brain / to make a flourish of praise . . .” -
Encounters: Easter Morning
By Jessica This Easter my family and I were visiting London, with the intention of doing tourist stuff and to evaluate our choice to move to England. We wanted to... -
Encounters: Miraculous Timing
By Karin I work as a nursing home and hospice physician. One day, while travelling to see patients on a 100-mile round trip route, I got a call from one... -
Encounters: Flat Tires
My tire blew as I crossed a bridge on the way to the St. Louis VA at 5:30 on a pitch-black winter morning. I had a cell phone this... -
Encounters: I Wish I Was Still Young
She looked at me again and seemed almost surprised to find me there holding her hand. She thanked me for stopping to talk to her and turned to slowly push... -
The Years of Magical Thinking
“I know the truth about Santa Claus, Mom. I know the answers now, the real answers,” my twelve year old son said to me solemnly last week, waving a Christmas card featuring the red-cheeked... -
35 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “We Gather Together”
“I’ve practiced this before, like hard dough rolled / in sugar: how we sweeten survival.” -
Encounters: How Great Thou Art
She put her arm around my shoulder, gave me a sisterly hug, and was gone, without saying a word. -
34 Psaltery & Lyre: Sarah Dunster, “Herald”
” . . . bringing sick, / terrible knowledge and that grey uncertainty / of the world at an end—how it could come / when nobody realizes nobody hears... -
On Being a Christmasist
In the three years since I lost faith in Mormonism, I’ve tried on more than a few labels to describe my spiritual alignment: agnostic, atheist, humanist. I’m not content with... -
Twenty Years
I stumbled across this Facebook meme a couple months ago and sorta fell in love with it. I want to put it in a frame next to my girls’ beds... -
Mormonism is a Skirt, Not a Pair of Pants!
Skirtism doesn’t imply that there exists no universal Mormonism — for all we know, One True Mormonism is floating out there in the noumenal — it only requires us to... -
Behold, the Condescension of God
O Come, all ye faithful. O Come, all ye doubtful. Come, all ye sorrowful and shameful and prideful and sinful. You are never so low, but that He has...
