by J | May 25, 2016 | Apostasy, Church, Compassion, Disagreement, Faith Crisis, Featured |
Note: this post follows up on a previous post about how to respond when a friend or loved one struggles with their testimony and a related post from ldsmissionaries.com. I highly recommend both. It seems that just about everyone these days has a friend, a cousin, a...
by Jared Mooney | May 5, 2016 | Apostasy, Church, Compassion, Corporate Church, decisions, Disagreement, exclusion-policy, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, General authorities, Humanity, Immigration, Leadership, Mormonism, Policy |
I had a discussion with a friend and his wife a couple weeks ago about their situation living with his parents. My friend and his wife were both raised as Mormons, but in recent years have both suffered a faith crisis that eventually took them out of the church. His...
by James Patterson | Apr 30, 2016 | Apostasy, faith crisis, Featured, General authorities |
I had the unique opportunity of hearing Malcolm Gladwell speak in person a few weeks ago. I expected him to speak about outliers or perhaps tipping points, but instead he chose a topic that surprised me: rebellion. Why do people rebel? Many sociologists believe, as...
by Dr. LaShawn Williams | Dec 16, 2015 | Apostasy, Black Mormon History Month, decisions, Disagreement, Excommunication, faith crisis, Family, Featured, General Conference, History, Honesty, Humanity, Individuality, infallibility, Jesus Christ, LDS Missions, Racism, spirituality, Truth, Uncategorized, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
In October, I was on a panel about Black Women and Race in the LDS Church as part of the “Black White and Mormon” Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah the week after General Conference. After the panel, an audience member approached me because he knew my writing...
by Benjamin Knoll | Nov 7, 2015 | Apostasy, Featured, Homosexuality, News, Policy, Politics |
Much has already been written about the recent changes to LDS Handbook 1 that define entering into same-sex marriages as apostasy and preventing children in same-sex marriage families from being baptized and participating in other ordinances. I have little to add...
by Brian D. | Nov 6, 2015 | Apostasy, decisions, Featured, News, Podcast, Policy |
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/82NewChurchPolicy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSHave heard about the new policy designed to protect children and inspired by all the confusion...
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