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February 2014

February 07, 2014

A New Approaching Justice

After a year at Patheos, I am moving Approaching Justice to a new home. I...

January 2014

January 05, 2014

“Show me how big your brave is”

I admit, I'm old, and my music tastes generally align with my age. Most of...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Santa and Jesus are White.

Oh, wait. Jon Stewart breaks it down: Whiteness is lucky to have Fox News as...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Marriage Isn’t for Everyone

After the Supreme Court decided U.S. v. Windsor and Perry v. Hollingsworth earlier this year,...

November 05, 2013

Conservative Mormon Senators Help Advance ENDA

During my first campaign speech in 2012, I was asked, "Do you support ENDA?" I...

November 04, 2013

The Most Authentic Politician in America: Terry McAuliffe

The next governor of Virginia will be a somebody who is most famous for being...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Surviving the Shutdown as a New Young Public Servant

Monday, September 30th, we were told incase of a government shutdown contingency plans are in...

October 06, 2013

Have you seen Pres. Uchtdorf’s Talk from Saturday?

A lot of chatter and memes going around which are doing a disservice to this...

October 05, 2013

Priesthood Session Open Thread: Televised Edition! #ldsconf #twitterstake

I really enjoyed today's earlier sessions. Tonight's priesthood session is the first priesthood session that...

October 05, 2013

Saturday Afternoon Session Open Thread: “There is room for you here.” Edition #ldsconf #twitterverse

(UPDATE: Due to technical delays at the start of the conference, I will not be...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Don’t Occupy Mormonism…Occupy the Streets and the World.

One of my frustrations with Mormon liberalism is that it is primarily concerned with Mormonism....

September 24, 2013

Some Buddhist Reflections on “Are Mormons Christian?”

My friend and colleague, Justin Whitaker, has made contributed to the blog round table on...

September 23, 2013

Have You Seen “My Five Wives” on TLC?

TLC recently aired a pilot for a new reality show about a polygamous family in...

September 20, 2013

New Missionary Program is more than just Facebook

Live from the Mc Minnville Farmer's Market in McMinnville, Oregon, we give you Elder Kane,...

September 05, 2013

Can A Male Be a Feminist? What is a Male?

Can a male be a feminist? Before we can even start to address this question,...

September 04, 2013

Fasting with Pope Francis for Peace

Pope Francis has called Saturday September 7 to be a day of fasting and praying...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Martin Luther King was not a Communist. He was a Socialist.

Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my very favorite figures in the history of...

August 22, 2013

Hugh Nibley is not the Mormon Aquinas: A Clarification

A few of my good friends have challenged my labeling of Hugh Nibley as the...

August 21, 2013

15 years!

15 year ago today, Lyndee Marie Curtis and I were married in the Salt Lake...

August 20, 2013

If Nibley Was The Mormon Aquinas, Taylor Petrey is Our Foucault

Taylor Petrey is the most important voice in Mormon theology and Mormon thought today. He...

August 19, 2013

Being Passive Aggressive Does Not Mean You are Not a Bully

Just Saying. Source: Online Interactive Communication Training.

August 04, 2013

Testimony meeting is…like a box of chocolates.

Today, we attended our first testimony meeting in Las Vegas. Apparently testimony meeting when you...

August 02, 2013

August Subscription Drive: Help Me Readers, You Are My Only Hope Weekend

I am going to come at this from a different angle than I did yesterday....

July 2013

July 28, 2013

The Nature of Religious Symbols

Recently Karen Armstrong and Richard Dawkins were invited to write about the status of God...

July 24, 2013

This is Why I Respect Libertarianism

No, I do not agree with libertarianism. However I often cringe when the term is...

July 19, 2013

The Nature of Religious Traditions

I'm writing my first post as the new campus minister of Ecumenical Campus Ministries which...

July 07, 2013

The Real Thomas B. Marsh Story

The historian John Hamer wrote a post at By Common Consent about the early Latter-day...

July 04, 2013

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

I shared this video during the first lecture of American Heritage of Spring term 2010...

July 03, 2013

Deport The Statue of Liberty!

If anything...because of the French accent. This is the kind of person we want to...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Not “Illegals,” but Brothers and Sisters: Reflections of a Former Missionary

Yuriy and Van lived in a much nicer neighborhood than we were used to. Most...