Faith Crisis via Elder Andersen
General Conference is an important semi-annual event in the lives of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a time that we hope our revered church leaders will provide us with edifying messages that will uplift and sustain us in the coming...
How I Stopped Doubting – Does Elder Andersen’s Advice Work?
Doubts and Faith Crises A faith crisis in Mormonism is often caused by doubts in doctrine, practice, or history of the Church. Doubts come when new information conflicts with our prior beliefs about the Church. How do we overcome these doubts? One example is a...
Talking Freedom: Interview with David Lindes, singer/songwriter
I recently had the honor to interview a very talented, thoughtful, and all around awesome LDS musician. I first got to know David Lindes through my brother’s LDS music blog, Linescratchers. I was impressed by his musical/songwriting talent, but I was also impressed...
Elder Oaks Adds to the Scriptures
Listening to General Conference expecting something new or revelatory is like looking through a mountain of hay for a needle. There is nothing new under the sun, the Preacher tells us, and nothing new in General Conference for over a hundred years. But last Saturday...
Meet the, um…Gay Mormons?
“Do you have any idea what an enormous impact mormonsandgays.org could have for the thousands of families like mine if it was promoted even HALF as much as “Meet the Mormons”?…”
Wendy Montgomery compares the advertising efforts of “Meet the Mormons” vs MormonsandGays.org
26: General Conference Compressed
Have you ever wanted to cover 10 hours of material but only had one to give? Rational faiths has the solution for you with our conference response and review session. Listen in to the highs and lows of conference expressed through 5 individual conference "attendees."
Recycling talks?
RECYCLING TALKS? by Geoffrey Nelson Those who google search things as they hear them (or have an excellent memory) may have noticed that President Monson's priesthood session talk was primarily a retelling of a conference talk he gave in 1982, and his Sunday morning...
The Book of Abraham: “Except for Those Willfully Blind, the Case is Closed”
Jeremy Runnells’ Response and Rebuttal to
Brian M. Hauglid’s Rational Faiths Essay:
Jeremy Runnells and the Book of Abraham
Oh Wretched Woman That I Am
I have a lot of conversations about the priesthood. Most of these are about women’s ordination to the priesthood. I can’t tell you how many times in these conversations that people have reverted back to the old trope that women are more spiritual/service...
Revelation Signal Flow Pt.1- Integrity vs. Fidelity
Jared Mooney talks tech and the way his particularly average career has informed his understanding of the revelatory process.
It Demands Glory: Covenants, Bonds, and Interrelationality in Hosea
Note: This was a talk offered at the Horsetooth Student Ward in Fort Collins, Colorado If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I’m easily overwhelmed. I mean this in the traditional sense, where “overwhelm” is synonymous with words like “overflow” or...
The Blessings of (Ordination to) the Priesthood
“. . . . As we seek to understand what the Lord has in mind for men, women, and His priesthood, we need to cast aside some false notions. . . .” – Jason LaBau shares how holding the priesthood improves his life and leads him to reject common arguments against female ordination
We Are Here
It occurred to me that I’d never seen a black woman sitting in those red chairs in the Conference Center before this past Saturday night. I’d never seen a black woman speak her Father’s name before the stand let alone leave us with her words of worship and praise....
Permanently Changed but Not Broken
After my mission I did a lot of fun stuff all at once. I started running a lot and I was in good enough shape that I could bust out 8 miles or so just for fun. The most I ever ran was about 15 miles up the Bonneville Shoreline Trail below Mount Ogden. I took mountain...
25: Faith Transitions Part 2
Faith is hard and sometimes it fails us or we fail it, I'm not sure which. Stories of undergoing and recovering from faith transitions are a perennial favorite in the bloggernacle (or blabbernacle for podcasts). In this series I interview the RF permabloggers and let...
Examining History For Insights on the Future of Women’s Ordination
EXAMINING HISTORY FOR INSIGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF WOMEN’S ORDINATION by Ronda Callister As the news broke that Kate Kelly had been summoned to a church court, I worried. I was concerned about those who care about women’s issues in the church and the pain they were...
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