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2023-11-18T18:43:44-07:00

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Charity: It’s Not Usually Money.

Last updated on: November 18, 2023 at 6:43 pm By Margaret Blair Young

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Any of us who have worked in charitable endeavors have learned that good intentions are not enough for our offerings to meet actual needs. Our years leading the Congo Rising Corporation have been full of successes and failures. We have had equipment and money stolen or misappropriated, but we have also seen our film initiatives launch many new production companies which are self-guided and staffed by Congolese filmmakers. (more…) Read more

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2024-06-01T11:53:17-07:00

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After Death: My Suspicions and Speculations

Last updated on: June 1, 2024 at 11:53 am By Margaret Blair Young

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I remember going to the hospital to see my mother-in-law, Ruth, who had just passed away. She looked impossibly small. All of the life which had animated and somehow magnified her body was simply gone. Darin and his partner, Steve, were both present, both in tears, and Daren was ready for the next step. Even though he is no longer a practicing Mormon, he was the one to whom Ruth had given her final instructions. She had told him where... Read more

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2023-09-07T10:58:44-07:00

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

Last updated on: September 7, 2023 at 10:58 am By Margaret Blair Young

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I have not seen Christopher Nolan’s film about J. Robert Oppenheimer yet, but my husband and I are listening to American Prometheus , which inspired the film. It’s the story of a brilliant and often bullied man, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who discovered how atomic elements could work together to blow up whole cities. “Little Man” and “Fat Boy” and the destructions wrought on Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened because of Oppenheimer’s brilliant calculations. In other words, his brain was exploited to... Read more

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2023-06-17T13:33:37-07:00

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

Last updated on: June 17, 2023 at 1:33 pm By Margaret Blair Young

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In the summer of 1998, I went to a conference for teachers of LDS seminaries and institutes. I was one of those teachers, and my classes were in Spanish. Therefore, whatever I got at the conference would ultimately be translated into Spanish if I chose to use it. I was given a binder of supplementary material provided by religion professors, including RB. (I will not name RB, though the Washington Post article and the church response both name him. I... Read more

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2023-06-08T10:58:51-07:00

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What is June 8th to Mormons?

Last updated on: June 8, 2023 at 10:58 am By Margaret Blair Young

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The new kids on the block (those born after 2000) have no sense of why June 8th, 1978 launched one of the biggest news stories of the last century and changed the world. They will never know what it was like to be in a church–the LDS Church–which restricted its priesthood and temple privileges from those “of African descent.” Such a stance would be even more problematic today, since DNA tests reveal that ALL of us are “of African... Read more

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2022-09-29T04:56:09-07:00

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

Last updated on: September 29, 2022 at 4:56 am By Margaret Blair Young

I remember the events of 1969 well. I have written about them here. 1969 was a year of initiation for me. At age fourteen, I encountered racism from my seminary (religious classes for Latter-day Saint youth) teacher and consequently dropped out of seminary–after talking with him about it directly and being directly and publicly rebuked. I remember hearing false prophecies spouted about masses of armed black men who would come into Salt Lake City, invade the LDS temple, and rape... Read more

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2022-09-09T11:38:49-07:00

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Deceased Grandparents–Avengers or Angels?

Last updated on: September 9, 2022 at 11:38 am By Margaret Blair Young

As missionaries, my husband and I taught a Congolese man, Gedeon, from a distant village. The chief of his village was concerned that Gedeon was investigating a church which worshipped “the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” The chief told him that their tribe worshipped and placated “the ancestors.” (Apparently, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were not included in “the ancestors.”) Gedeon explained to us that “the ancestors” had terrifying power–which he had witnessed. They could torment or even kill living... Read more

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2022-08-10T08:53:59-07:00

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“I have killed my brother!”

Last updated on: August 10, 2022 at 8:53 am By Margaret Blair Young

The story of Joseph in Egypt has long been my favorite Bible story, but only recently did I become aware of modern people who imprisoned their siblings. One of these cases was in the DR-Congo, where I work with our organization. A brother, eager to claim property belonging to his sister, had her (Yvonne) jailed on trumped up charges. A jailer later confessed to Yvonne that he had been paid to kill her, but that he could not do it.... Read more

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2022-07-03T04:01:24-07:00

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Michael Lyon’s Quiet Life

Last updated on: July 3, 2022 at 4:01 am By Margaret Blair Young

Mike Lyon died last week. I have been hit with so many emotions. We grew up in the same area of Provo, Utah, though he was a few years older than I and lived a few streets away. We dated. I suppose we would call it dating, but it was more of a sweet friendship . He didn’t drive and I was terrified of driving. There is so much power in that gas pedal! We went to something in Salt... Read more

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2022-05-16T08:30:00-07:00

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Tshiluba–post #2 on language learning

Last updated on: May 16, 2022 at 8:30 am By Margaret Blair Young

Songs are my friends. I have seven hymns in Tshiluba with French translations. I have hard copies and also recordings of the songs. Daily, I practice some of the songs. Music helps our brains retain information, which is why most of us remember nursery rhymes. I gave a prayer in Tshiluba at church–to the surprise of the members there. They didn’t know I had been working on it. I had sent myself the words to review on my phone, and... Read more

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