Beginning as a child and continuing up until about a year ago, I have been quite comfortable bearing a typical LDS testimony that included a lot of “I know. . .” and “I know. . .”  That isn’t true anymore, but not because I have […]

Wow! The topic of this week’s post is a complete surprise to me, and the thoughts that I am about to express aren’t the ones I would have voiced just a week ago.  I have been changing so dramatically in the past year, and I’m […]

When my daughter, Natalie, was fourteen, I was concerned about her level of interest in our LDS faith and thought she might benefit from going to EFY (Especially for Youth is a weeklong event with classes and activities designed to help 14-18 year-olds “strengthen their […]

This isn’t the post I planned to write this week; it is the one I feel like I have to process and write before I can focus on anything else.  Last night I saw something on Facebook that I just can’t stop thinking about. It […]

Joseph Smith simply said that The Book of Mormon was translated, “by the gift and power of God” and for the first fifty or so years of my life that was good enough for me.  I didn’t give much thought to the process and was […]