The Old Ladies Who Taught Me the Gospel
I never quite appreciated the older members of the wards I had attended as a child or a teen. I started graduate school a few years ago and we were placed in a student ward with both young single adults and married couples still attending school. The lack of older...![40: “Seek ye out of the best [podcasts]”: Charity 101](https://RationalFaiths.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Grandmother-Grandchildren.jpg)
40: “Seek ye out of the best [podcasts]”: Charity 101
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/40Charity101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSStarting on Oct 21, 2014 the group of Rational Faiths bloggers initiated a fundraising effort for the...
Christ is Not Leading a Petty Church
There is a common cautionary tale I hear retold within Mormon circles. This tale goes something like this: Once upon a time the LDS Church was going to do something progressive, and amazing. However, these measures were abandoned when some person or group (often...
Revisiting “Why America May Go to Hell”
Admittedly, I wasn’t surprised at the non-indictment of Darren Wilson. Governor Jay Nixon had issued a ‘State of Emergency’ prior to Monday’s decision which surely indicated that the response would be heavy. There was no relief found among the images of the National...
I Love You
Last week my wife and I were driving past a motel in the dead of night. The temperature was below freezing. We saw a young mother walking along the side of the road with her toddler son, they had no stroller, they were just walking. Neither of them was wearing coats;...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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