Beautiful Chaos!

Lesson 7 - Make the Sauce I recently traveled to Puyallup to spend two days with my 13-year-old niece. She is struggling a bit, needed a friend, and wanted me to teach her how to crochet. It was a wonderful time with family. While I was there, I observed components of my sister’s strong marriage. My brother-in-law is Italian, and they like to make pasta sauce from scratch. For years I have heard rave reviews about the sauce, but I hadn’t been to a meal where it had been served. Since I was there, my sister thought it would be nice for me to try Vince’s sauce. She says she knows how to make it, but everyone thinks Vince’s is more authentic. About 3:30 on the day of my arrival, we were headed out to get yarn for my niece. Before we left, my sister set out all the ingredients and equipment needed to make the sauce so that it would be easier for Vince to make when he got home from work. I could tell this was a normal routine for her; she wasn’t bothered by it at all. Microcultur...

Lesson 3 - Defending Traditional Marriage “We … solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God…. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan…. We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.” (The Family: A Proclamation to the World, 1995) As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I remember when this proclamation went out to the world. I remember thinking the principles contained in this document were obvious. Why was there a need to publish a proclamation about something so common as what constitutes a family? Fast forward twenty years, and it’s clear that these leaders were acting prophetically in their pronouncements. In my limited view, I could not see the attacks that would come on traditional marriage. In 2015, the United States Supreme Court guaranteed the right ...