Agency: don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone – Milgram part three
This is the 3rd post in my series on the Milgram experiments. See Parts One and Two In my first post I discussed what we can learn from the Milgram experiments about obedience and authority, specifically about how authority can affect our moral decision making. In the...
24: Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Part 2
In this episode of "Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist", Lori Burkman and Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong interview Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about advice she would give virgins on their wedding night and also how and when fantasy can be a useful element of a sexual relationship....
A Family’s Influence on Faith
This week I was watching an episode of Parenthood where the christening of a six month old baby took place, mostly because of the maternal grandmother's demands to make it happen. The father of the child was brought up in a non-religious household. The mother of the...
Jobology 101: Prose and Poetry in the King James Bible
Biblical texts often change between different registers, styles, and genres in ways that the readers are supposed to notice.
Hey baby, er…Elder, what’s your sign?
We're about to be washed over by the semi-annual flood of inspired opinions which we commonly refer to as General Conference. There's always a lot to digest, some of which is difficult to relate to. The addresses given by the General Authorities are of their own...
Life isn’t a Zombie Apocalypse
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. -John 3:16 “Please be careful not to fall in love with your ideas. Because then you will hate the world.” -Jay Rosen My little...
23: A New Perspective with the HRC
Every once in a while we encounter a statement or idea that stops us in our tracks and makes us re-think our path. In this episode I talk with Jerylin Pool who is a strong advocate for same sex marriage. She shares her experience at a recent Human Rights Campaign...
Modern Mormon Conservatism: A Critical View
In 2008, Pew Research released a comprehensive report on religious demographics in the United States. Not surprisingly, when it came to questions about politics, a significant majority of Latter-day Saints identified as Republican or Leaning Republican.(1) In 2010,...
The Great Salt Lake Butter Run!
Sunstone is hosting their Second Annual Brigham’s Butter Run, a race/walk event that takes place at Brigham Young’s Historic Forest Farm Dairy House. It is a 5k with a pancake breakfast and after the race, our community will hang out on blankets and listen to Saturday...
Will Denver Snuffer Prove to be Mormonism’s Martin Luther?
I'll start out by saying that I'm a skeptic. The combination of my skepticism, an in-depth study of the restoration, a disillusionment with the current practices of LDS.inc, and an exacting application of Occam's Razor resulted in the ultimate demise of my faith in...
BYU-I: All Aboard the Crazy Train
This little gem came across my Facebook feed this afternoon. It has already gotten a lot of buzz so I thought I would throw in my two cents, since I am alumni. President Clark is the president of BYU-Idaho located in Rexburg, Idaho. This is what he wrote on his...
exclusive inclusivity
If there is one thing that makes religion unpopular in today’s pluralistic society, it is the idea of claiming access to exclusive truth. On my mission I learned firsthand how the act of sending someone to your door is deeply offensive to so many people. It is one...
Book Review: Ezra and Hadassah: A Portrait of American Royalty
Ezra and Hadassah: A Portrait of American Royalty is the gripping account of author Heather Young’s tumultuous childhood at the abusive hands of those into whose care she was entrusted, both her foster and Latter-day Saint adoptive parents. With remarkable courage,...
The Changing Nature of (somewhat recent) popular LDS art
So growing up, I'd never been a big fan of most mainstream LDS art and music. I mean, sure, there was Minerva Teichert and a few choice others, but by and large our most culturally popular art and media tended to be pretty superficial or one-dimensional. Examples I...
Reluctant Mormon Activist
Since my Ordain Women profile went up, recently, I'm now a Mormon activist for gender equality in the LDS church. The following is a very bald summary of a long personal essay. If all you care about is the main ideas, you can read and judge this. If you want to...
My Road to Here
A brief summary of this post can be found here. I recommend it if you aren't up for a long or emotional post. Long Day 1998 It left me as I dug, and cut, and pulled, and pedaled, and wore out the day, Yet I wait for sleep to come. I burn to move, to dance, to love, as...
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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