Segullah Journal

Three voices from Segullah‘s blog, with thanks to editors Leslie Graff and Michelle Lehnardt Ashley Stolworthy THE PAST THREE WEEKS I have enjoyed time off during my summer and fall terms, living life to its fullest. Camping, mini road trips, eating out too much, fewer workouts, and more late nights. I have not cracked a [...]

Three voices from Segullah‘s blog, with thanks to editors Leslie Graff and Michelle Lehnardt Ashley Stolworthy THE PAST THREE WEEKS I have enjoyed time off during my summer and fall terms, living life to its fullest. Camping, mini road trips, eating out too much, fewer workouts, and more late nights. I have not cracked a [...]

Three voices from Segullah‘s blog, with thanks to editors Leslie Graff and Michelle Lehnardt Ashley Stolworthy THE PAST THREE WEEKS I have enjoyed time off during my summer and fall terms, living life to its fullest. Camping, mini road trips, eating out too much, fewer workouts, and more late nights. I have not cracked a [...]

I SHIFTED MY WEIGHT on the pew and sighed as the sacrament meeting speaker stood to begin his talk. Seven months pregnant, I was swollen and sore, big-bellied, and exhausted from the constant demands of my five young children who were crawling on and off my nearly nonexistent lap, whispering (or not) in my ear, [...]

Raising children to respect their bodies can be difficult, especially with the distorted body images we are often presented with today. How can we teach our children to understand their bodies in a healthy way, in a spiritual way, in a godlike way? —Kylie Turley, Focus Editor This year, more than ever in my seventy [...]

Charity WHEN I ASKED READERS to send in their insights about charity, I was afraid I might receive “preachy” advice; instead our readers blessed us with insight. Heavenly Father can change our hearts and fill us with love despite the demanding depths of forgiveness or the daily challenge of patience. Our readers explain how—when we are [...]

“A Remarkable Work”: Advice to Sister Missionaries WHEN WE ASKED WOMEN what advice they would give to a young woman who is considering a mission, the response was amazing. Women have much to say on the subject. Though these returned sister missionaries admit that missions are hard work and that—as President Hinckley has counseled—“young sisters are [...]

WHEN WE ASKED READERS to share how the gospel of Jesus Christ helps them during difficult times, many women responded. Three responses are printed below. It seems that sometimes we cling to a specific truth to help us through hard times, and sometimes we look back at hard times and realize that the gospel—with all its [...]

AFTER OVER FIFTEEN YEARS of medical procedures and doctors, my friend was pregnant. A mere three weeks before her baby was due, his umbilical cord became wrapped around his neck, and he died. They buried him in the smallest casket I have ever seen. In the last year alone, I’ve been to funerals of young mothers, [...]