Some of you may have heard about the Hank Smith debacle that occurred on Twitter last week, which peaked with him calling a current BYU student (and former student of his own) “Korihor,” or the Mormon equivalent of “anti-Christ,” to the leader of an aggressive, alt-right fundamentalist group of Mormons. I am not here to…
At this point, I can’t really remember what I have and haven’t said on the blog regarding scrupulosity and my experiences. I also wrote an entire book basically on this subject, so there’s that as well. But I have been asked to once again discuss my experiences, so if I repeat, I apologize. Here goes.…
I wanted to thank everyone who has left feedback on my blog in the last little while. I do read the feedback usually (I get a bit of spam, so you know). But I am so appreciative of the new readers we get after all these years and the impact that my words have on…
It’s Inauguration Day here in the United States, a day for which so many of us have been waiting for a very long time. I’m aware that I haven’t blogged in months. The truth is, that last post caused a lot of self reflection and backlash. I do not regret writing or posting it. I…
I never thought that I would be able to have a dog. I wanted a dog so much growing up, but my parents always told me that they already had a dog (before I was a born) so they weren’t getting another one. Once I was married, we started having kids and then moved a…