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See Trump for Who He Is
My dad has been deceased for a decade. He is still my favorite example of...
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Church Ball and the Genesis Team
This is an excerpt from the book I co-wrote with Darius Gray, called Last Mile...
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False Revelation,1969
Home teaching was a Mormon expectation. Once a month, a member of the Melchizedek priesthood...
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Truth and Treason, part 3 INCLUDING SPOILERS
My husband and I saw "Truth and Treason" for the third time last week. I...
October 2025
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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...
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Failed Coup in the DR-Congo – Part I
I looked at my text messages on Sunday morning, May 19, 2024. I had one...
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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...
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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...
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Charity: It’s Not Usually Money.
Any of us who have worked in charitable endeavors have learned that good intentions are...
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After Death: My Suspicions and Speculations
I remember going to the hospital to see my mother-in-law, Ruth, who had just passed...
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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...
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June 8 for Mormons (part 2): The RB factor
In the summer of 1998, I went to a conference for teachers of LDS seminaries...
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What is June 8th to Mormons?
The new kids on the block (those born after 2000) have no sense of...
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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...
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Deceased Grandparents–Avengers or Angels?
As missionaries, my husband and I taught a Congolese man, Gedeon, from a distant village....
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August 09, 2022
“I have killed my brother!”
The story of Joseph in Egypt has long been my favorite Bible story, but only...
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Michael Lyon’s Quiet Life
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Tshiluba–post #2 on language learning
Songs are my friends. I have seven hymns in Tshiluba with French translations. I have...
April 2022
April 25, 2022
Learning Tshiluba (or any new language) Part 1
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