Emily Geddes

Emily H. Geddes was born to two physicists and grew up as a Navy brat. Born-and-raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she holds a bachelor's degree in theatre from Brigham Young University, and earned an MBA from Eastern Washington University.

Ask a Mormon: What is temple prayer roll?

The “temple prayer roll” is a confidential running list of the names of people who are “sick or otherwise afflicted.”

Happy Birthday America, we can do better

As the first words of the Constitution indicate, this country is "We the People." Because I love my country, I want us to be better.

Ask A Mormon: What happens to someone after they’re excommunicated?

There are probably as many answers to that question as there are people who have been excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

2018 Spokane area Holy Week Listings

Below is a comprehensive list of Spokane area Holy Week and Easter services.

Why we should be troubled by Trump’s “shithole countries” comments

So, what can we do? First, go learn about some of these "shithole countries." How many can you find and name on a map? What do you know about their history, their people?

Ask A Mormon: Can you be baptized after death?

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, can you be baptized after death?

Ask A Mormon: Beliefs, practices after suicide

Today there is a much more compassionate understanding of the mental and emotional turmoil that would lead someone to take his or her own life and there are no restrictions on funerals for those died this way being held in LDS chapels nor are there any other arrangements that would set them apart from other funerals.

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