(This post was originally written in 2019) "High on the mountain top, a banner is unfurled . . . " Over the years, I have watched many young women and their entourages arrive in limos to the Oakland Temple grounds. Shadowed by a professional photographer, girls have their photos taken for their quinceañeras using the Oakland Temple as a backdrop. A quinceanera is a Latin American Catholic tradition for girls when they reach the age of fifteen. At first, I was taken aback by all ... VIEW POST
The Holy Temples Beckon
Part 1: Suffering a Crisis of Faith? Feed Your Faith, Starve Your Doubts
(Original Post Date: March 13, 2017. Updated in October 2024) Faltering faith? The 1980s were challenging years for me. I began 1980 as a newlywed and 1990 as a mom to four kids. One of my challenges involved questions of faith. Born and raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I always had a rock-solid testimony of the gospel and of the Church. Still, like many American young women, I had questions regarding Church doctrine and Latter-day Saint culture. My older sister, ... VIEW POST
The Giving Tree and The Proud Tree
Nothing left to give? Every Sunday evening, I attended the Latter-day Saint Women's Support Group and listened as the women gradually exposed their vulnerability and anguish due to addiction within their families. (Even though mental illness has lost much of its societal stigma, addiction is often still shrouded in secrecy and shame---particularly within our American Latter-day Saint culture.) The sisters' individual stories were sad and distressing: My son hates me.I have ... VIEW POST
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