The Book of Mormon Led Me to Jesus and His Church
The pursuit of sanctification and the desire for understanding leads Rodric Johnson on a personal journey from the uncertainty of agnosticism to the reality of the love of God. Rodric describes his journey here of how he overcame his confusion about religion through Divine aid via The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.
A hospital for the sick
I have been holding on to this idea for a post for a while, and last week had decided that the time is far past to address this issue. It was to my great surprise then that Elder Holland’s conference talk dealt so frankly with mental illness. Of course, his main focus...
The Fantastic Elder Silver Fox: Part 3
THE FANTASTIC ELDER SILVER FOX: PART 3 Note: This is the final part to a three-part series about President Uchtdorf's Saturday Morning General Conference address. Click here to read Part 1 written by Leah Marie Click here to read Part 2 written by Emmett As one who...
The Sermon on the Mount in the Book of Mormon–Part 1
When I was a missionary, it was customary to introduce the new investigator to the Book of Mormon by inviting them to read the appearance of the Savior to the Nephites in 3 Nephi 11. I remember being concerned whenever this invitation was given that the...
Empowering Women in Priesthood to Protect our Children
One of the most common arguments against women’s ordination is that the church works just fine as it is now. All is well in Zion so why do we need a change? The argument goes that the women are only seeking to benefit or aggrandize themselves, since there are no...
The Fantastic Elder Silver Fox: Part 2
Part 1 of this series of posts on Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s Saturday Morning Session talk can be found here. Sister Leah did an amazing job in Part 1 articulating so many of the great things about this talk. The purpose of my post is not to detract from but to build...
How to Swim in a Burqa
“…All young women are to wear one-piece bathing suits while at camp. No two-piece suits or bikinis allowed. You are also required to wear knee-length shorts and a t-shirt over your swimming suit at all times – even while in the pool…” —Neal talks swimsuits, modesty, and girl’s camp.
The Fantastic Elder Silver Fox: Part 1
Every now and again, you hear a talk at conference that you feel like addresses you, your life, and your specific concerns. Yesterday, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s talk had many of us standing and clapping (figuratively, of course, conference is a reverent event). ...
Bisexuality and the Mormon Hierarchy: How the (lack of) discussion of bisexuality has been disastrous for gay Mormons.
. . . . . . . . Q. Is one of these men bisexual? A. Probably Better A. It depends on how you define it. Bisexuality is an extremely problematic label, simply because it has never been defined. Nobody (and I mean NOBODY) can define bisexuality because there is no...
Ordain Women October 5th Action as told in GIFs
I did a guest post over at Expert Textperts for the OW Action this evening. It is a GIF based history of the action, condensed for viewing by even those of us with the least of these attention spans. You can view it here for your enjoyment pleasure.
If the Sisters Should Have Faith to Heal…
Conference begins tomorrow, and there has been a lot of talk about the Ordain Women movement. My intent is not to dwell on that, since I believe it has been covered better elsewhere (like HERE and HERE and of course you’ll want to check out http://ordainwomen.org/). ...
The Liahona Children’s Foundation
By: Ashley Eccles Raymond The Liahona Children’s Foundation (LCF) is a non-profit, grass roots organization that seeks to provide underweight and malnourished LDS children from six months to five years of age with nutritional supplements. In an interview with a...
“…in Spite of Earth and Hell.”
Every major biographer of Joseph Smith has concluded that while Joseph's claim to direct revelation from God might be readily balked at by the casual observer; dismissal of Joseph as a mere charlatan, liar, opportunist, or ego-maniac is a position ignorant of the...
The Purple Heart RM Project
I was on my mission when we all heard the announcement that young men and women would be able to begin their missions earlier. Grins and cheers went around the room, but I wasn’t among those grinning. While I was surprised and excited by the announcement I couldn’t...
The Fallacy of “Certaintude”
by Brian Whitney. Inspired by a devotional address given by Elder D. Todd Christofferson on September 24, 2013 at BYU Idaho. I like to make up words. When I feel that the minuscule mental syllabus I have at my disposal fails to provide just the right option for...
Warning: Liberal Apocalypse Coming
Warning: Liberal Apocalypse Coming I recently attended a family reunion where I’m pretty sure I was the only “liberal.” Liberal, in this case, means I voted for Obama. Good thing my children are innocent or the family may have disposed of me quietly. Instead they just...
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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