Roger Pimentel: From the Overflow

LDS worthiness culture and the sexualization of women's bodies

Adult topics ahead, but not avoiding them is the point.

Jul 25 • Roger Pimentel

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June 2026

Faith doesn't grow the same way in everyone, and that's by design

It can be scary when someone's faith starts to look different. But sometimes that's exactly what keeps their faith alive.

Jun 27 • Roger Pimentel

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May 2026

How the meaning of the atonement shifts, with an evolving faith

I understood the atonement of Jesus Christ pretty well for many years. And I know a lot less now than I used to.

May 3 • Roger Pimentel

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April 2026

Platitudes Fail

A Latter-day Saint Woman’s Experience On Why Words Alone Are Not Enough

Apr 4 • Anne Pimentel

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March 2026

The blurry line between spiritual and administrative authority in the Church

Church leaders are sustained a prophets, seers, and revelators. But they're also administrative leaders, and that's a very different thing.

Mar 24 • Roger Pimentel

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Biblical inerrancy is one thing, Book of Mormon inerrancy is another

Any time human beings are involved, it's going to be a little messy.

Mar 1 • Roger Pimentel

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January 2026

A prophet is a prophet only when he is acting as such

Prophets say a lot of things. And the challenge is knowing when they're speaking for God, or when they're giving their own ideas and opinions.

Jan 24 • Roger Pimentel

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Seeing all the beauty in the broken glass (+ other updates)

So many of us feel like we're different from others at Church. And actually, that's beautiful.

Jan 21 • Roger Pimentel

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November 2025

How people like me want to be treated at church

An explanation you can send to your bishop or Relief Society president.

Nov 21, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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October 2025

You can't earn God's love, because you can't earn what you already have

The thing I needed most, growing up in the Church, was a hug.

Oct 12, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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The Parable of the Talents isn't about talents

Maybe it's not about playing the piano. Maybe it's about our relationship with God.

Oct 1, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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September 2025

The Sanctuary of Belonging

We belong to many things.

Published on Wayfare • Sep 21, 2025