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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...

May 2014

May 18, 2014

Reflections on the New Zealand Regional Broadcast: Why Censorship is Sometimes Necessary

In the October 2010 General Conference Boyd K. Packer made some controversial remarks. Firstly he...

May 05, 2014

Mormon mystics and managers: The traces of Joseph and Brigham in us

I love the idea that our church had its roots in the spiritual raptures and...

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...

March 2014

March 01, 2014

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

February 2014

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...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

I’d Like to Bear my Testimony that I Know Family Home Evening is True.

I only recently became sold on the importance of Family Home Evening. Orthodox husband has...

July 2013

July 28, 2013

The Future of the Church IS the ‘International’ Church

It’s a beautiful Winter’s day in Christchurch today. Clear blue skies, cool temperatures in the...

March 2013

March 02, 2013

The New Introduction to Official Declaration Two: It’s just not that satisfying…

I once belonged to a ward where the personality of said ward was defined by...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Reflections on My Spiritually Heterogamous Marriage

Heterogamy: refers to a marriage between two individuals that differ in a certain criterion. Homogamy: a...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

The New Zealand Marriage (Definition of marriage) Amendment Bill: A private comment on a public submission

On the 29th August 2012 the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill passed its first...

October 08, 2012

Embodying the Mormon Cultural Turn: A personal reflection

I’ve only been blogging since the beginning of the year but in that time I’ve...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

How am I supposed to tell my Jesus loving Mormon kids that they aren’t Christian?

This post is in response to a recent blog by Ben Witherington ‘Why Mormonism is...