One of the first questions we ask when faced with a trial is “why?” Why is this happening to me? Why is it happening now? Why did this happen despite my righteous desires? Why is this happening despite my faith and obedience to God? And more often than not those answers don’t come, don’t come […]
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It seems like God took off the training wheels this year. Or even more–took off the training wheels from the bike we didn’t even realize had training wheels. To say that 2020 has rocked us is an understatement. Whether it is because of social distancing feeling like emotional distancing, health worries, economic ramifications of this
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There I was. Crying, again. Just lying on the couch, looking up for answers. The pain in my heart, so overwhelming. So difficult to pass through, to pass over. I wanted to move forward, to forgive, to heal, to be made whole. But, how? How could I do those things on my own? How could
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I was reflecting on a time when music brought such inspiration to my prayer life and wanted to share this experience from five years ago. Man, I miss singing in church… We sang Did you think to Pray in the ward choir today. I’ve found that music is one of the easiest ways for me
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As a teen, I would read my patriarchal blessing and worry that I wouldn’t do “what I was supposed to do” and mess everything up. You see, I am a rule follower, a mathematician at heart (probably thanks to my two computer programmer parents), and a lover of school because there were assignments and due
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The first time I met my brother-in-law he asked me for one piece of advice about life. It was a pretty original ice-breaker, I will give him that. I may have said more than one thing, but this was what I remember saying: “Learn to forgive quickly and to forgive often. People are imperfect and
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One of the things I have missed the most since not being able to attend church is the music. And especially being able to sing with our whole congregation. As I have noticed how much I have missed this part of worship I have tried to make it more a part of our Sabbath and
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I wrote this post a week ago, just one day after #blackouttuesday, and I will admit, I felt a little unworthy to put my voice out there (as a Caucasian woman) and share something that has been on my heart. But if I have learned anything, it is that sometimes we need to mute ourselves,
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Since my post last month and my search for clarity amidst chaos, God has been giving me direction of how to spend my time and who to turn to for help. One of the more pressing promptings I have felt is to plant a garden. When we first moved into our home two and a
Since writing for A Worldwide Sisterhood this year, I usually have a topic or two in mind as my week for sharing approaches. And the closer it gets, the clearer my topic becomes, and words begin to flow. I had two topics in mind for today’s post, but in the last few weeks, life has
