Biblical Parenting Lessons
The Bible is a mixed bag when it comes to parenting advice. Quick, name the mom or dad: Why can’t you act more like your delightfully obsequious little brother? I like you best: dress up like your...
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The Professor is Wrong
It’s not my day to post, but I have to get this out there — so I know my co-bloggers will forgive me. Today, the Washington Post published an article on race and the Mormon Church that gets a lot...
View ArticleAll Are Alike: Priesthood Restrictions and the Doctrine of Equality
When BYU professor Randy Bott used “folk doctrine” to justify why black LDS men were not ordained to the priesthood before 1978, his statements were swiftly condemned. The Church’s official response...
View ArticleRS Lesson #9: Open Your Soul to the Lord In Prayer
Opening Reflection Prayer. It’s the earliest lesson in primary (“Fold your arms and close your eyes”) and yet as we grow older, the conversation grows richer, deeper — or perhaps more painful and...
View ArticleLove Bug, Revisited
I was feeling nostalgic this weekend, and my mind wandered back to young love, in the form of a person and a bright blue bug. I published this to the blog almost exactly 6 years ago. I still miss her....
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Tilling the Earth
Tomorrow is her first birthday, and she hasn’t gotten a fire ant bite yet. That’s something of a miracle given the menacing mounds that keep popping up in our backyard. We’ve been away from home for...
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Un-SexyModest: Or, What A Pope Can Teach Us About Modesty
Pope Francis’ obvious decency appeals to me as a human. His discourse and homilies appeal to me as a Christian. But his humble actions appeal to me as a Mormon woman who is weary of witnessing, over...
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Something About Mary, Revisited
I wrote my first blogpost for Exponent in 2006. When I browse my own archives, the posts often feel like journey-markers, reminders of the self who preceded my present self. Often, they resemble that...
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La modestía no tan sexy: O, lo que el Papa nos puede enseñar sobre la modestia
This essay by Deborah was originally posted in English and French here. This Spanish translation is generously supplied by Lindsay Wilde Unsworth. La notable decencia del Papa Francisco me atrae...
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10 Years of Exponent: If You Build It, They Will Come
This month’s retrospective comes from Deborah. In spring 2005, I had a dream. I was sitting in sacrament meeting, and the man behind the pulpit was making spiteful comments, and no one was stopping...
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