by Jason L | Jun 15, 2016 | Featured, Interviews, Temple, Worthiness |
Before conducting my first baptismal interview on my mission, I sought the advice of my mission president. I knew what the right answers to the questions were but felt there must be something more to the interview – something ineffable that I was nonetheless...
by Jason L | May 19, 2016 | Corporate Church, Education, Featured |
When I was graduating from high school I applied to BYU. In the interview with my bishop (a BYU grad who met his wife there and whose children aspired to attend there), he asked why he should endorse me. We talked about my academic and other accomplishments before he...
by Jason L | Apr 21, 2016 | Church, Excommunication, Featured, Fellowship, ordinances |
In the LDS Church, we teach that excommunication encompasses two overlapping actions: removing people from the church community and severing their covenants. I believe that it is entirely appropriate for the Church to engage in the former (even if I don’t always agree...
by Jason L | Mar 29, 2016 | Featured, Goodness, Mormonism |
There is a belief within mystical forms of Judaism that there are 36 righteous people whose existence saves the world. Without these people – who remain unrecognized as they go about their goodness – the evil of the world would become so overwhelming that...
by Jason L | Mar 17, 2016 | Charity, Featured, Homosexuality, Jesus Christ, unity |
“The thing that sucks is that every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber, quoting her husband in Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint – – –...
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