
Mormon Missionary conversation with a Native American
Religious trauma is an odd thing to process. Especially when people keep telling me it wasn’t that bad, that I misunderstood, or that it was in fact beautiful beliefs from […]
Sarah Newcomb is Tsimshian of the First Nation from Metlakatla, Alaska. She works as a freelance editor, writer, and blogger. She has a Bachelors in English with a Focus in non-Fiction Creative Writing, an Associates in Communications, and a Minor in Philosophy. She currently lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and four children.
Religious trauma is an odd thing to process. Especially when people keep telling me it wasn’t that bad, that I misunderstood, or that it was in fact beautiful beliefs from […]
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day I thought I would ask the question: Where does the church stand on Christopher Columbus and Indigenous People? In the church manual published in 2020 Come […]
What does colonization, cultural erasure, and ancestral appropriation look like for Native Americans being labeled as Lamanite in the year 2020? Well, in Mormonism it looks a little something like […]
My spirit was broken by the shapes I tried to bend into. The shapes of righteousness and perfection always seemed impossible to achieve. I needed more than anything to feel […]
For a number of weeks I have been wanting to write a new blog post. So far I have written 6 and have been unable to post any of them. […]
I watch the world around me spinning. Quietly I withdraw, exhausted from the conversations that seem to only make noise instead of change. I put on my running shoes, headphones, […]
The new lesson manual states: “The Book of Mormon also states that a mark of dark skin came upon the Lamanites after the Nephites separated from them. The nature and […]
Hi everyone. Just want to say thanks to those of you who reach out and encourage me. Also want to thank those who have conversations […]
For the past few years I have been trying to explain what the most harmful aspect about believing in literal Lamanite identity is. Yet when I do I always feel […]