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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...
April 2022
April 25, 2022
Learning Tshiluba (or any new language) Part 1
The first step in learning anything is love. A parent coos to the child, sings...
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Ancestors, aka Zombies
The word "zombie" probably came from Africa. "Nzambe" means God in many African languages, including...
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The Second Coming
Djemba and Marie weren’t speaking. They hadn’t spoken for a week, not since Djemba had...
January 2022
January 26, 2022
On a Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Small and Simple Things A decade ago, I was writing to LDS missionaries in...
December 2021
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Report on our Trip to the DR-Congo, 2021
3 Weeks in the DRC We landed in Kinshasa late on November 2, 2021, just...
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Not a Curse but a Calling (Poem from “I Am Jane”)
Not a Curse but a Calling It’s not a curse but a gift to...
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Cort McMurray’s Message
I received this from Cort McMurray in August, 2020--a year before his untimely death. He...
July 2021
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Texts during the Cincinnati Miracle
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July 04, 2021
Len and Mary Return to Tell Their Story
I left Utah on Thursday, July 2nd at 3:15 p.m. and flew to Denver, planning...
June 2021
June 30, 2021
The Lumumba Journey
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October 2020
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Julia Groberg Blair Obituary
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August 2020
August 21, 2020
Did they take “Under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance?
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