by Lori Burkman | Sep 19, 2014 | Agency, Faith, Featured, Individuality, Priesthood, Revelation |
I’ll start out by saying that I’m a skeptic. The combination of my skepticism, an in-depth study of the restoration, a disillusionment with the current practices of LDS.inc, and an exacting application of Occam’s Razor resulted in the ultimate demise...
by Lori Burkman | Aug 17, 2014 | Faith Crisis, Humanity, Interviews, Podcast |
http://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/faithtransitions1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSFaith is hard and sometimes it fails us or we fail it, I’m not sure which. Stories of undergoing...
by Lori Burkman | Aug 15, 2014 | Faith Crisis, Featured, Individuality, Truth |
When aspects of the gospel don’t quite sit right or don’t fit into the church’s prescribed sphere of faith-promoting answers, it is a common practice in Mormonism to distance one’s self from such issues if they can’t be resolved. This is...
by Lori Burkman | Jun 30, 2014 | Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty, Sunday School, Uncategorized |
This essay is a response to the First Presidency’s recent statements that encourage open discussion of hard questions at church. It is co-written by Jenn Kunz and Lori Burkman; two sisters who grew up as faithful Mormons in a literal-believing family. Upon...
by Lori Burkman | Jun 12, 2014 | Compassion, Faith Crisis, Featured, Feminism, Honesty, Individuality, Uncategorized |
On the evening of December 12th, 2013, my Bishop and his First Counselor came to my house and told me that they had set a date the following week for an official disciplinary council, the first step toward excommunication, for my advocating for the equality for women...
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