Ode of a Convert

An old friend called today. She'd been inactive since high school and about three years ago started going back to church. Periodically, she has questions about doctrine, practices, etc., and when she does, she'll give me a call hoping I'll have answers for her. She's...

In Honor and Remembrance?

The grocery stores are stocked with brisket for the barbecue and packed with people ready to buy them. Each are boasting the lowest price on chips, soda, and chicken wings to grace the picnic tables of all those anxious for the first, three-day weekend of summer....

Lamentations on Aging

I'm feeling really old right now. I just helped my 12-year-old son with his homework. He had an entire page of math problems where he was asked to figure the area of circles. Yup, you've got it ?r^2. I saw that and thought, “You've got be kidding me! It was only...

I’m Dating a Porn Addict

LJ writes: Hello sisters. I've been dating a guy for two months now and I really like him. He's a great LDS guy and things are progressing. I think we have a future together. The only problem is that he has had a problem with pornography addiction over the past ten...