The New Policy Brought an Increase of Love For Me
It was a week ago today that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released changes to its handbook regarding the participation...
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Kristine Coons
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Diversity Is Inherent In God's Creations
I still reflect back on a day many years ago when I was working in the ICU. A person had come in with a suicide attempt and was on life...
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Sytske Woodhouse
- Jun 15
- 5 min
My Bishop, the Father of My Ward
It had been a while since I endured a sacrament meeting with tears streaming down my face. But this time was different, they were tears...
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Nesha Woodhouse
- Mar 1
- 16 min
Can I Love Myself AND Lose Myself?
Link to watch the full devotional: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2h2CZ9-IKM I grew up on a farm in Idaho. My parents were extremely...
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Clare Dalton
- Oct 22, 2023
- 12 min
Resilience and Wrestling with God
This address was originally given at the Gather Conference in Provo, Utah on September 15, 2023 Good morning and let me be the first to...
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John Gustav-Wrathall
- Sep 19, 2023
- 9 min
Spirit Led in Our Unique Lives
This address was originally given at the Gather Conference in Provo, Utah on September 16, 2023 Darius’ story I once had a conversation...
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Sytske Woodhouse
- Sep 10, 2023
- 4 min
Can I really be LDS and LGBTQ?
The most common question I am asked is “How do I follow personal revelation AND remain faithful in the church?” This might seem like an...
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John Gustav-Wrathall
- Jun 17, 2023
- 4 min
A Gay Perspective on Fatherhood
When I came out, I went through a grieving process. I grieved the loss of all my expectations about my own future family. I had always...
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Angela Harger
- May 14, 2023
- 4 min
My LGBTQ Testimony at Stake Council
(I was asked to bear my testimony at a recent Stake Council. My stake is preparing to have a fireside to raise awareness of and bring...
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Carson Perez
- Mar 24, 2023
- 3 min
You Can Get Through This!
(Excerpt from a Sacrament Meeting Talk, Bethesda Ward, March 19, 2023) At four years old, I knew that I was different than other boys,...
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Kristine Coons
- Feb 1, 2023
- 2 min
An Anchor To Fly
During my early journey with gender dysphoria, I fought and pushed back against the internal strain and anxiety. I fasted and prayed...
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Xander Pruett
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
A Voice of Youth from the 2022 Emmaus Retreat
I know that in the LGBT community we have trouble feeling like we belong in the Church. I feel this incongruity myself. But I have a...
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Sytske Woodhouse
- Mar 6, 2022
- 4 min
An Unexpected Gift
In my experience, growing up as a lesbian Latter Day Saint, I held two truths that contradicted one another. The first truth was that I...
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john10296
- Aug 18, 2021
- 5 min
Ministering to Same-sex Couples in the Church: What Works and What Doesn't?
By James Brinton I would like to share my experience as an actively attending & believing Latter-day Saint who is also in a same-sex...
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Sanja Dimic
- May 30, 2021
- 5 min
Growing as a Parent and Ally
Growing up in an immigrant family, I know a little about being “othered”. It has made me more sensitive to people who are facing all...
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Jerry Chong
- May 8, 2021
- 6 min
We all belong in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
I’m about to celebrate 17 years as an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. During this span of time I have...
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Valerie Nicole Green
- Apr 27, 2021
- 5 min
Return and Report
In Relief Society this week, on April 25, 2021, we discussed a talk from the April 2021 general conference. I try to approach conference...
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Carson Perez
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
Finding the Kingdom of God
When I was a little boy, I had no idea that my faith journey would be such a roller coaster. It never occurred to me that who I was would...
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Erika Munson
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Knowing, Loving, and Building Zion
As I passed a local Lutheran church on an early morning walk, I was cheered by what I read on the sign in front. They had switched the...
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John Gustav-Wrathall
- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
A Place and a Time for Us All
The LGBTQ Saints today live astride a contradiction that seems incapable of being resolved. But I know there's a place for us.
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