The tortured soul
My name is Jeremy Timothy and I suffer from depression. It’s taken me a while to get to where I can say that easily. I blogged my experience years ago when the pain was all very fresh here, here, here and here. I had some friends and family who felt...
Gospel Truth in Les Miserables, Pt.I-Fantine
This is part I of a II part series. Part II will publish on 9/25/2013, and will focus on the life of Jean. Today, I am concerned with the life of Fantine though. For those who have not seen Les Miserables (either the musical or the movie) I will offer very little back...
U2 and Mormonism
I have always loved U2. I think pretty much everyone has a favorite U2 song. Even though the song “With or Without You” was played at every tri-stake dance when I was a teenager, I didn’t have a real connection with U2 until I began studying about...
Knowable vs. Unknowable God
By Liz Oppelt As a Mormon, I was always taught that the concept of the Trinity was an apostate concept, and that we had greater knowledge because we knew that the Godhead were three separate individuals. In doing some research, I’ve found that this has been taught...
“Take, eat, this is my body.”
I saw an indelible image in a BYU Photography exhibit in the Harris Fine Arts Center in late 2003. The theme of the exhibition was modern idolatry and the piece was called “See that you do not take these things lightly.” I have tried in vain to find it for...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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