Beliefnet Columnist
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Linda Hoffman Kimball's "Saints Well Seasoned: Musings on How Food Nourishes Us--Body, Heart, and Soul" features essays by 40 Latter-day Saint writers. She is the author of the novels "Home to Roost" and "The Marketing of Sister B." She has an M.F.A. from Boston University and provided the illustrations
for "Birds of Algonquin Legend," published in 1995 by University of Michigan Press. Linda and her husband, Christian, have three children and a large dog.
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 Columns and articles by Linda Hoffman Kimball
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Mormon Black History Month
May 24, 2006
How white and African-American Mormons are dealing with the Church's racially troubled past.
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Big Challenges of 'Big Love'
Mar 10, 2006
HBO's series about polygamists gets a lot wrong--but its superb storytelling wrestles with love and its darker side.
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Brother Joseph
Dec 20, 2005
Unlike many Mormons, I can't get on the Joseph Smith veneration bandwagon. But I still deeply appreciate this complex man.
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Staying Power
Sep 8, 2003
I grieve that ex-Mormons have been treated like 'traitors to their faith.' I also grieve that many find leaving the only option.
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For the Strength of Youth
Apr 26, 2002
The LDS church could keep more of its young people if some of us adults grew up a little.
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Teaching Saintly Sex
Aug 28, 2001
Latter-day Saints face the challenge of devising sex ed courses that get specific while upholding chastity and fidelity.
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Mormon Kosher
Jun 15, 2001
Coffee is out, but what about decaf? The debate about which foods and drinks are allowed and which are prohibited continues.
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Converts to the Kingdom
Apr 10, 2001
What some converts to Mormonism love about their new setting--and miss about their old.
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Prayer Lingo
Jan 31, 2001
We're taught to shy away from 'vain repetition' when we pray, but sometimes a fixed liturgy is the most effective.
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Of Artists, Angels, and Me
Dec 13, 2000
The work of a master spurs an intense spiritual epiphany that focuses on a relationship with the ultimate Master.
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Do All Dogs Go to Heaven?
Sep 21, 2000
With deer hunting season approaching, the author muses on animals here and hereafter, with the help of Mormon doctrine
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Life in the Fast Lane
Jun 30, 2000
Not the quirky spiritual anorexia some might think, fasting can be a feast
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Cloning Zion
May 29, 2000
Splitting wards makes perfect sense, but it's still heartbreaking
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Hands Up!
Apr 16, 2000
Can we sustain each other with patience, forbearance, feedback, gratitude, and grace?
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Time To Get Relevant
Mar 17, 2000
For the LDS women's group, 'Homemaking Meetings' are now 'Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment Meetings'
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A Mormon Christmas
Dec 4, 1999
After I converted to Mormonism, would I have to give up beloved wintertime rituals?
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