There’s this new show on Netflix called “Marriage or Mortgage” that is currently driving me to the brink of insanity.  The premise of the show is that they follow young couples who are grappling with deciding between a downpayment on a home or the wedding of their dreams.  The episode that really pushed me over the edge followed a couple who had saved up $30,000 toward their future.  At the beginning of the episode, they were living in a cramped

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Ok. It's time we talk about your husband's temple pants. You both deserve better than those stiff and scratchy ones from the Distribution Center. I've curated a simple shopping list to help you find pants to help make him feel more at home in The House of the Lord. 1. Bonobos Highland Golf Pant 2. Nike Flex 3. Under Armour Match Play Tapered Pants 4. Under Armour Showdown Straight Golf Pant    

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Howdy! My name is Chidinma and I am currently in my last year of pharmacy school! I am an INFJ, an enneagram 1w2, a sister, a daughter, a friend, and a black member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My love for the gospel, for the church, and for the people that I have met through my discipleship is unwavering and has brought so much joy to my life. I fear that sometimes as members we have

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I grew up barely a CEO Catholic...Christmas and Easter Only. We went just to see what it was about, but the doughnuts and coffee afterward attracted us the most. When I was 10 I had a gay uncle who passed away and upon returning to school, some girls heard me telling my friends about his funeral. “Did you say your uncle was gay? He’s burning in hell. Jesus doesn’t love gays.” I didn’t know THAT much about Jesus, but between

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  In Celje, Slovenia in 2006, my missionary companion and I were in charge of a lesson for family home evening. We decided on an interactive lesson on the Tree of Life as depicted in the book of 1st Nephi. We got a rope, secured one end to the wall, and taped a picture of Christ just above where the rope ended at the front of the little room we used as a chapel. The other end of the rope

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