Book Review: Worth The Wrestle
I was sent an advance copy of Worth The Wrestle by Sheri Dew to review. The book is not a long book- I read through it in a couple of sittings. The artwork is by James C. Christensen, who recently...
View ArticleSpiritual DNA and Thinking Errors
I’m reading “Why Therapy Works, Using Our Minds, to Change Our Brains” by Louis Cozolino for a class I’m taking. One section talks about genotype (the set of genes that make up our DNA ) and phenotype...
View ArticleTears We Cannot Stop – Book Review
Alright, folks! I have never really done a book review, and so I’m not confident that I will do a good job doing this book justice. But it is a book, I feel all white folks should read, even more all...
View ArticleThat We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family
Things I loved about this book: Tom Christofferson’s recognition that his path is not the path for everyone, and this book should not be held up as the “one right way” to be a gay Mormon. I loved Tom’s...
View ArticleBook Review: Gilda Trillim: Shepherdess of Rats
There are pithy, erudite things a reviewer could say to impress a reader regarding one’s grasp of literary devices. It makes for a pretentious, boring review though. Suffice it to say, Peck...
View ArticleBook Review: The Holy Invitation
This booklet (it’s small and very short- easy to get through in a day) was okay. I expected to not like it, so “okay” might be a glowing endorsement. The “Meh” The book didn’t solve my issues with the...
View ArticleBook Review: Becoming Cliterate
I’ll start with saying this book is not my style, but that definitely doesn’t mean I don’t recommend it. I don’t care for her chirpy prose and thought the book read a lot like the internet courses I...
View ArticleMother’s Day for Me & Those Not Like Me
By Sara Katherine Staheli Hanks Over the past few years, I’ve thought a lot about how I’m exactly the sort of woman that Mormonism is supposed to work for. I have pretty much every kind of privilege a...
View ArticleBook Review: Antelope Woman
“They dance together in a line, murmuring in swift, low voices, smiling carefully as they are too proud to give away their beauty. They are light steppers with a gravity of sure grace.” Antelope...
View ArticleAuthority, Scripture, and Social Location
By Margaret Olsen Hemming Over the last couple of years, I’ve described The Book of Mormon For the Least of These to lots of people. “It’s basically a social justice readers guide to the Book of...
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