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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 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 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...

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 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...

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...

September 2013

September 09, 2013

Blood and Horror on this Earth

Thousands and thousands of Mormons all over the world attend temple services on a daily...

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 31, 2013

Today church made me sad

I woke up this morning with a sigh. I don’t every morning. But today I...

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...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

LDS Church HQ announces its Relocation to New Zealand! (Well, not really but…..)

After a one month summer hiatus its time to hit the New Year with more...

December 2012

December 16, 2012

On Pants & Shootings: How will it end?

Last week one of my readers invited me to participate in the ‘Wear Pants to...

December 01, 2012

How Southpark changed Mormonism

A couple of weeks ago Joanna Brooks (via Skype) and I gave a public lecture...

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 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...