Thousands of tiny knots. . .

I first learned to crochet while in graduate school.  I needed a cheap hobby that didn’t feel like schoolwork.  All I could do was add a border to the edge of a square flannel blanket.  Once a week, I would learn a new pattern from Anne.  She was a grandmother whose son and wife lived

Daily Grounding Rituals

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance for the soul than their simplicity might suggest.    — Thomas Moore Our world is covered in white. It happened one night when we went to sleep to soft snow falling outside our window–and woke in the morning to a thick blanket of

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My R-Rated Movie List for Transitioning Mormons

Movies are magical. As a medium, the motion picture is as if photography, theater and music got together and had a beautiful love child. Few forms of artistic expression provide an immersive, sensory experience more so than the cinematic arts. Movies have become woven into the fabric of our cultures and societies. Movies remind us of the past, allow us

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Breaking News: Doomsday Postponed Forever

If you were to believe the incessant barrage of commentary nowadays by politicians, news outlets, and even some of your Facebook friends, you’d have a dismal view of the world and humanity.  Every time the doom-and-gloom chatter picks up in my newsfeed, I remember one of the most informative, insightful, and inspiring books I’ve ever