by Kathy Green | Aug 31, 2006 | Circle of Sisters, for Good
Elaine B. from Boise, Idaho, writes: I am a new convert and am confused about Mormon culture. There seem to be a lot of unwritten rules rules that I seem to keep breaking that I wasn't taught by the missionaries and haven't come across in gospel principles. Can you...
by Susan Law Corpany | Aug 6, 2006 | for Love
August 1981 I never should have looked around at the ladies in our child-birthing class and picked out the statistical three who looked to me like they would end up having their babies by C-section. When I got my just deserts, I explained to an elderly friend that I...
by Susan Law Corpany | Jul 20, 2006 | for Love
Many years ago I lost a little niece to SIDS. I explained her death to my eight-year-old son as matter-of-factly as I could. “The baby just quit breathing while she was taking a nap and she died. They call it ‘Crib Death.'” “She wasn't...
by LauraLyn Eberting | Jul 16, 2006 | for Good
Okay, so I informed myself on the issues, I got to know the candidates and their positions/record. I put up signs, passed out fliers, made phone calls and spent hours talking to my neighbors; I put voting reminders in the ward Relief Society bulletin and sent out...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 13, 2006 | for Fun
WARNING: This section contains almost suggestive language. If you are easily offended, faint of heart, lily white, or Amish, please scroll up now. Dang Fetch Heck (commonly preceded by “oh, my” or “what the”) Scrud H-E-double hockey sticks...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 2, 2006 | for Good
The church has published 13 standards for Primary children to live by, known as My Gospel Standards. Talented musician Tara Tarbet has composed music for each of the standards to help children learn and internalize them. She has graciously offered them to all of you...
by Kathy Green | Jun 28, 2006 | Circle of Sisters, for Money
Carolyn from Raleigh, North Carolina, writes: Hello Circle: I was very recently divorced from a man who left the church a few years ago. We had five children together and, after years of staying home to raise them, I could use some ideas for a job that pays more than...
by Susan Law Corpany | Jun 27, 2006 | for Love
Have you ever sat in a parenting class or lesson and felt like a complete failure? I have a friend who told me once, “If I had only had my oldest child, I would have thought I was the world's best parent. She got good grades and obeyed the rules. She went to...
by Kathy Green | Jun 20, 2006 | Circle of Sisters, for Good
Rebecca L. from Lehi, Utah, writes: I wonder what it is that keeps people from standing for what they believe. Is it a fear of being labeled un-Christian? Being too concerned about what other people will think about you? Not wanting to rock the boat? Not wanting to...
by Guest Author | Jun 2, 2006 | for Good
By John YarringtonFolks, We in Utah are in a very unique position. We are one of only seven states no, I believe, who employ the caucu system of grass roots politics. In short, most of our nation employs the primary system for deciding who will compete in the main...
