Why I Haven’t Paid My Tithing This Month (Yet?)
When I was graduating from high school I applied to BYU. In the interview with my bishop (a BYU grad who met his wife there and whose children aspired to attend there), he asked why he should endorse me. We talked about my academic and other accomplishments before he...
99: John Gustav-Wrathall
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/99JohnGustavWrathal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSCome get to know John Gustav-Wrathall. He is currently the president of Affirmation which is a...The Truthfulness of Deutero-Isaiah: A Response to Kent Jackson (part 2)
Mormonism began as such a radical, non-traditional Christian movement, it’s strange now that evangelical scholars are showing Latter-day Saints how to appropriate critical scholarship; but they are. In recent years, many evangelical scholars (who have in the...The Truthfulness of Deutero-Isaiah: A Response to Kent Jackson (part 1)
Biblical scholarship can be an exciting, yet challenging pursuit for people of faith. For Latter-day Saints, the insights critical scholars have gained concerning the historical development of biblical sources can sometimes prove especially troubling—though as I...
Unendurable and Unmournable Lives
I heard a woman (I’ll call her Sarah) recently bear testimony about her “smart and intellectual” sister who has been inactive for a while. They had a recent talk about her sister’s concerns and later that night Sarah couldn’t go to bed because she was wrestling...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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