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UNCOMMON CHRIST:
His unique names & titles

The Uncommon Christ: MY JESUS

The Uncommon Christ: MY JESUS

The Uncommon Christ: THE FATHER

The Uncommon Christ: THE FATHER

The Uncommon Christ: HIGH PRIEST & MEDIATOR

The Uncommon Christ: HIGH PRIEST & MEDIATOR

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Featured Post

Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

Aug 22, 2022

Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

I had another article published by LDS Living (a branch of Deseret Book)! Woot, woot! Here's the tag line: One of the most tragic effects...

Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Jun 17, 2022

Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Perfect actions and perfect faith are not required to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Just our willingness and effort.

Never let a problem to be solved...

Jun 9, 2021

Never let a problem to be solved...

PERSONAL & VULNERABLE POST AHEAD! When my husband came out to me as gay a number of years ago, I was left to grapple with reconciling...

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“Who can find a virtuous woman?”: Proverbs 31 as you’ve never understood it before

Sep 1, 2022
8 min

Found in Translation

“Who can find a virtuous woman?”: Proverbs 31 as you’ve never understood it before

*NOTE: To all of the men reading this, the information here influences your life as much as it does a woman’s. For your sake (and for the...

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Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

Aug 22, 2022
1 min

Found in Translation

Mental Illness: God may be Silent, but He's not Absent

I had another article published by LDS Living (a branch of Deseret Book)! Woot, woot! Here's the tag line: One of the most tragic effects...

183 views2 comments

ESTHER: A Modern Verse-by-verse Retelling

Jul 29, 2022
1 min

ESTHER: A Modern Verse-by-verse Retelling

When I say I made a verse-by-verse retelling, I mean it. In fact, in many cases it is phrase-by-phrase! It captures every single idea...

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Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Jun 17, 2022
7 min

Spiritual fatigue & being ALL IN the gospel

Perfect actions and perfect faith are not required to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Just our willingness and effort.

191 views3 comments

Passover & Cultural Appropriation (+ ANNOUNCEMENT)

Apr 1, 2022
1 min

Passover & Cultural Appropriation (+ ANNOUNCEMENT)

Every year when Passover rolls around, I wrestle with the question of whether or not it is cultural appropriation for a Christian to host...

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Ukrainian Latter-day Saints woke up to bombing. Now they're on a mission to serve others

Mar 4, 2022
9 min

Tuesday Newsday

Ukrainian Latter-day Saints woke up to bombing. Now they're on a mission to serve others

Two brave Latter-day Saints in Kharkiv, Ukraine, put their faith to work, risking it all to serve others and reunite with loved ones....

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FINITE DISAPPOINTMENTS

Jan 3, 2022
3 min

FINITE DISAPPOINTMENTS

Right after Christmas, J and I both tested positive for COVID. The older kids and the puppy went to stay at their dad's while the two of...

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WHAT EVERYONE GETS WRONG ABOUT THE FIRST WORD OF THE BIBLE

Jan 1, 2022
3 min

Found in Translation

WHAT EVERYONE GETS WRONG ABOUT THE FIRST WORD OF THE BIBLE

"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth." Genesis 1:1, King James Version Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et...

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The Legend of the SAND DOLLAR

Dec 24, 2021
1 min

All Things Testify of Christ

The Legend of the SAND DOLLAR

I love to hunt for Mexican keyhole arrowhead sand dollars. There's one place that's a land mine if I'm there in the right season, and I...

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The Hopes & Fears of All the Years

Dec 21, 2021
8 min

The Hopes & Fears of All the Years

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets...

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Deut 1_11 increase you a thousand times.

FEBRUARY 2021

We are always enough. But the Lord can make us a thousand times more than enough.

All that He asks is that we follow and love Him.

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