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When Good Stuff Hurts

Hellmut, May 1, 2007October 20, 2010

My sympathy to the bishops who have to deal with the anxieties of members who watched the Frontline documentary The Mormons. But lets face it, it’s going to get a lot worse during the presidential campaign. However painful, Helen Whitney’s work is affording Mormons a soft landing.

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Finding My Father’s Playboy Magazine

The Sacred Sister, April 14, 2007November 9, 2011

When I was 10, my mother was in a serious accident. She spent a month in the hospital and she was in very serious condition. During this time, my world was turned upside down. As the oldest child and daughter, I was the person that stepped into my mother’s role;…

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Practically Perfect in Every Way

Jonathan, April 6, 2007June 10, 2023

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48) I stumbled across Kermit the Frog’s disturbing cover of Johnny Cash’s poignant, profound cover of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails while I was thinking about perfection yesterday. These videos affected me. Am I not…

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No!

Hellmut, March 25, 2007October 20, 2010

Co-authored and inspired by Sister Mary Lisa SML: I got called to be in the primary presidency again, honey. Mr. SML (never-mo): WHAT? But you’ve been in the young women’s presidency for two years!

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