Would I be Mormon if…?
Would I be a Mormon if my parents hadn’t raised me as a Mormon? Without my parents to take me to church every week as a child, would I go to church today? If my parents hadn’t set an example by living...
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I was twelve. My family had momentarily left my hometown for a one year sabbatical. I was chubby, shy, and a new girl. I remember lying in my bed one night feeling low. I prayed to God for help to...
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Travel dreams and 365-days of Easter
I'm a Mormon, I'm a traveler. I have in my bathroom, a travel wall. Once upon a time I wrote the names of far-off places I wanted to visit upon individual post-it notes and hung them where I could see...
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Celebrating Modern Pioneers
Sunday was Pioneer Day in Utah, a holiday that commemorates the pioneers, many of them immigrants, who converted to Mormonism and then traveled across the plains to arrive in Utah and build up the...
View ArticleBrandon Flowers – Rockstar, Husband, Father & Mormon
In the last year, you may have seen videos, television commercials, or billboards of interesting people with interesting stories… who also happen to be Mormons. The latest in the series is Brandon...
View ArticleHome Away From Home
At nineteen years old, I was itching for adventure. (Weren’t we all?) I signed up for a summer program in London, and then—armed with a change of clothes, a stash of peanut butter bars, and plenty of...
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The Christus: Who is Christ to Us?
Christus in the Salt Lake North Visitors’ Center “That’s Jesus Christ!” my two-year old son exclaimed in an excited but reverent whisper. We stood together in awe amid the Christmas crowds at the...
View ArticleTried and True: The Scientific Method
Any science experiment requires multiple trials in order to test the consistency of results. So shared BYU Chemistry Professor Jennifer B. Nielson at a BYU Devotional last month. When I heard her...
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