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Christ Kept His Scars–And We Can Too

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Apr 12, 2020 | Activism, Atonement, Body of Christ, Compassion, decisions, Empowerment, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Forgiveness, forgiveness, abuse, trauma, boundaries, safety, healing, peace, Goodness, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Potential, Savior, scripture, spiritual abuse, spirituality, Theology, Truth, Worthiness | 5 comments

“How beautiful you are he said a tapestry of scars.” -Atticus When I was in college, I flew home for the summer. I packed up everything I owned into my luggage and when I arrived at the airport, my bag was over the weight requirements, forcing me to remove...

We Like Our Heaven Better

by Lesley A. Butterfield | Apr 7, 2019 | Activism, Agency, Apostasy, Authority, Belief, Body of Christ, Charity, Church, Compassion, covenants, decisions, Empowerment, eternal progression, faith crisis, Family, Featured, Fellowship, General authorities, General Conference, God, Goddess, Goodness, Humanity, Individuality, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Ordain Women, ordinances, parenting, Policy, Prophets, Radical Compassion, Religion, Righteousness, Savior, scripture, spiritual abuse, Spiritual Experiences, spirituality, the Spirit World, Theology, Theology, Truth, Why I Am Mormon, Youth | 14 comments

I have a family. We are a family. I bore these children, made from my own flesh and blood. I labor for them. I love them. I nursed them. I nourish them. But, when I listened to President’s Nelson’s talk on the Sunday Morning Session of General Conference,...

Ecstatics, Diviners, and Prophets: The Weird and Wild Old Testament Podcast (episode 28; 323)

by Sheldon Greaves | Dec 4, 2018 | Bible Scholarship, Education, Featured, Institute, Leadership, Old Testament, Priesthood, prophecy, Seminary, Sunday School, Sunday School, The Weird and Wild Old Testament, Theology | 0 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/323_WWOT_28.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSHow does the modern Mormon idea of a “prophet” line up with how the Old Testament sees...

For Time and All Eternity

by Blaire Ostler | Oct 22, 2018 | Exculion-policy, Family, Featured, Hell, heterosexism, Homosexuality, LGBTQ, Policy, Temple, Theology, Theology, Theosis | 3 comments

I love my Latter-day Saint family and friends, immensely. I love our common theology, Mormonism. Not only that, I believe it. I want to build Zion with them. I want celestial glory as an eternal family with them. I want to participate in theosis with them. I want to...

The Weird and Wild Old Testament Podcast: SACRIFICE, SIN, & THE COMSIC ORDER (episode 18; 290)

by Sheldon Greaves | Sep 24, 2018 | Bible Scholarship, Education, Featured, History, Institute, Jesus Christ, Old Testament, ordinances, prophecy, scripture, scripture translation, Seminary, Sunday School, Sunday School, Symbolism, Temple, The Weird and Wild Old Testament, Theology, Theology | 0 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l/290_WWOT_18.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Was animal-temple sacrifice an attempt to limit the amount of animals being killed? Is there a difference...

God’s Gender Identity Crisis

by Michelle Wiener | Jul 25, 2018 | Church, Empowerment, eternal progression, faith crisis, Featured, Fellowship, Feminism, gender, God, Goddess, Heavenly Mother, Heavenly Mother, Mother in Heaven, Patriarchy, Theology | 2 comments

Recently it was announced in a news report that the Episcopal Church is considering going gender-neutral when it comes to God. A committee was formed to review the best way to amend the Book of Common Prayer, removing any exclusively male language from the text, both...

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