by Lesley A. Butterfield | Jun 16, 2022 | Belief, Church History, Church Policy, Featured, forgiveness, abuse, trauma, boundaries, safety, healing, peace, History, LDS Church History, Mental Health, Modesty, Patriarchy, Plural Marriage, sexism, spiritual abuse, Temple |
Watching the hit series, Under the Banner of Heaven, take liberties to correlate pervasive domestic abuse with uniquely Mormon religious beliefs has seemed to strike an unexpected chord with society at large. Except it’s not unexpected at all—at least not for those...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Dec 13, 2018 | Activism, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Christmas, Church History, Compassion, decisions, Empowerment, exclusion-policy, Exculion-policy, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Goodness, History, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judgement, LGBTQ, Mental Health, ordinances, Policy, racism, Radical Compassion, Righteousness, Savior, Service, spiritual abuse, spirituality, unity, Word of Wisdom, Word of Wisdom |
My arms ached. My back would feel it tomorrow. My fingers frozen from the nip of the wind. Tears welled in my eyes as I began to feel sorry for myself and the pathetic situation I was in. Again. As a single mother, snowfall doesn’t mean hot cocoa, snowmen, and...
by Lesley A. Butterfield | Nov 7, 2018 | Activism, Authority, Church History, Corporate Church, Empowerment, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, General authorities, Humanity, Individuality, infallibility, Interviews, Judgement, LGBTQ, Lying, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mormon Women Speak Podcast, Obedience, Patriarchy, Policy, sexism, Sexual Abuse, spiritual abuse, spirituality, Truth, unity |
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3zprmk/314_Mormon_2Women_MaleMeToo_15.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhat is the perspective from a male survivor within the Mormon Me Too movement? Have they...
by Benjamin Knoll | Oct 4, 2018 | Church History, Featured, LDS Church History, restoration |
In rural Bourbon County, Kentucky stands the Cane Ridge Meeting House where Presbyterian minister Barton W. Stone preached from 1796-1812. A key site in the development of the Second Great Awakening, a massive religious revival took place here in 1801 where attendees...
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 |
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...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 12, 2017 | Charity, Church History, Compassion, Faith, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Honesty |
The following is adapted from a talk prepared for a Stake Conference meeting two years ago in the United States. It was delivered by one of my good friends who was generous to share her experience (names and other personal information have been changed). While my...
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