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Relief Society Lesson 42: The Gathering of Israel

I love and am a little obsessed with Jewish culture and history, so the content of this lesson as it goes in the manual is a bit too cut and dry for me. Maybe even boring? But even so, I think a very...

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Less is more

I love words. Layered and simply complex, they speak to me in all their composite glory. Roots and suffixes; a whole story from genesis to finale can be contained in a single noun or verb. Synonyms,...

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Poll: Heaven

Forgive me for being blunt, but has anyone ever wondered why on earth the descriptions we have of the Celestial Kingdom and the ultimate afterlife party are all that appealing? Am I the only one that...

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Staying with polygamists

Part of me didn’t want to believe it was true, and yet I knew it was. The girls all in dresses with long hair done up in styles of a by-gone era. The young faces, not all with traces of family...

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Poll: Domestic Duties

It occurred to me recently that my husband and I tend to swap roles around the house somewhat. We’ve never had any hard and fast rules or lines around what we do and don’t do, but it still surprises me...

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What’s a vagina?

by Georgia O'Keefe How do you feel when you hear the word “vagina”? Does it make you squirm? Does it bring to mind a region of the female body that is to be guarded and unexamined unless necessary? Are...

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Poll: Online Feminism

Today’s poll comes from a combination of suggestions from readers Fran and Rachel. It can be a bit scary to put into words – especially searchable words that anyone can read – how we feel about issues...

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Poll: Residential preference

A month ago I moved with my family to a new home, city and state. From Boise to Seattle, we have experienced more than just the changes and challenges of a major move as a family of 6, but a shift from...

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Poll: The Hard Questions

In life there are moments for each of us where we have to ask ourselves what we want, sometimes just so that we can deny ourselves of that very thing we are longing for or seeking. But why do we...

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Paths

With a nod to my Exponent sisters who first introduced me to Mary Oliver, I present this poem. It came to me and whispered its fierce message when I needed it most, as I feel it must for many who...

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