Friday, July 24, 2015

No Man is an Island: Lessons Learned in the Land of Fire and Ice

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                                                        My mother and I hiking in Iceland.  As many of you may know, our family went to...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

Charleston: A Violation of Sacred Space

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I was not alive during the Civil Rights movement. But if I talked to someone who grew up then, it would be unnerving to realize how distur...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

The Presence of the Fatted Calf in the Prodigal Son

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Last week, I had the chance to teach the Prodigal Son in Sunday School. The parable is always fascinating to teach and discuss, as it usua...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Taking off my rose-colored glasses: my childhood in Baltimore and nearby Ferguson

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My siblings and I at Shaw Park in St. Louis, donning our St. Louis Cardinals Christmas hats.   I may seem, in the words of some, ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Praying with my fellow jurors: My jury duty experience

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Last Thursday, I walked into the Suffolk Superior Courthouse in Boston, MA to answer (begrudgingly) my call for civic responsibility: jury...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

How does God define "blessed"?

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Of all the phrases in the Book of Mormon, I think that this phrase has to be the most reiterated: "If you keep the commandments, you ...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Can we make discussions about female weakness more empowering?

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Since being in Relief Society, I have been continually amazed by the amount of lessons devoted to addressing women's perceived foibles...