From DC to BC

The collected thoughts and musings of a Mormon girl who moved from DC to do grad work at BC, and is now learning to call Boston home

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Lessons Learned from Kilimanjaro

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 Last Sunday, I got back from one of the most thrilling adventures of my life--climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. It had been a while since I have be...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Reflections on COVID-19

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During my 33 years, I have witnessed two cataclysmic events that have brought our economy to its knees, unleashed grave uncertainty about th...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

Christ as the Master Healer

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This was a talk given to my congregation on March 17, 2019 in Salt Lake City. Good morning, brothers and sisters. To start, my talk, I wo...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

Heaven knows how to put a proper price for its goods

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Recently, a family friend of ours just lost her husband suddenly in a car accident, leaving her with two small children, one of them being ...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Oracles, worship, and the ease of idolatry: reflections at the Oracle of Delphi

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To trust your most important, soul-wrenching, urgent questions to a woman who is chewing on laurel leaves and breathing vapors from a fiss...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Laughs and lessons learned from visa denial

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How to wait for a visa in Japan: find a fan dance class and pose in a kimono. Unsurprisingly, being denied a visa twice in two weeks pr...

What relationship does the Relief Society have with building Zion?

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Back in June, I was called to be the first counselor in our Relief Society Organization with my local congregation. The Relief Society is th...
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