Carol Lynn Pearson: Good-bye, I Love You
Goodbye, I Love You tells the true story of a wife and mother whose husband admits to a homosexual lifestyle that eventually dissolves their marriage. Though she doesn’t understand it, she finally accepts it and continues to love and support him. Carol Lynn Pearson is...
Pure Religion – Hurricane Sandy
Mormon Helping Hands :: Hurricane Sandy :: Rockaways, NY from Joshua Brown. Film Description: "Thousands of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continue to volunteer to assist in the recovery efforts within these communities. On Sunday, November...
The Complicated Issue of Inoculation
On August 22 of this year, we posted a talk that my bishop here in Medford, Oregon gave the previous Sunday. It has been one of our most viewed posts. People loved it. If you haven't read the talk, click here. The discussion that followed seemed to surround the...
Book of Mormon Lesson 42: 3 Nephi 27-30; 4 Nephi
"This Is My Gospel" Jesus Instructs the Twelve Disciples: 3 Nephi 27:1-28:12 Jesus Appears to the Twelve and Names His Church: 3 Nephi 27:1-12 Click here to listen to Jared Anderson's podcast for this lesson and to read his notes. In 3 Nephi 26:13 we learn that...
Rational Faiths to appear on Mormon Times
Just a quick note to let you know of some new things coming up. I was contacted by the Givens' publicist to do an interview on how the book "The God Who Weeps" has helped me and my doubts. I gladly said yes, especially when I learned that the Terryl and Fiona Givens...
Know Your Religion, Don’t Show It
This post breaches a sensitive topic among Latter-day Saints. I will openly discuss the LDS garment, hopefully in a respectful way. This post spawned from a recent, lengthy discussion that I had with my wife. If you choose to continue reading, please do so with an...
Revelation Bias Fair & Balanced Part 6c: The Temple
In Part 6c of this series on revelation we will continue to closely examine the evolution of the LDS temple worship. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). And if you haven’t read...
“White and Delightsome”: Racism in the Book of Mormon
The Nephite Racism Towards the Lamanites Last week we had a reader write in asking for an explanation regarding the meaning of the wording in the chapter heading of 3 Nephi chapter 2: "Converted Lamanites become white and are called Nephites." Following is my...
Book of Mormon Lesson 41: 3 Nephi 22-26
"HE DID EXPOUND ALL THINGS UNTO THEM" Click here to listen to Jared Anderson' podcast that goes over this lesson. Jesus Quotes Isaiah 54:1-17: 3 Nephi 22:1-17 "Although Mormon, as narrator, never inserts scriptural passages he does recount how Jesus quoted Isaiah,...
Revelation Bias…Fair and Balanced Part 6b: The Temple
In Part 6b of this series on revelation we will closely examine the evolution of the LDS temple worship. If you have not read Part 1 of this revelation series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). And if you haven’t read...
Q&A with Terryl and Fiona Givens
This past Friday our blog was contacted to participate in a Q&A session with the Givens to discuss their new book, "The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life." It was an amazing experience. We gathered at the corporate offices of Deseret Book around a...
Book of Mormon Lesson 40: 3 Nephi 16; 20-21
"THEN WILL I GATHER THEM IN" I got invited to be on Jared Anderson's podcast that goes over this lesson. Click here to listen to me being an idiot and embarrassing myself and my friends while also listening to some other very smart and articulate Mormons. ...
Revelation Bias… Fair and Balanced Part 6a: The Temple
In Part 6a of this series on revelation, we will closely examine the evolution of the LDS temple rites. If you have not read Part 1 of the revelation series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). There are countless books...
Book of Mormon Lesson 39: 3 Nephi 16-19
"Behold, My Joy is Full" Click here to listen to Jared Anderson's podcast on this lesson and to read his lesson notes. First of all, why do you think chapter 16 is not included in Lesson 39? I will review chapter 16 here and then again in Lesson 40 "Reading Jesus'...
Carol Lynn Pearson: Beginnings
Carol Lynn Pearson stated that it was her husband’s determination that laid the foundation of her career. He loved her poems, and took them to various publishers only to be told “poetry doesn’t sell.” Borrowing money, her husband Gerald published two thousand copies...
The Church vs City Creek
At the end of July my brother came out to Utah to visit as he does every year. While he was in Salt Lake City he visited some church museums and also stopped to check out the famous church-owned City Creek Mall. He came across this little gem - see picture below -...
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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