by Jacob Baker | Jan 16, 2017 | Corporate Church, Featured |
While there are several troubling things about the recent GA stipend issue, I think what is most tiresome for me is the feeling of constantly being left out in the cold when it comes to controversies that church leaders refuse to comment on, or send Newsroom cronies...
by Azul Uribe | Sep 13, 2016 | Activism, Compassion, Corporate Church, exclusion-policy, Family, Featured, Humanity, Jesus, LGBTQ, Policy, Politics, Polygamy, Youth |
The above picture was taken this past weekend in Mexico- in one of the 100 marches that took place across the country to defend “traditional families.” This (approximately) 12-year-old boy went and stood there against an entire cavalcade and personification of this...
by Michelle Wiener | Jul 27, 2016 | Activism, Apostasy, Corporate Church, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, Ordain Women, Worthiness |
A couple years ago, I began assisting as a moderator for the Finding Heavenly Mother Project, a Facebook group devoted to seeking out Heavenly Mother. It was an honor to have this special “calling” extended to me by my friend who founded the group. Over time, however,...
by Jared Mooney | Jul 7, 2016 | Church History, Corporate Church, decisions, Disagreement, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Featured, Individuality, Mormonism, spirituality |
Those who have followed my posts here might know that I have had the benefit of a long and slow faith crisis… spread out over 20 years, since the beginning of High School to my recent decision to stop participating in the church for the foreseeable future....
by Michelle Wiener | Jun 22, 2016 | Agency, Apologetics, Corporate Church, faith crisis, Faith Crisis, Featured, Mormonism, Why I Am Mormon |
For this post, I decided to ask myself a rather difficult question. So, why do I, as a convert, remain LDS despite my struggles with certain aspects of Mormonism? As it turns out, I have some good reasons, and the positive far outweighs the negative. Here are my...
by Michelle Wiener | May 23, 2016 | Activism, Agency, Church, Corporate Church, covenants, Disagreement, faith crisis, Featured, Feminism, Heavenly Mother, Leadership, Mother in Heaven, Priesthood, Relief Society, restoration, spirituality, Temple, Worthiness |
Recently, I got called “Pastor” at work, and since I teach religious studies at the local community college, it makes perfect sense. Sadly, I had to correct my colleague and explain to him that women in my denomination cannot be ordained, but I thanked him for the...
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