It sounds so zen: losing my pants helped me find myself.
I felt guilty, zipped snug inside my tent wearing a short thin nightgown, with the lack of covering for my bottom half bringing such a reprieve. You see, due to a forgotten suitcase and an incident with the lake and a zip-line, the one pair of jeans I’d brought to girls’...
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From time to time, the LDS church has issued belief statements on various topics, most notably in recent memory, The Family: A Proclamation to the World and The Living Christ. A couple of years ago, I realized that a belief statement on the nature and attributes of God was conspicuously missing from the line-up and I began to...
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The Inclusivity of Mormon Weddings: A Prayer for Change
by Michael Barker
I consider myself well-read in regards to Mormon thought, theology, and history. Yet, as embarrassed as I am to say, it was not until last year that I realized that the majority of the countries where our Church is established, the temple sealing is a separate...
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I have family and friends that are either in the midst of a faith crisis or have passed through their crisis and now find themselves outside of the Church. As I have spoken with them and listened to others’ stories about their faith transitions, I have taken mental notes of what seems to help and what doesn’t help....
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Before we get to the letter:
And it came to pass that the internet was born, and over time, blogs sprung forth.
Without these blogs, one could feel very alone in their Mormon struggle and desire for acceptance.
I suppose the “fish out of water” analogy would apply here. Blogs like Rational Faiths provide a fishbowl for the...
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In 1968 I immigrated to Canada from England where I had joined the LDS Church the previous year. I was 24 years old and so completely enamored by the idea of being with the Saints in North America that I left my parents and family, taking my two little boys I joined my husband in Ontario. I thought that I could learn how to be a...
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There seems to be a pervasive theme among the Mormon culture. It is not overtly outspoken (I think because there is no way to say it without really sounding like a jerk), but it is there in the underbelly of many Gospel Doctrine classes. The idea is that Mormons have the monopoly on righteousness, on truth, on access to...
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I’ve been absent for some time from general activity on the bloggernacle, and I’ve missed it. I’m currently in the middle of wrapping up my PhD and there is more to do than there is time in the day. I’m just holding my breath, hoping to make it through soon and participate more in the online Mormon realm.
My...
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There is a definite trend within Mormon culture to sort of offer your Mormon-CV every time you meet a new Mormon. This of course becomes even more necessary for some reason when defending one’s self against accusations of apostasy or outright devilry. There is so much Bishop-on-Bishop word crime in these situations one would...
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by Patty Williams
When I was growing up, we seldom went to church. On the rare occasion that we did go, I would sit and watch my dad twiddle his thumbs. Dad came from an LDS family, but had long ago decided that he didn’t have time for all “the meetin’s”. When asked if he would come and help with the ground breaking for...
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