by Kate Baxter | Oct 28, 2025 | Essay, Kate Life, LDS Faith, Relief Society, Service
Sister Charity occasionally puts little messages in the ward newsletter about our local food pantry and opportunities to come sort donations and pack boxes for pick up. I’d thought about dropping in to help, but like a lot of good intentions it never seemed to be the...
by Kate Baxter | Sep 23, 2025 | Afterlife, Gospel, LDS Faith, Millennium Hotline
From funeral potatoes to Kolob, we’ve got you covered. Hall: Millennium Hotline, Resurrection Services, Brother Hall speaking. How may I serve you on this blessed day? Karen: Hi, yes. My name is Karen Crandall. When I arose this afternoon— Hall: Just a sec,...
by Kate Baxter | Sep 4, 2025 | Aging, Kate Life, LDS Faith
It’s a teaching hospital, so I wasn’t surprised when a newbie med student did in the initial intake and participated in the exam along with the seasoned urogynecologist. After all the tests, when the med student came back in, I knew what she was going to say before...
by Kate Baxter | Aug 28, 2025 | Bodhi & Saul, Kate Life, LDS Faith, Miracles
I have two dogs, Bodhi and Saul. They’re littermates, about four years old, and three-quarters mini-poodle, a quarter Australian Shepherd. Saul’s coat is the shaggy blue merle of a shepherd; Bodhi’s is the curly phantom black and gray of a poodle. They’re both leggy...
by Kate Baxter | Aug 15, 2025 | LDS Faith, LDS Media Review, Patriarchy, Polygamy
On August 2, 2025, at The Compass Gallery in Provo, I saw a staged reading of Melissa Leilani Larson’s play, Pilot Program. What little I knew about the premise intrigued me: what if you were asked to participate in an LDS church-sponsored experiment to live plural...
by Kate Baxter | Aug 6, 2025 | Gospel, Kate Life, LDS Faith, Relief Society
December 3, 2022 10:32 am Clara Allred Hi Kate! This is Clara Allred, your Ministering Supervisor. We just want to remind you to check in with your Ministering Sisters this holiday season. Thanks! 11:10 am ...
by Kate Baxter | Jul 29, 2025 | Gospel, LDS Faith
In the shower this morning, where I get my best thoughts, I was thinking about a friend who was distraught that her trans son was “no longer progressing.” “Tell me more,” I said. “Well, she…he…can’t go to the temple.” Real anguish and tears. “But there is...
by Kate Baxter | Jul 11, 2025 | Creative Non-fiction, Essay, Gospel, LDS Faith, Relief Society
Sitting in Relief Society, the talk turns to Luke 24:13-35 and the two disciples who walked with Jesus after his resurrection and knew him not. “This doesn’t make sense,” says Sister Brown. “They really couldn’t be disciples if they didn’t recognize him!” “Yeah,” says...
