Segullah's Blog, page 43
April 2, 2019
Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day: April 18, 2019
As a young girl I stashed all manner of things in my pockets: bubble gum, necklace charms, miniature dolls and erasers. Times have changed. Today you might find an odd Kleenex or a thin stick of peppermint Trident (I still love chewing gum). Or, if it’s April 18th, a poem. April is the month of...
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Where Are All The Primary Songs About Sadness as a Normal Emotion?
This weekend I determined I wanted to talk to my primary kids about emotions- to learn through singing- as is my calling as primary chorister. I couldn’t think of any off the top of my head so I rummaged out my spiral-bound blue book and thumbed to the index of topics. Cheerfulness, happiness, love and...
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April 1, 2019
Broken Pattern — If Only You Knew: A Laugh or Cry Look
My phone fought me first. It froze me out, cut me off, and refused to respond. It couldn’t have curtailed communications any better if it had been thrown into a pond by Sun Tzu. Meanwhile, my washing machine wobbled its way into the rebellion. It acted out by spinning tales of trust instead of laundry....
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March 30, 2019
“WORDS FALL IN” PODCAST – 2019 POETRY WINNERS
IT’S THE 12TH EPISODE of the Segullah Podcast “Words Fall In,” and I am so happy to have interviewed the four winners of our 2019 Poetry Contest. Please see the Journal tab to read their poems. Sarah Dunster, Melody Newey Johnson, Kathryn Knight Sonntag, and Dayna Patterson all discuss their poems and the craft of...
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March 25, 2019
Perhaps, faith is a blanket
Regret Having come in a carefree Moment Moves in. I make it a nest And curl up with it Hugging it to my chest Feeding it wildly. It will grow And I will grow The world will grow And one day I’ll know I can live with it Or without it And it will fly...
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March 22, 2019
2019 Spring Journal With Contest Winners: Editor’s Note & Table of Contents
Editor’s Note Welcome to our stunning Spring journal which showcases the latest contributions of fine artists and women affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In addition to Linda’s interview with Mormon Studies author and scholar, Fara Sneddon, and her subsequent essay, this issue features the winning pieces from our...
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2019 Visual Arts Contest Winners
The Segullah Art Board is thrilled to present the winners and honorable mentions for this year’s very competitive visual arts segment of the annual Contest. Our nets were full of amazing catches, and selection was very difficult. We thank all those who entered the visual arts component of the contest this year and encourage them...
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2019 Prose Contest Winner: Goodbye, Baba by Allison Merrill
First Place Prose Winner: Creative Non-Fiction by Allison Merrill Goodbye, Baba I stop at the red light, in the left turn lane that leads onto the I-15 North ramp. The song “Never Enough” from The Greatest Showman soundtrack is playing on my phone, a spirit-stirring masterpiece. I set it on repeat so I can...
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2019 Poetry Contest Winners
First Place Poetry: Dayna Patterson [Pummel my tough heart, oh Mother-Goddess]* after John Donne Pummel my tough heart, oh Mother-Goddess, mallet this muscle turned leather, turned stiff against all that is holy. Whole it with your harrow, rack and stretch it till it limbers and remembers how warm your innards, how needed your fluid, your...
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The History of Women’s Healings and Blessings: An Interview with Author Fara Sneddon
“There is a need for this history, and there is a need to see ourselves in the rituals and spiritual gifts of our foremothers.” Fara Anderson Sneddon Segullah has the honor of interviewing scholar, Fara Sneddon. Fara has spent the last years researching the history of the spiritual gifts of Latter-day Saint women, particularly the...
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