Angela Archive

  • Waiting a couple days for clarity didn't even occur to me. Nope, I simply dove in head first, trusting my feelings to guide me in the right direction.

    “Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself!”

    Posted on September 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
    I learned this saying a number of years ago after I’d burned bridges with half of my family, lost a close friend, and found myself kneeling by the bed, pleading with God to understand how my obsession with fixing other people’s problems had gotten me […]

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  • 39 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Please Don’t Tell Me I Don’t Understand the Gospel

    Posted on August 28, 2012 | 11 Comments
    Had I simply refused to see it? Turned a blind eye out of conformity? Why, after decades in the church, did these things suddenly bother me?

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  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Letting Go

    Posted on July 22, 2012 | 6 Comments
    I realized that I'd always had it backwards. Spirituality didn't come from holding the power of God inside your body like a form of light. It didn't come from knowing all the answers, from soothing other people's pain or from living a perfect life.

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  • Reconsider Reading The Book of Mormon to Your Kids

    Posted on March 29, 2012 | 13 Comments
    Today’s guest post, written by Angela, is based on “Consider Skipping Hunger Games” by James T. Summerhays. ; As a book of scripture, The Book of Mormon poses some important and persuasive theories concerning the effects of wickedness, secrecy, and greed on any civilization and […]

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  • The Sacredness of Manhood

    Posted on February 29, 2012 | 30 Comments
    Today’s guest post comes to us from Angela Felsted, who is a musician, poet, and nature lover. Her work has appeared in issue fifteen of Drown in Your Own Fears, in Chantarelle’s Notebook, and in Vine Leaves Literary Journal. You can find more of her […]

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  • Pursuing Youth and Beauty: Why You Should Never Stop

    Posted on November 16, 2011 | 11 Comments
    Today’s guest post comes to us from Bella Swan. A few short years after my husband, Edward, turned me into a vampire, I was asked to come up with a fundraiser and present it in a PTA meeting at Renesmee’s school, where everyone seemed obsessed […]

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