Don’t Wear Pants to Church Day
On December 16th, 2012, Mormon women from all over the United States participated in an organized, grassroots event called Wear Pants to Church Day. Thousands of LDS women decided to wear pants to church in order to bring attention to unnecessary cultural stigma...
First Vision Accounts – Almost a Good Thing
On November 22nd a link to a Church web page (here) appeared in my Facebook news feed that dealt with the First Vision accounts. What intrigued me was that the word account was plural. This was unusual for an official church publication. I quickly read the article and...
A Letter From Mother Teresa
One night while scanning Facebook, I happened to notice one of my friends posted a picture of a first edition Book of Mormon. Of course it peaked my interest on where he got his hands on this rare item. He explained to me that they have a family friend that owned a...
Season of Joy
Some time ago, my husband and I decided that we were going to introduce our children to Jewish culture by recognizing Jewish holidays in small ways. Not huge celebrations, but enough that they gain an understanding of Jewish culture and beliefs. My husband’s...
The Legend of By Common Consent
THE LEGEND OF BY COMMON CONSENT This is a a question and answer post with one of the administrators from the blog, By Common Consent Q: Why the blog? A: By Common Consent (BCC) initially started as a reactionary place because the existing blogs were full of staid...
War on Mammon
Merry Mammon Day!! You may not have heard it called by that name because it's not "Politically Correct." There seems to be a war on Mammon day here in America. It's been under attack more and more over the years. It used to be that God stayed in his territory and...
Glory in Infirmities
When I was nearing the end of my mission, there was a bit more of a hullabaloo than usual within the church over Joseph Smith. It was November of 2005. If Joseph Smith had been an elf or one of the Dunedain, he would have been celebrating his 200th birthday in...
Gratitudinal Fortitude
Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I am preparing for company this is going to be one of “those” posts. Inspired by Sister Leah Marie’s daily reminder of what she is thankful for (which has been a genuine delight to keep up with) I am going to detail what I am...
On Being Thankful
The Christmas after I lost my sons, just eight months after I had them, I announced my rainbow pregnancy, of which I was already 20 weeks along, on my personal blog. It was hard to put that out there and open myself up to everyone one else being more excited about my...
Narratives
NARRATIVES By Seth Payne My interest in ex-Mormonism began in 2006 while I was a graduate student of Religious Studies at Yale Divinity School focusing on theological and political ethics. At the time, I was going through my own faith struggle as I decided to face,...
A Conversation with The MormonTabernacle Enquirer
MORMON TABERNACLE ENQUIRER This is a Q & A with Shawn Tucker, one of the masterminds behind the blog, Mormon Tabernacle Enquirer (click here to visit his blog). Q: Why the blog? A: I believe that if you are not teased you are not loved. That is how I was...
Beardliness is Godliness WINNERS!
If you won the contest please email me your address so we can send you your CASH MONEY! Leviticus, Chapter 19, verse 27 "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." And the winner is... Here are the leaders:...
The Book of Mormon Helped me Love my Black Heritage
I was called a White man trapped in a Black man’s body–and I believed it! I lived my life denying my Black heritage in my life and it took an act of God for me to find out that it was okay for me to be my Black self! It took The Book of Mormon.
Thanks and Giving
I think every Mormon has had the experience of sitting in the congregation on fast Sunday and being treated to a "thankimony" where the speaker lists their many blessings in a public act of gratitude. I struggle with this. I know we are supposed to be thankful. I know...
Follow the Prophet: Recycle!
Dear Fellow Mormons, It has come to my attention that some of you are not advocating for a national law mandating recycling. I just wanted to make sure you knew that the Church officially is in favor of environmental stewardship and Prophets since Joseph Smith have...
The Tree of Life – Part III
“The comparison of faith of a seed which grows into a tree is an apt one. You can’t force a tree to grow overnight, you have to be patient and give it time.”
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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