Being Courted Out of Mormonism; The Big Tent is Shrinking
On the evening of December 12th, 2013, my Bishop and his First Counselor came to my house and told me that they had set a date the following week for an official disciplinary council, the first step toward excommunication, for my advocating for the equality for women...
The Great Divide: Why critical evaluation of church leader statements can make you more compassionate and closer to God
The Great Divide Why critical evaluation of church leader statements can make you more compassionate and closer to God Hello, my name is Carson and I criticize church leaders… In my experience there is no other subject that will divide modern members of the LDS...
Converts and Pioneers
I study stories. Particularly, I study the ways people tell stories in order to make sense of who they are and where they fit in this world. The stories we tell ourselves and others are powerful forces in our lives, and I love digging into exactly how people do it....
Balancing the Scales of Obedience and Free Thought: A Reminder and a Call
This is a call to balance the scales of obedience and free thought in our religious community. Recently, I listened to an intelligent discussion on the Mormon Matters podcast on the topic of Wrestling with Prophets and Scripture. I highly recommend the podcast in that...
SPEAKING CONFIDENTLY OF MOTHERHOOD MEMES
SPEAKING CONFIDENTLY OF MOTHERHOOD MEMES by Gina Colvin NOTE: This post originally appeared yesterday on Gina Colvin’s blog, Kiwi Mormon. Click Here to visit her blog. This week some geniuses from the LDS.org meme department published advice to women about...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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