Mette Harrison

Everything I need to know, I learned in Mormon nursery

By Jana Riess — April 14, 2015
Popcorn's popping on the apricot tree, and 11 other lessons that bestselling novelist Mette Ivie Harrison learned in Mormon nursery. (My favorite: church lessons can be short. Also, let's start using Playdough in Gospel Doctrine class. Please?)

If you don’t like Mormonism, why don’t you leave?

By Jana Riess — March 27, 2015
People often ask Mormon novelist Mette Harrison why she sticks with the LDS Church even if she has some problems with it. "I believe in the principle of conversation and compromise," she says.

Mormon novelist Mette Harrison says her visiting teacher may have saved her life

By Jana Riess — March 12, 2015
"I don’t know if my visiting teacher literally saved my life, but she very well may have," says novelist Mette Ivie Harrison. Now, she gets to return the favor.

Mormon feminist explores gender roles in new mystery novel

By Jana Riess — December 30, 2014
"The structure of patriarchy—and this is not unique to Mormonism at all—tells men that it’s appropriate for them to wield power over women," says mystery novelist Mette Harrison. "This can lead to abuse over and over again."

Mormons don’t know everything, says Mette Harrison

By Jana Riess — December 3, 2014
"It is one thing to believe that Mormonism is the right church for you," says guest blogger Mette Harrison. "But I find it arrogant to say that this is the 'one true church.'”
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