by Marilene Phipps | Aug 30, 2018 | Writing
How would it be for you if I insisted on calling you by the wrong name, and also used that name to insist on telling the world that you are what you are not? The word is “Mormon.” The entire world, including “Mormons” themselves, refer to the members of the Church of...
by Marilene Phipps | Aug 23, 2018 | Writing
I recently learned that Amish people do not take or keep family photographs or painted portraits. They have no photos of themselves, their parents, grandparents and children as they grow up, their weddings, births and funerals. I was in Amish country recently. I tried...
by Marilene Phipps | Aug 16, 2018 | Writing
Unseen Worlds is a spiritual memoir–the story of my spiritual journey. Its trajectory is traced from the beginning of life—my life interconnected with Haiti’s–and includes significant influences on me come from people, events, or my birth...