A scholar’s ‘love letter’ to wonderfully imperfect, struggling — but still striving — Latter-day Saints

Author Melissa Inouye says members “can breathe a sigh of relief that we don’t look perfect, because that means that we have real communities with real people” trying to love others as God does.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Attendees gather at the Conference Center before General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Scholar Melissa Inouye sees her new book as a "love letter" to Latter-day Saints.