Monthly Archives: June 2011
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My Dad and I Were Vagabonds
Posted on June 15, 2011 by IngridRicks in Articles, UncategorizedDad and I were vagabonds.
It’s a lifestyle he’d been living for years, and one I had begged to join since I was four.
Now that I was thirteen and on the run from a cruel Mormon stepfather, he and I had finally joined forces and had become two of the best tool hustlers to hit the Midwest.2 Comments.Continue Reading...
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A Black Mormon Defends Religion’s Racist Past. I Can’t.
Posted on June 11, 2011 by IngridRicks in Articles, UncategorizedOn June 9, 1978, the Mormon Church suddenly reversed its policy denying black people equal rights in the religion. Now, thirty three years to the month after the Church reversed this racist policy, a black Mormon priesthood holder is defending the discrimination, calling it part of “God’s unfolding plan.”
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Don’t Quit
Posted on June 2, 2011 by IngridRicks in Articles, UncategorizedWhen things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit. Success is failure […]
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