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December 14, 2015
Study Guide for Women in the Book of Mormon!
I'm very excited to introduce my latest project... a study guide for the women in The Book of Mormon! Which is now available on Amazon or as a download.
There are only six named women in The Book of Mormon, three that are unique to The Book of Mormon (Sariah, Abish and Isabel) and three Bible women (Eve, Sarah, Mary). Yet if you take the time to look for them there are dozens of un-named women whose stories are told in The Book of Mormon, many of them in detail.
This study guide is d...
There are only six named women in The Book of Mormon, three that are unique to The Book of Mormon (Sariah, Abish and Isabel) and three Bible women (Eve, Sarah, Mary). Yet if you take the time to look for them there are dozens of un-named women whose stories are told in The Book of Mormon, many of them in detail.
This study guide is d...
November 30, 2015
The Most Creative Years of My Life
I am not very creative when I am pregnant.
I realized this about myself several babies back. I've learned that my usual enthusiasm and passion for writing exponentially decreases in proportion to the size of my belly. It isn't just that I am more tired or busy, though I am sure those things factor in. It is more that I only have a certain amount of creative power stored up in my soul and that, without even being consciously aware of it, most of that power is being greedily channeled towards th...
November 28, 2015
Names of Christ Advent Devotional {Giveaway!}
My friend Heidi at put together this beautiful . For each day leading up to Christmas she has created a stunning hand drawn ornament that corresponds to one of the names of Christ. Each day of advent you read a short excerpt of scripture that highlights a different name of Jesus Christ and then color and cut out the corresponding ornament to hang on your Christmas tree or another special place. She has also included discussion questions for each...
November 9, 2015
Girls Who Choose God: Stories of Strong Women from The Book of Mormon {Giveaway!}
Last year I had the pleasure of reviewing McArthur Krishna and Bethany Brady Spalding's book Girls Who Choose God: Stories of Courageous Women from the Bible. The book, which is designed for young children, featured more than a dozen women from the Old and New Testament. McArthur told me that they had hopes that Deseret Book would publish a second book on Women of the Book of Mormon. She said at first the editors at Deseret Book didn't think there were enough women to do another book. Ye...
October 30, 2015
Five Things for Friday-- World Congress of Families Edition
{1}Wow, what a week it has been! It has been so full and I have to admit I am terribly homesick for my kiddos, my family, and my normal life. Which is good, right?
In fact, when my kids dropped me off at the airport they were hanging all over me, smothering me in hugs and kisses to the point that that I had to push them away in order to even get out of the car. As I got my bags out I thought to myself, "Oh, I'm going to be glad to have a break from them!", but by the time I'd gotten through s...
October 23, 2015
Five Things for Friday: Overwhelmed and Surviving Edition
My good friend Lani brought it to my attention a few weeks ago that it has been a LONG time since I did a Five Things for Friday post. I don't know that I have a very good excuse, except that my life has been full to the brim and lately all I want to do when I have a spare moment is to nap rather than write... or clean my house... or do the laundry.... or any thing else productive. But I'm feeling motivated tonight so I figured I'd give you an update.
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I am 30 weeks pregnant already!
Physica...
September 25, 2015
The Meaning of Marriage
This is part 7 of my series "Cultivating a Heart Open to Life"
“When has marriage ever been about having children?”
These words, spoken over the radio, stopped me mid-stir. I was making dinner for my family and listening to the news on NPR. The news coverage was about the legal battles that had been going on in California over the gay marriage issue. This man, who was preparing to be married to his male partner, had just given a long list of reasons why there were no reasons that anyone s...
“When has marriage ever been about having children?”
These words, spoken over the radio, stopped me mid-stir. I was making dinner for my family and listening to the news on NPR. The news coverage was about the legal battles that had been going on in California over the gay marriage issue. This man, who was preparing to be married to his male partner, had just given a long list of reasons why there were no reasons that anyone s...
September 22, 2015
September 15, 2015
A "Brief" History of Eugenics
This is part 5 of my series "Cultivating a Heart Open to Life"
“It is common to think of our time as standing at the apex of civilization, from which the deficiencies of preceding ages may patronizingly be viewed in the light of what is assumed to be “progress”. The reality is that in the long perspective of history the present century will not hold an admirable position, unless the second half is to redeem its first… If we can not eliminate the causes and prevent the repetition of these barba...
“It is common to think of our time as standing at the apex of civilization, from which the deficiencies of preceding ages may patronizingly be viewed in the light of what is assumed to be “progress”. The reality is that in the long perspective of history the present century will not hold an admirable position, unless the second half is to redeem its first… If we can not eliminate the causes and prevent the repetition of these barba...
September 1, 2015
No Respecter of Persons
This is part 4 of my series "Cultivating a Heart Open to Life".
A version of this post was first posted on The Gift of Giving Life
“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons” Acts 10:34
Before my youngest son was born my husband and I decided not to find out what gender he was. With our other two children we found out the gender at 20 weeks but this time, because we already had a boy and a girl, we figured that it would be a fun...
A version of this post was first posted on The Gift of Giving Life
“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons” Acts 10:34
Before my youngest son was born my husband and I decided not to find out what gender he was. With our other two children we found out the gender at 20 weeks but this time, because we already had a boy and a girl, we figured that it would be a fun...
