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May 2015

May 23, 2015

The Foolishness of the Calderwood Excommunications

Last night Marisa and Carson Calderwood were excommunicated at a Church Discipline held at their...

May 09, 2015

Freedom for all, except people who disagree with me

This guest post is by Nicola Ward Petty, a convert from Catholicism, a returned missionary...

May 03, 2015

Gloriavale and the Mormons: What New Zealand’s latest religious drama has to teach us

Nestled against the Western range of the Southern Alps in New Zealand is a Christian...

April 2015

April 18, 2015

Mormon Internet Trolls, Cyberbullies and Doxing

I've been in the blogging game for three years now. I'm used to trolls and...

February 2015

February 15, 2015

Digesting the Dehlin Drama: Thoughts in the wake

I've spent the last couple of days percolating the latest excommunication drama, waiting for the...

January 2015

January 18, 2015

How loving the church can get you hated by the church

On the 10th of January 2014 a group of commissioners from the Hamilton District Council...

January 01, 2015

The 15 Ailments of the LDS Church (With a hat tip to Pope Francis)

While Mormons are asked to, required to, strong-armed into ‘sustaining’, not questioning, obeying etc. every...

December 2014

December 07, 2014

Why Leaving the Church Often Means Leaving God

This guest post is by New Zealander Mike Cammock who is originally from Christchurch. Mike has...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

Anguished Musings on a Frayed Testimony

What is the Atonement? I asked my elder foster brother Jeff. I was 16. During...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

The Temple View Saga: A Podcast

Temple View is a small Mormon village on the outskirts of Hamilton New Zealand and...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Growing Bold Mormon Daughters: The Impossibility of Emma Watson and Jacinda Ardern

If I had a daughter I hope she would be Emma Watson. I don’t...

September 17, 2014

The Temple Recommend Series: The Interview Guidelines

In this first substantive edition of the Temple Recommend Series I will consider the guidelines...

August 2014

August 02, 2014

Church Leadership and the Dilemma of Dementia

Towards the end of Ezra Taft Benson’s life I recall him being very unwell. I...

July 2014

July 08, 2014

Saving Zion from America: Theorizing in the aftermath

I've been thinking about Zion. I am one of a few fortunate Mormon feminists,...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Burying Shirley, Unexcommunicating Kate

My mother-in-law, Shirley, died a week ago. At the same time as we have been...

June 17, 2014

Room For All In This Church

We face a difficult and pivotal moment in Mormonism as LDS leaders and church members...

June 14, 2014

The Importance of Religious Heresy: Recent Contemplations

So lets talk apostasy. It might surprise some people but I've actually been accused of...

June 12, 2014

Paying the Price For Patriarchy

Firstly to my sisters, and brother allies in arms; You have not wept, cried nor...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

Speaking Confidently of Motherhood Memes

This week some geniuses from the LDS.org meme department published advice to women about how...

May 03, 2014

Utah: Where being a brown brother with a pen can cost you your life

Utah has one of the most sizable Pacific Island populations in the United States...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Reflections after Temple Square: Furious musings from the periphery

Two nights ago there was a men’s dinner at our home. It was Nathan’s birthday...

April 02, 2014

I was at the Ordain Woman action but…

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends....

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Its Time to Overhaul the Church Bureaucracy!

Years and years ago I was the Stake Librarian. My first job was to bring...

March 12, 2014

BYU search committee considers both Men and Women for BYU President: Why another man?

The appointment of the new BYU President, Kevin Worthen is the first major leadership change...

March 01, 2014

A few years ago, seeking a temple recommend from the Stake Presidency (in a Stake...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Becoming Like Goddess

The latest Gospel Topics statement ‘Becoming Like God’ is a wonderful affirmation of one of...

February 12, 2014

A Former Bishop’s Doctrinal Dilemmas

GUEST POST: Ganesh Cherian of Wellington, New Zealand is currently a Stake High Counsellor and...

January 2014

January 12, 2014

“Church Instructs Leaders on Same-Sex Marriage” – or did it just make a bad situation worse?

Once again the church releases an ‘Official Statement’ that makes the hearts sink. My first...

December 2013

December 08, 2013

Mormons, Mandela, and the Race and Priesthood Statement

And yet there is more that could be said and done. Call me cynical but...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

On giving a Sacrament Meeting Talk about Official Declaration Two

On Sunday I was asked to give a sacrament talk on Official Declaration Two, which...