Rachelle Call: "God raised me and my family from the dead"
Last September, a new initiative called Out in the Light was launched to help women who are affected by a pornography addiction of a spouse or loved one. Rachelle Call was one of the women featured in the documentary that kicked off this initiative. She’s created recovery music to capture what she’s learned (see music player below). Rachelle says: God is all about recovery…. If you knew my story, you would know that God is a god of miracles. There is not one reason why things...
Read MoreTwo Mormon Women's Stories about Overcoming Pornography Addiction
We are reminded that although we often talk about pornography being a male problem, an increasing number of women are being caught in the snare of pornography. Below, two Mormon women share their experiences with confronting and overcoming their pornography addictions. The first story might come with a bit of a surprise; pornography addiction doesn’t always come in the form of looking at pictures. This Mormon woman was addicted to pornographic literature in the form of romance...
Read MoreForward with Faith: Healing when a spouse has a porn addiction
Editor’s note: Yesterday, we introduced Rhyll and Steven Croshaw in an introduction to a series of posts we’ll be featuring this week: Healing from Pornography Addiction: Hope for Addicts, Spouses. They talk of a painting, “Gently Up the Stream,” that has become the symbol of how they have found healing, both individually and as a couple, while facing the reality and effects of Steve’s sexual addiction. Today, Rhyll and Steven share more of their story of hope and...
Read MoreLDS Church Responds to Human Rights Campaign Petition
The Human Rights Campaign sent a petition to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a response to President Packer’s recent General Conference talk. You can read the text of the Church’s response or watch a video of Michael Otterson, Church spokesman (also included below). The statement reiterates that the Church condemns cruelty or bullying of others. While we disagree with the Human Rights Campaign on many fundamentals, we also share some common ground. This past week...
Read MoreThoughts on President Boyd K. Packer's Recent Conference Talk
~by Michelle Last Sunday night, I settled down on my couch with my laptop to listen to President Boyd K. Packer’s General Conference talk. I had been under the weather and was unable to listen to the address live, and unfortunately, the only exposure I’d had to his message was through the frenzy in the media and elsewhere. But still, through headlines and even some direct quotes, I thought I had a general sense of what he had covered. But what I heard and felt was very different...
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