The Church’s Republican Problem
The Church is headquartered in a nation that is becoming more and more divided along political partisan lines. Party tribalism is strong in this country. Just this past year a Pew research study found 91 percent of Republicans view the Democratic Party unfavorably,...
Being Mormon, Lesbian, and In Love…
As I sit in Fast and Testimony meeting this morning I hear one man speak of families. He expresses the immense joy he feels in his life because he has a wife and family. He says he has recently been wondering why families are so important to our Heavenly Father that...
125: THE CES PODCAST, EPISODE 18: ACTS 17-19
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l//125CES_NT_2016_18.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWas Jesus wife’s name Resurrection? What kind of authority did women such as Lydia and Priscilla...
THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR AND MY EUROPEAN MORMON TRADITION
“Like one who seeks to warn the city of an impending flood, but speaks another language. They do not understand him… “So do we come forward and report that evil has been done us.” Excerpted from Poems [1913-1956] /Bertolt Brecht, ed. by John Willett and Ralph...
Found Among the Wise Women
Recently a Facebook meme caught my attention. You may have even seen it yourself. It said… Three Wise Women would have asked for directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, brought practical gifts, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, and there would be...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.
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