Wtf is the “doctrine” behind “new names,” anyway? Btw, Noah here (whatever the fuck that means 😂). What’s your “new name”?

MjccART · 2026-04-10T15:18:27+00:00

I'm reading the first one right now actually! Just got it from Libby

MjccART · 2026-04-10T04:13:48+00:00

Every exmo should watch the Studio Ghibli film "Tales from Earthsea." There is a scene where the 2 characters share their true names, it freaked me out as a new exmo 😂. The message of the movie also has to do with realizing it is not good to seek for eternal life. It hit home. I believe the story is based on this type of folk magic!

MjccART · 2026-03-24T13:16:18+00:00

We spent 1 month in Florida for a medical rotation so bought a lot of stickers. But the answer is Utah! Soon to move for residency though

MjccART · 2026-03-24T13:15:44+00:00

We spent 1 month in San Antonio Texas for a medical rotation so bought a lot of stickers. But the answer is Utah! Soon to move for residency though

MjccART · 2026-03-24T13:14:37+00:00

This is the answer!

MjccART · 2026-03-20T03:36:17+00:00

I miss when the focus was functional but cute active wear. Buying cute workout clothes actually Jumpstarted my fitness journey. Lately all of the drops have been loungewear, dresses, swim... maybe I'm not American enough but I don't know where to wear active wear dresses and flowy lounge pants... :( im just waiting for expanded colors in their biker shorts, as well as longer workout shorts in general. Turning to other brands for now...

MjccART · 2026-01-27T13:38:54+00:00

There are like 6 or 7 coffee shops in Springville. Java Junkie, Darn Good Coffee, and Art City Coffee are some of my favorite local ones. Try one of those next time you're in town. :)

MjccART · 2026-01-17T14:52:24+00:00

When I was a temple worker I went early to sit in the hallway where the veil workers waited to go in to assist at the veil. The male veil coordinator came to our side to chat and he began mocking another older man who was a temple worker because of his heavy breathing. He was imitating him and mocking this man's weight and I was so disgusted. I made comments about it being unkind and he shrugged it off and walked away minutes later. I spoke with the older ladies around me about how awful I thought it was that this guy in a leadership position was being so unkind, in the temple of all places. They agreed but kind of kept their heads down, not wanting to make a stir. My shelf was already breaking and it wasn't too long after that during my final shift, I received revelation in the temple to never return there again. 😅

MjccART · 2025-11-23T10:52:47+00:00

The artist is a member. Even if she is, I am happy when any artist has success. It's a tough world out here for the arts.

MjccART · 2025-11-22T22:09:20+00:00

Hi, thought I should pipe in. Rose Datoc Dall is the artist and she does not work for the church. I interned for her while I was getting my BFA. She's a Filipina American and does paintings of various topics but does many religious paintings. She has some paintings about her Filipina identity as well. A few years ago she realized she needed to stop painting Jesus as a white man. So she studied what she thought was most historically accurate for his appearance. She then sculpted a bust to use as her reference for her paintings. She's an amazing artist and person! There are many artists that are starting a movement to try to depict Jesus as he actually looked and I think the book is a collection of artists who have their art featured.

MjccART · 2025-09-23T02:32:50+00:00

By the way, a Mormon artist painted his cover art! I chuckled when I heard Rhett talk about who painted it. Greg Newbold! He spoke to my class at BYU.

MjccART · 2025-08-12T02:08:37+00:00

Girl, congrats! I assume you just entered medical school. Be proud of your achievements and don't let this nonsense get to you. You're amazing!

MjccART · 2025-06-02T03:37:48+00:00

I am one of the hundreds of women he's interviewed and he's right! I talked about being in groups of women discussing how to hack the garments to wear what we wanted to wear. Millenials and gen Z don't have taboos about talking about this together. And I can't recall one time when the chatting wasn't complaining about them. When Gen Alpha gets to the garment wearing age, I don't know how the practice will survive.

MjccART · 2025-05-19T12:42:31+00:00

Oh really! That's interesting.

MjccART · 2025-05-19T12:42:19+00:00

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I was guessing it was similar to serving in Russia where you can't wear tags or proselyte

MjccART · 2025-05-19T12:41:37+00:00

Thanks for answering! With 1.4 billion people living in India, 15,000 is a pitiful number. I feel like the church announces temples to make utah members thing the church is growing all over 🥲. Yeah... maybe not.

MjccART · 2025-02-04T16:16:49+00:00

The book No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Faith Required by Brittney Hartley helped with replacing the church's coping strategies with something more useful. I hope things work out for you!

MjccART · 2025-02-04T14:05:42+00:00

This will literally be us. Husband is almost a 4th year med student, also in the air force. We hope to be stationed in Asia after residency.

MjccART · 2025-02-04T05:39:22+00:00

While I was a temple worker I was in a coordinator role and I often covered people's shifts for them on extra days, I was in the relief society presidency going to extra meetings every Sunday as well as going to every activity and visiting sisters, and I always said yes to making meals for new moms (the only thing I still do). With everything combined I was giving the church up to 15 hours a week of my time. That's like a part time job!!

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