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Mormon Newswire: Church to Combine Ex-Communication Vigils

Mormon Newswire: Church to Combine Ex-Communication Vigils

by Lori Burkman | Feb 10, 2016 | Featured | 6 comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have always been very proud of their children and family members as they progress through the gospel. In the past when the celebration of life events overshadowed the purpose of the step...
Mixed Messages and Missing Doctrine

Mixed Messages and Missing Doctrine

by Lori Burkman | Feb 9, 2015 | Featured, Homosexuality, Individuality, Revelation, Truth | 11 comments

This post was co-authored by Jake Abhau and Lori Burkman. After having many discussions on the current events and press conferences of late, we wanted to put our thoughts into an essay that describes the lack of clarity on so many things. Where did we come from? Who...
Disgracing God to Save a Prophet

Disgracing God to Save a Prophet

by Lori Burkman | Dec 19, 2014 | Featured, Lying, Polygamy, Sexual Abuse, Truth | 164 comments

After the explosion of polygamy news and dialogue that followed the most recent essays put out by the church, the most common thing I have seen said by members of the church defending the practice is 1: they have known this since they were very young (which usually is...
When Religion Creates Dragons

When Religion Creates Dragons

by Lori Burkman | Oct 17, 2014 | Featured, Homosexuality, Humanity, parenting, Sexuality | 32 comments

     Last February I wrote my first piece for Rational Faiths called When it Comes to Equality, Which Side of History Are You On? I have been very proud of my writing for Rational Faiths as a whole, but there’s something about that piece that makes it my...
24: Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Part 2

24: Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Part 2

by Lori Burkman | Sep 25, 2014 | Ask the Mormon Sex Therapist, Education, Featured, Podcast | 3 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/DoctorFifepart2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this episode of “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist”, Lori Burkman and Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong...
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