Posts by erinmoore

let’s edit some scripture! the gender-neutral Articles of Faith

Recently I read something juicy and new (to me) regarding the church and Prop 8. Someone on the YMF page argued that LDS involvement violated its…

young one from the house: a poem

Young one from the house By Erin Moore I had this idea And it is merely that. Just a tiny floating speck in the…

a MoFem in hindustan

Greetings all, and welcome to my first-ever post on Young Mormon Feminists! I’m a recent convert to the YMF community, and I so appreciate the insightful…

A Skeptic’s Prayer, by Margaret Munk

Is it true
Thou lovest best
Thy meek, unasking children?

Thou hast made us
So diverse, so various,
Yet in the image
Of a Sire
Who filled a universe
With his creative fire.

What father has supposed
His child would grow to manhood
Only hearing and affirming?
What sire could honor such a son?
How could a mind that,
Like a sponge,
Absorbs but never questions,
Doubts,
Or wonders why
Be offspring and apprentice
To a God?

It may be, Lord,
That thou canst never love me
With the calm relief
A father feels
For his obedient child—
The one who’s never any trouble.

But use me
As a bridge
To those more wayward still
Than I.
I cannot give them all the answers;
But they will not ask
The ones who think they can.

Let me speak
To thy lost sheep
As one who,
Understanding how they went astray,
Still loves the Shepherd.

Posts by erinmoore

let’s edit some scripture! the gender-neutral Articles of Faith

a sacerdotal anecdote

young one from the house: a poem

a MoFem in hindustan