by Benjamin Knoll | Dec 29, 2018 | Featured |
I have often struggled with an apparent paradox. On one hand, I am persuaded that citizenship, whether in political, religious, or social communities, carries with it a moral obligation to participate and to try to improve the conditions under which people live and...
by Kyle Anderson | Dec 16, 2016 | Agency, Featured |
Hope is inspiring. It expands our hearts and lifts our mind. It pushes our feet back under our bodies to rise up and get back to work in the face of difficult obstacles. In times of disappointment, trial and depression, in the doldrums of guilt and the paralysis of...
by Jeremy Timothy | Mar 7, 2016 | Activism, Church, Compassion, exclusion-policy, Faith, Featured, Homosexuality, Humanity, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Mormonism, Policy, Service, spirituality |
Depression and suicide have made their rounds in the Mormon blogosphere of late, particularly in regard to the issue of homosexuality in Mormonism. For me, this is a subject that hits home because, you see, I suffer from depression. It’s taken me a while to...
by James Jones | Feb 6, 2016 | Activism, Featured, LGBTQ, Policy |
What I Learned From Fighting When I was a kindergartner, there was a tough kid in my class named Tavaris. We had beef. My family knew about Tavaris and often times the teachers did enough to keep us from verbally and physically accosting each other. My mom hated...
by L Thomas | Jun 10, 2015 | Agency, Featured, scripture, Standard Works, Sunday School, Uncategorized |
I love the scriptures as much as anyone, except for maybe Hans. I read the Old Testament in 40 days and 40 nights when I was in Seminary. The girls were so impressed I had three requests for the Sadie Hawkins dance that year. The look in my Seminary teacher’s eyes...
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