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Because I am the granddaughter of 3 serious alcoholics (both parents were converts), and my family has weird reactions to medications (and I seem generally sensitive to medication anyways), I have taken seriously the "alcohol" aspect of that lifestyle. I don't drink alcoholic beverages. I ...

My current bishop told my son that the word of wisdom is to serve as a marker of identification for LDS members and as a separation from the world. Similar to the circumcision for the Israelites. It was not a sin for a gentile to not be circumcised and it is no sin for nonmembers to partake in thes...

I have a question that some of you may be able to shed some light on. I have always been taught that when we die, we go to the Spirit World to await our resurrection, and that the Spirit World is divided into two parts: Paradise and the Spirit Prison. When I google my question, "LDS Who goes t...

Here's how I look at it (more from a Social Disability Model - I'm going to be up front about that). From a "Worth" perspective - "Worthiness" is off the table. I am "worth" all the good things, you are "worth" all the good things, etc. - full stop. From an &q...

I don't know that "gender performance" was a part of the message that Jesus Christ talked about at all - but it was peripherally a part of the conversations that JS and BY were having when setting up and transporting the early Mormon community. I'd say that in the 1950's or so, "perfo...

<shrugs> My husband is practicing being more nuanced, teaching our youngest how to be a more nuanced community member, and we are in the "differentiation" phase (mostly) again/still. He made conversational space for those who don't necessarily believe in Jesus Christ but do believe in &quo...

I am happy to report I have tried dating in my YSA ward. I was going out with a girl for about 7 months but then we broke up. I was then told by my bishop to show up to Home Evening (which I never attend) to introduce myself to another girl in my ward who seemed nice from what he told me. Great, I ...

I am not a big "personal journal" person and yet... I have a ton of Google Docs with writings that I started. Some of them make it out into the world for blogs. Sometimes I write to my therapist because I am really writing to myself and using my therapist as a sounding board/excuse to put ...

I’ve definitely noticed the same thing. Food storage used to be such a big topic, and family home evening felt like it was more emphasized in the past. It seems like those things aren’t as heavily pushed anymore, maybe because of how life has changed or just shifting priorities. I remember "ev...

I heard through the grapevine that there were decisions made about "church attendance" family-by-family, person-by-person this past Sunday understanding that some units would talk about the gospel along political party lines and/or philosophies. This past Sunday may have been more of an ab...