I was talking with a friend this weekend who also has dealt with contamination OCD. We had the familiar and still frustrating discussion about how people will sometimes try to empathize with us by saying that they also have OCD because they like to clean or are organized (or something to that effect). While the…
I have to say that Jacob is probably one of my favorite Book of Mormon characters. He doesn’t have the same war glory as Moroni or sheer brass as Ammon, but I feel like I can relate to Jacob. Why? Because I think he was a little bit like me, at least in regards to…
Okay, pop quiz time: If there’s anything religious people like to do it’s (FILL IN THE BLANK). But seriously, what would you put in that blank? Pray? Fast? Talk a lot? Share their beliefs? Today let’s say, “If there’s anything religious people like to do it’s take scriptures out of context and analyze them.”‘ If…