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Jan 4, 20235 min read
Is the 2023 CFM Manual Diverse and Inclusive?
It's a new year which for the Latter-day Saint Community means a new course of study and a new study manual. Well, in this case newish....
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estherhiilani
Jan 16, 20225 min read
Is the 2022 CFM Manual Diverse and Inclusive?
Hey, it’s me again, talking about the intersection of art, religion, gender, and race. Why is this a drum I beat so often? Because I...
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20217 min read
The Body of Christ: A conversation about and resources for addressing race in LDS art
By: Esther Hi’ilani Candari Esther is a lifelong member of the LDS church, an Asian-American, a fine artist, and an adjunct professor at...
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20218 min read
Christlike Love Is Not Blind
Buena Vista YSA 3rd Ward - October 29, 2017 Esther Hi’ilani Candari Shakespeare’s 116 sonnet states “Let me not to the marriage of true...
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20211 min read
Vulnerable: Solo Sculpture Exhibit
Video by Ben Whatcott on behalf of Ke Alaka'i at BYU- Hawai'i
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20211 min read
BFA Exhibit
Senior BFA exhibit at BYU- Hawai'i. Video by Ben Whatcott
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20216 min read
Why I Am Grateful I Graduated Without an Mrs. Degree
(Journal Entry) January 8, 2017 “Sometimes there are emotions and pains too sacred, too pure to describe. Innocent hopes that when...
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20215 min read
Divine Discontent
Aloha Brothers and Sisters, It is a common trope to begin a talk with some joke about receiving a call, often from an unknown number,...
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estherhiilani
May 18, 20214 min read
Why I Will Not Teach My Daughters To Be "Ladylike"
I was 13, I was sitting in the second row of Sunday school with a mix of 12-17yr olds, when I felt it again for the fifth time in as many...
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estherhiilani
May 18, 202111 min read
Swiped Off My Feet
All three of my most serious romantic relationships...and a plethora of other flings, friendships, and fiascos....were the result of the...
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estherhiilani
Mar 4, 20217 min read
Prayer: Coming to the Table With the Divine
Among the books beloved by American children for many decades is a piece titled “Are You My Mother” by illustrator and animator P.D....
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estherhiilani
Jun 20, 20205 min read
Bedtime Stories: My Dad is a Superhero
We had finished our chores early and my brothers and I had built the great and spacious building of blanket forts. My mother would...
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