It’s not just any Wednesday today–it’s Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of Lent (but not the beginning of the Great Lent of the Eastern Orthodox). This Ash Wednesday Challenge will piggyback on a spiritual practice that hundreds of millions around the world are participating in today.

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Once a week, I’d like to challenge you all with a Quaker-inspired query that should be applicable to any person leading an alternately introspective yet socially-engaged life. Here’s the query for this week. I’ll do my best to answer it for myself, and encourage you to share your response. Have you found your vocation? I [...]

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The drama continues. We received a letter from our former Bishop, which suggested, among other things, that we have our names removed from the records of the Church (a sort of voluntary excommunication). I was also encouraged to not publish anything negative about the Church. The irony is that all we’ve wanted from our former [...]

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Jana and I have left the Mormon Church and are in the process of becoming Quakers. This has caused some confusion (and concern) among our LDS friends, family and former leaders. Normally I try to work things out on this blog, but I’ve held back out of respect for Jana’s privacy. She’s given me the [...]

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