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We Like Our Heaven Better

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Apr 7, 2019 | Activism, Agency, Apostasy, Authority, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Church, Compassion, covenants, decisions, Empowerment, eternal progression, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, General authorities, General Conference, God, Goddess, Goodness, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Ordain Women, ordinances, parenting, Policy, Prophets, Radical Compassion, Religion, Righteousness, Savior, scripture, spiritual abuse, Spiritual Experiences, spirituality, the Spirit World, Theology, Theology, Truth, Why I Am Mormon, Youth | 14 comments

I have a family. We are a family. I bore these children, made from my own flesh and blood. I labor for them. I love them. I nursed them. I nourish them. But, when I listened to President’s Nelson’s talk on the Sunday Morning Session of General Conference,...

Are The Temple Changes Good? Mormon Women Speak (Episode 19, 342)

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Jan 10, 2019 | Activism, Apostasy, Authority, Compassion, covenants, Disagreement, Empowerment, eternal progression, faith crisis, Featured, gender, History, Humanity, LDS Church History, Obedience, Ordain Women, ordinances, Patriarchy, Plural Marriage, Policy, Polygamy, polygamy, Priesthood, Prophets, Racism, Revelation, sexism, spiritual abuse, Temple, Temple Recommend | 4 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l//342_Are_The_Endowment_Chaanges_Good_19.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSAre the recent temple changes good? What has the response been from the Mormon...

Religious pluralism and apostasy: what counts as “formally joining another church and advocating its teachings”?

by Benjamin Knoll | Nov 28, 2018 | Apostasy, Excommunication, Featured | 5 comments

[ Image credit ] The LDS Church Handbook of Instructions defines “apostasy” to refer to members who: Repeatedly act in clear, open, and deliberate public opposition to the Church or its leaders. Persist in teaching as Church doctrine information that is not...

The Mormon Women Speak Podcast: The Erasure of Black Women in Sam Young’s Movement? Plus “The Hushed Ones” Documentary (Episode 10; 294)

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Sep 26, 2018 | Activism, Apostasy, Authority, Church History, Corporate Church, decisions, Disagreement, Empowerment, Excommunication, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, General authorities, Humanity, Individuality, Interviews, Joseph Smith, LDS Church History, Leadership, Mental Health, Mormon Women Speak Podcast, Obedience, Ordain Women, Patriarchy, Podcast, Policy, Politics, Priesthood, prophecy, Racism, racism, Revelation, sexism, Sexual Abuse, spiritual abuse, spirituality, unity, Worthiness, Youth | 3 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/294-Mormon_Women_Speak_Poidcast_Sam_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhy are People of Color absent from progressive Mormon movements like Protect LDS...

Thoughts on Sam Young, Excommunication, and Responding to Internal Dissent

by Benjamin Knoll | Sep 20, 2018 | Activism, Apostasy, Corporate Church, Excommunication | 6 comments

This past week Sam Young announced that he had been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for his aggressive advocacy to change the youth interview process. In Sam Young’s excommunication letter, he was informed by his Stake...

Like a Thief in the Night….

by Michelle Wiener | Jun 27, 2018 | Activism, Apostasy, Bible Scholarship, Empowerment, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Judgement, prophecy, Revelation, Savior, spiritual abuse, Theology | 7 comments

Congratulations, folks! We just survived yet, another rapture prediction. I have to say; I’m not quite so sure why “summer solstice” would usher in the endtimes….but whatever. This is nothing new to me. When I was in sixth grade, my parents decided it was time...

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