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August 2026

August 28, 2026

I Revised Section 132

You're Welcome. If any woman has fulfilled her obligations in marriage, i.e....

March 2026

March 24, 2026

See Trump for Who He Is

My dad has been deceased for a decade. He is still my favorite example of...

January 2026

January 25, 2026

Church Ball and the Genesis Team

This is an excerpt from the book I co-wrote with Darius Gray, called Last Mile...

December 2025

December 10, 2025

False Revelation,1969

Home teaching was a Mormon expectation. Once a month, a member of the Melchizedek priesthood...

November 2025

November 02, 2025

Truth and Treason, part 3 INCLUDING SPOILERS

My husband and I saw "Truth and Treason" for the third time last week. I...

October 2025

October 09, 2025

Would the Real Karl-Heinz Schnibbe Stand Up?

Part 2 of "Truth and Treason" The real Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, not an actor, checked my...

October 07, 2025

Truth or Treason: Part I

Part I I don't know how many parts this series will have. I had so...

September 2025

September 09, 2025

Heart of Africa: Building a Film Industry in the DRC

The Film Industry in the Congo This interview features Christian Deka and Margaret Blair Young...

July 2025

July 08, 2025

The Best Mormon Missionaries Sing: 5000th Episode of M&SW

We know it as "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir," and have listened to its Sunday...

April 2025

April 09, 2025

Failed Coup in the DR-Congo: Prisoners RELEASED from Congo

The first question people have presented after hearing about the failed coup attempt by Christian...

March 2025

March 31, 2025

My Independent Wish List for LDS Missionaries

I have no authority to do anything I'll list below. I hope that some people...

March 26, 2025

“Woke” as a shibboleth

We all learned more than we wanted to about political signals over the past while....

January 2025

January 17, 2025

Questions for Any LDS Utah Judge (including Bishops)

The most transformative experiences during my years of researching and writing about Black LDS pioneers...

January 17, 2025

The Judge – How It Ended, Part 2

I thought the story of my friend, Maye, was finished when I submitted my last...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

Giving Machines: Easy as Buying a Candy Bar

In 2006, my youngest children were ages 14 and 16. I had become concerned by...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

Failed Coup in the DR-C, part 3

On Instagram, coup participant Marcel Malanga had a screenshot of these verses in Deuteronomy 28,...

May 23, 2024

Coup Failure in the DR-Congo, Part 2

My first contact with Joseph Malanga, Christian Malanga's father, was in October, 2014. He heard...

May 21, 2024

Failed Coup in the DR-Congo – Part I

I looked at my text messages on Sunday morning, May 19, 2024. I had one...

April 2024

April 08, 2024

Endangered Albinos in the DR-Congo

When my husband and I were missionaries in Mbuji Mayi, DR-Congo, we noticed that there...

November 2023

November 25, 2023

The New Lumumba Film: It’s time!

Patrice Lumumba Film: Why NOW is the moment. Starting in July, 2023, events from the...

November 18, 2023

Charity: It’s Not Usually Money.

Any of us who have worked in charitable endeavors have learned that good intentions are...

October 2023

October 02, 2023

After Death: My Suspicions and Speculations

I remember going to the hospital to see my mother-in-law, Ruth, who had just passed...

September 2023

September 06, 2023

The Exploited Mines of the Congo: How the Atomic Bomb was Built

I have not seen Christopher Nolan's film about J. Robert Oppenheimer yet, but my husband...

June 2023

June 17, 2023

June 8 for Mormons (part 2): The RB factor

In the summer of 1998, I went to a conference for teachers of LDS seminaries...

June 08, 2023

What is June 8th to Mormons?

The new kids on the block (those born after 2000) have no sense of...

September 2022

September 24, 2022

The Transformation of BYU Football: How does a Religious University Repent of Racism?

I remember the events of 1969 well. I have written about them here. 1969 was...

September 09, 2022

Deceased Grandparents–Avengers or Angels?

As missionaries, my husband and I taught a Congolese man, Gedeon, from a distant village....

August 2022

August 09, 2022

“I have killed my brother!”

The story of Joseph in Egypt has long been my favorite Bible story, but only...

July 2022

July 03, 2022

Michael Lyon’s Quiet Life

Mike Lyon died last week. I have been hit with so many emotions. We grew...

May 2022

May 16, 2022

Tshiluba–post #2 on language learning

Songs are my friends. I have seven hymns in Tshiluba with French translations. I have...