by Leah Marie | Aug 4, 2017 | Empowerment, Featured, Feminism, Mormonism |
This is about my birthright. This is about my potential. This is about what I was made for. This is about what I gave away when I was convinced it wasn’t worth anything. I grew up knowing I was meant for one thing. I was called to the highest, holiest, most noble...
by Michelle Wiener | Jul 26, 2017 | Agency, Apologetics, Church History, Education, Faith, faith crisis, Featured, harmony, Heavenly Mother, History, Honesty, Humanity, Mother in Heaven, Natural Theology, Potential, Theology |
Sometimes in your studies, you run across pleasant surprises. Recently this happened to me. As I was studying medieval church history, I ran across the name Boethius. I learned that Boethius was a powerful influence on the scholastic movement with writers like Thomas...
by Blaire Ostler | Jul 18, 2017 | Featured, Feminism, Orthopraxy, Porn Shoulders |
I often hear people talk about widening the canopy of Mormonism to be more inclusive of various interpretations, orthodoxy, and orthopraxy, similar to Catholicism. I’m highly in favor of such aspirations, particularly with regard to orthopraxy. While I stopped wearing...
by Jon Ogden | Jul 14, 2017 | Featured, Homosexuality, Racism, scripture |
The other day I was listening to a podcast about Mormonism when the host made the claim that it doesn’t matter whether the Church’s claims are true and that instead what matters is whether Mormonism is beautiful and good. It’s a viewpoint I’ve encountered many times...
by Sheldon Greaves | Jul 14, 2017 | Atonement, Bible Scholarship, Church, Education, Featured, Forgiveness, Homosexuality, Institute, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Natural Theology, New Testament, Savior, scripture, scripture translation, Seminary, Sunday School, Sunday School, The CES Podcast (for the rest of us) |
https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tcs37l//173CES_NT_2017_41.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhat did Paul tell the Romans about men who have sex with men and women who have sex with women? When did...
by Leah Marie | Jul 7, 2017 | Activism, Featured, Feminism, Ordain Women, Priesthood |
In the years that I have been engaged in openly and publicly advocating for female ordination in the LDS church, one of the most common responses from men and women in the church comes along the lines of, “if you want extra meetings on Sundays, I’d gladly trade you,”...
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