by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Oct 28, 2015 | Church History, Featured, Feminism, Gospel Topics, LDS Church History, New Testament, Priesthood |
On Friday, October 23, 2015, the Mormon internet world blew up with the release of two new Gospel Topic Essays. I will be addressing one aspect of the essay entitled, Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women. For a much more thorough and...
by Michelle Wiener | Oct 26, 2015 | Agency, Apostasy, Charity, Compassion, Faith, Faith Crisis, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Feminism, harmony, Heavenly Mother, Honesty, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lies, Mother in Heaven, parenting, prayer, Priesthood, prophecy, Radical Compassion, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, scripture, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, unity, Why I Am Mormon |
As I was reviewing the 1991 Ensign article “Daughters of God” by Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the First Presidency, I began to see a correlation between Hinckley’s prohibition against praying to our Mother in Heaven and the later call...
by Michelle Wiener | Sep 23, 2015 | Agency, Compassion, Faith, Featured, Feminism, Forgiveness, Heavenly Mother, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Mother in Heaven, New Testament, Priesthood, Relief Society, Revelation, Savior, spirituality, Symbolism, The Holy ghost, Theology, Truth, Why I Am Mormon |
With today being Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in the Hebrew calendar, I would like to reflect on a very sacred experience that I had, and one that is very unique within Mormonism, although I was actually not yet a member of the Church when I had this...
by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Aug 30, 2015 | Book Reviews, Church History, Featured, Modesty, Priesthood, Racism, Revelation |
by Mike Barker Ah, yes. Race. We’ve all heard the aphorism, “Two things you never want to discuss are religion and politics.” For many whites, we want to add a third thing, “Don’t talk about issues of race.” But to be honest, we...
by Jared Mooney | Aug 10, 2015 | Apostasy, Faith Crisis, Featured, General authorities, Gospel Topics, Homosexuality, Mormonism, Priesthood, Racism, Revelation, spirituality |
A couple of weeks ago when “the letter” was read in our ward, we stood up and walked out. We weren’t grandstanding or trying to cause trouble. But we are LGBT friends and allies, and having already read the letter, we knew it only served the cause of...
by Dr. LaShawn Williams | Jul 23, 2015 | Agency, Family, Family History, Featured, parenting, Priesthood, Racism, Sexuality, spirituality, Truth, Uncategorized |
In preparation for the 2nd annual Mormon Mental Health Conference (July 29, 2015), I’ve been reflecting on my work as a therapist within Mormon culture as I’m sure are many of my colleagues who will be presenting to other mental health professionals at...
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