I stood on my oak parquet 1980s hand-me-down kitchen table and reached for the ceiling. Beside me sat two barstools and stacks of books, with an 8-light chandelier on top. In my memory my kids are in bed, but since I wasn’t working in the dark, they probably watched TV. Our family was new to rural Quincy, Washington and a second winter was closing in. The first winter had been grueling — a toddler and a 6-month-old, in a rented farmhouse far from friends and family. We’d left

In a flurry of anxiety over how to introduce “This Little Light of Mine” to our congregation in a non-offensive/appropriating way, I recently did a deep dive into the history of the song. One the pages of Google and Wikipedia, I met Rutha Mae Harris. Rutha Mae was a member of The Freedom Singers, a quartet formed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee tasked with using music to educate, organize, and raise funds for the Civil Rights Movement across the U.S. Rutha Ma

We did it everyone. We made it through 2025 . . . phew . . . what a year. I don’t know about most of you, but 2025 was a hard year for me and for a lot of people I have talked to recently. When we dig deeper, 2025 could have felt hard because there was so much suffering in the world, in our communities, and in our families.  It can be so hard to see ourselves or our loved ones suffer, but I have also found that it can be a privilege to be invited into those sacred spaces of s

Every person matters. They matter to our Heavenly Parents. They matter to Jesus Christ. And they should matter to me.

Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, his name shall be called wonderful councilor, mighty God, the Everlasting, the Prince of peace.

What is your daily “light routine”? Let’s up the wattage so divine light can shine into the dark corners of our souls and on the problems of our world — to illuminate, to heal, to cleanse and purify.

I need the Savior every hour, in joy and in pain. And He is there. His presence filled us with rejoicing and with comfort. He helped us to grieve and to celebrate.

When someone is invoking the Lord’s name or support, see if they are trying to be like Jesus, as the Primary song teaches: “Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought.” 

We all have equal access to God, and it does not depend on your memory being perfect or complete or recent.

For this 3 part bonus mini series, hosts Jennifer Thomas and Patrick Mason engage in a thoughtful conversation with Paul Lambert from the Wheatley Institute. Together, they explore the complex emotions and tensions that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may experience when feeling attacked or judged.

In this special live episode of the Proclaim Peace podcast, host Jennifer Thomas is joined by Chad Ford to discuss peacemaking and discipleship. They discuss how we can find and build peace in a time of high conflict and in the wake of political violence. They draw on the teachings of Jesus to answer these questions and find ways that we can each be peacemakers in this moment, and how it can transform each of us personally, and transform our communities.

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