A Testimony
This was originally posted on Adrienne’s blog at http://agnosticmormonmom.blogspot.com/ I Bore My Testimony? By Adrienne Rivetti Jensen So, yesterday I bore my testimony at church for the first time in well over seven years. What compelled me to do such a...
My Daughters, Our Church
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: “…the benediction will then be given by Sister Jean Stevens, First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency…” My wife and I had told our eleven and seven year-old daughters that a woman would be praying...
On Two Commandments Hang the Law
The man speaking at the pulpit in sacrament meeting uses a phrase I haven’t heard before and I am instantly drawn in. Almost against my will, I am pulled toward an unexpected answer to every question I’ve ever had about who I am and who God intends me to be....
Worship
By Mike Barker I’ve had an idea bouncing around in my mind for quite a while now, unformed until recently. For me, this past Sunday was one of those days that you wish hadn’t happened. It was a horrible day. While the details aren’t important, it did cause...
“The Greatest Mormon Feminist Love Affair That Ever Existed”
By Garrett Hall “[I] don’t care what a [man’s] character is if he’s my friend.—a friend a true friend . . . I will be a friend to him[.] Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism.” Joseph Smith Over the last year I have really learned to treasure and...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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