First Vision Accounts – Almost a Good Thing
On November 22nd a link to a Church web page (here) appeared in my Facebook news feed that dealt with the First Vision accounts. What intrigued me was that the word account was plural. This was unusual for an official church publication. I quickly read the article and...
A Letter From Mother Teresa
One night while scanning Facebook, I happened to notice one of my friends posted a picture of a first edition Book of Mormon. Of course it peaked my interest on where he got his hands on this rare item. He explained to me that they have a family friend that owned a...
Season of Joy
Some time ago, my husband and I decided that we were going to introduce our children to Jewish culture by recognizing Jewish holidays in small ways. Not huge celebrations, but enough that they gain an understanding of Jewish culture and beliefs. My husband’s...
The Legend of By Common Consent
THE LEGEND OF BY COMMON CONSENT This is a a question and answer post with one of the administrators from the blog, By Common Consent Q: Why the blog? A: By Common Consent (BCC) initially started as a reactionary place because the existing blogs were full of staid...
War on Mammon
Merry Mammon Day!! You may not have heard it called by that name because it’s not “Politically Correct.” There seems to be a war on Mammon day here in America. It’s been under attack more and more over the years. It used to be that God stayed...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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