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Month: July 2021

Faith

Why I Wear the Temple Garment

A recent New York Times story on temple garments did a good job of showing many sides of a sensitive story. But there was one side they left out: What spiritual meaning do they bring to the faithful?

Dialogue

Dismissing Dismissal Strategies

When someone disagrees with us deeply, a great choice lies before us: Do we engage and investigate what is being argued—OR find one of many ways to dismiss the person making the argument?

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America

America, Land of Promise and Destiny

To speak of America as exceptional is not to vaunt ourselves as better than other nations or peoples. Rather, it’s to celebrate and give rightful gratitude to founding principles that are inspired in their protection of sacred freedom.

American Families of Faith

Living a New Faith in a New Land

Asian-American Christians often rely on the Bible carefully and deeply to influence many elements of family life, especially parenting.

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Family Matters

When Women Perpetrate Domestic Violence

Most discussions of domestic violence take for granted this is primarily a male-on-female issue—reflective of the larger feminist narrative dominant today. Far less attention has gone to the evidence suggesting female violence is a much greater problem than has been acknowledged.

Faith

Remembering Coach Joe Lordan

Our communities are built on individual men and women who take a moment to look outward and ask what can I do to make things better

Faith

Ancestral Lessons in Religious Freedom

As more young people today lose an appreciation for religious freedom, it’s understandable that we point to higher principles. It might also help to direct attention back to our own family’s stories to understand why this is still so important today.

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