Al Carraway

Incurable Suffering

This guy…He was cut off completely from everything & everyone he’s ever loved No support system. No hope. Disfigured and decomposing,...

Jewish Practices & Boy Jesus in the Temple

I had an amazing week talking with and learning from my Jewish friends, as well as receiving input from a Rabbi. My love for Jewish...

Missed Blessings

LAST YEAR’s New Years priesthood blessing I was promised a very specific blessing, NON of which And I grew sour about it. I brought it up...

Jesus in the Wilderness

Shortly after his baptism, Jesus goes into the wilderness to be with God. He purposely withdrew from people and distractions of his...

O thou of Little Faith

PLEASE, LISTEN TO ME! Here is the truth.. ‘O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” was NOT in response to Peter’s sinking....

Proving the Missionaries Wrong

Proving the missionaries wrong was all any of it was to me. I was happy & content when I met them! I thought religion was only something...

Dropped as an Investigator

And I was right there with them. I was nottttttt going back to church. Adamant. Nothing in me wanted to go back for any reason. To them...

When God Doesn’t Listen

If we aren’t seeing what we are asking for, we feel God is not listening. If we ware’t getting what we are pleading for, we say God is...

Negative Thoughts & Disappointment

My frustration mostly lies in myself. I want so badly to be intentional with how I spend my time and talents. And the times that I’m not,...

Reunited w/ My Elder

The most intimate thing we could ask someone to do is get baptized. B/c when we ask that, we’re asking them to change almost everything—...

My Dad said He Didn’t Want Me as a Daughter Anymore

My dad said he didn’t want me as a daughter anymore. Because I got baptized. It was my 21st birthday. I had to pick. But can you even??...

the Temple is Dangerous

This place is DANGEROUS! It should come with a warning or something….never know what you’re gunna hear when you’re here. It was the...

Chastising + Correcting

Absolutely satan exploits & capitalizes on our corrections, it’s how we even got here, here where ‘needing to repent’ comes with such a...

I Need to do Better

I want to be different & do better… just gunna be honest here, been spending most my time lately in weighted confusion & in deep...

Peter Was the Only One Who Got Off the Boat

It’s true, right? That’s what we do with Peter on the water. & that’s what we do to ourselves. but before we get trapped in the...