Setting the Record Straight Regarding BYU Beverage Revelation
It has come to our attention that questions have arisen regarding Brigham Young University’s recent announcement about caffeinated sugar beverages. These sincere concerns from well-meaning persons, as well as the ensuing gotcha journalism attempting to distort them,...
Compassion Fatigue, Race and More with Miguel Barker-Valdez & Natasha Helfer Parker Part 1(177)
Trigger Warning: In this episode we discuss a motorcycle accident in detail. Natasha Helfer Parker (Mormon Mental Health Podcast) interviews Miguel Barker-Valdez, one of the founders of Rational Faiths mainly about the concepts of compassion fatigue and vicarious...
For the Love, Loathing and Laughter of the Temple Endowment
The LDS Temple Endowment is an extraordinary thing. It is central to a mature Mormon’s religious life, but if you ask one simply to explain what it is most of us will struggle to come up with a coherent response. What even is this thing?! A series of covenants? A...
176: The CES Podcast, episode 42: Romans 7-9
Why is Romans so dang confusing? What did Paul think about Jews who did not accept The Gospel message? What would Paul have thought of Calvinism? All these questions and more are answered on this podcast episode which covers Romans 7-9. If you would like to email Dr....
Rocky Mountain Low
175: The CES Podcast, episode 41: Romans 3-6
What relationship does Donald Trump's tweets have with Paul's epistle to the Romans? Why is Romans so dang confusing? What is one interpretive lens through which to understand Paul's epistle to the Romans? What was the reformer's, Martin Luther, relationship with...
Return or Renewal
By now, Facebook loiterers and magazine subscribers will have all read the LDSLiving article on Thomas Wirthlin McConkie's journey back to the church. Writer Katie Lambert draws from McConkie’s May 22 interview with KUER's Radiowest to describe McConkie’s search for...
174: Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Part 20
Interviews with LDS Relationship and Sexuality Counselor Dr. Finlayson-Fife Here in the 20th installment of the “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist” series Jennifer responds to three new questions. One question is about garments and intimacy, another asks about the difficulty...
LDS Women Scholars to Address Important Topics at Colorado Symposium
In 2016, Colorado Faith Forums was created to provide a platform for members of the LDS Church in Colorado to engage in thoughtful discussion of Mormon history, art, theology, and culture. In the spirit of Sunstone, the Mormon History Association, the Miller-Eccles...
A Divinely Gay Mission
Can a gay and active Mormon have a divine mission? I went through a time in my life at one point where I wasn't exactly sure. But I've come to very firmly believe that the answer to that question is yes!— a very meaningful mission that pleases our Heavenly Parents....
Prayers to Mrs. God
In October 1991, Gordon B. Hinckley, then First Counselor in the LDS First Presidency, delivered a General Women’s Meeting talk entitled “Daughters of God” in which he made the following declaration, “’However, in light of the instruction we have received from the...
The Book of Mormon’s Racial Legacy
(Author's Note: This was a tough post to write and I expect a tough post to read. Please read carefully for what I am and am not saying before commenting. I think we can have a productive conversation, but only if we're committed to doing so.) Before we dive into this...
RACISM IN THE BOOK OF MORMON – YEP, IT’S THERE
*Note: This essay draws heavily from the work of Dr. Armand Mauss', All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage. For the sake of flow, I will not be footnoting nor putting quotation marks when I am using Dr. Mauss' work or his thoughts;...
Facing Our Racial History
As the events of Charlottesville made clear, the United States has a long way to go in addressing its racial history. The same is true for our Church. The initial official statement by the Church was, well, a bit tepid. It condemned violence. It also quoted a...
Racism vs Masturbation
The Enemy
We are culturally conditioned to be racist before we even know the word. We are culturally conditioned to be sexist regardless of gender identity. We are culturally conditioned to be heterosexist before we have a sexual identity. These ideas cannot be changed without...
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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