Being a Mormon Woman: What it Feels Like.
Right now, there a lot of people with thoughts on what it’s like to be a Mormon woman. Along with those who watch from the outside and speculate on Mormon womanhood, there are plenty stories floating...
View ArticleReligion: A Stable Force for a Traveling Girl
In just a few days, I will leave Provo, Utah, a town where I have lived for eight years now. A number of people have told me that I’m adventurous and that they’d never be so comfortable traveling to...
View ArticleStarving in Solidarity: Ramadan Fasting for Newbies
“Have you converted?” they asked me? No, ma’am. “So why are you celebrating Ramadan?” I was doing a solidarity fast in honor of Ramadan (and my own innate curiosity in religion and interfaith values)....
View ArticleRoots of my Values
When I started school, I was enrolled in a private Catholic school despite being from a family with no religious tendencies at all. We moved when I was 7, before I became a true believer, but the work...
View ArticleMormon at a Bar: A Nondrinker’s First Time Out with Drinking Buddies
It’s 10pm on a Friday night, in a town the Princeton Review usually names among the top party schools in the country, and I have just finished a reading with my cohort from my creative writing PhD...
View ArticleSeeing the Abstract in the World of the Real: Being a Minister of Faith
If you walk into the suburban Episcopal Church on a Sunday morning, you’ll be struck first by the massive stone walls that rise up around you and the candles in the large Advent Wreath burning...
View ArticleHijab or Not
Hijab is more than a veil; it’s a practice. Image from alitchick.blogspot.com. When I was living in Montreal, I had the supreme privilege of learning about hijab – the Muslim practices of modest dress...
View ArticleHats on Parade: Sundays in Harlem
Every Sunday morning, hundreds of tourists pour out of chartered busses on W 125th street in Harlem, with one thing on their minds: gospel music. The fame of Harlem’s gospel choirs draws thousands of...
View Article4 Fabulous Female Travel Writers of Days Gone By
Putting pens to paper around the world. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. With the launch of #gogirlreads, our new Travel Book Club, I thought it would be fitting if, before we started talking about modern...
View ArticleBreaking with Etiquette: How to Talk Politics While Travelling
Don’t be scared; discuss! Image courtesy of Delia Harrington. Polite society says we shouldn’t talk about religion, politics, or money. As someone who is fascinated by all three topics, I have never...
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