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December 2015

December 28, 2015

On Spiritual Defiance

As it happens my blog is surveilled by people who have bigger jobs in the...

December 17, 2015

The Next Women in Jesus’ Life

In the summer of my 12th year my woman’s body began to take shape. In...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

A Book, A Buddhist, and a Change of Heart?

A review of "Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis: A Simple Developmental Map." by Thomas Wirthlin McConkie...

November 15, 2015

Something Broke Open Today

Something feels terribly, horribly broken in the church. Today my friend Kendall and I...

November 08, 2015

So what kind of church is this?

In a previous post I mentioned that I had been attending a local Baptist church....

October 2015

October 30, 2015

An Open Letter to My Ward

Dear Ward Family You have probably noticed I haven’t been to church lately. Nathan...

October 30, 2015

Priesthood, Patriarchy, Power, and the Penis

I am reposting this re-edited article from June 2013 in response to the recent release...

October 18, 2015

The Leper-ization of the Mormon Doubter

In case you ever wondered what its like to be LDS and to want racial,...

October 04, 2015

Three White Utah Males Called to Fill Vacancies in the Twelve

In an unusual move by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints three white...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

Polygamy – It’s in our bones

Ganesh Cherian, a former bishop from Wellington, New Zealand joins KiwiMormon once again as a...

May 2015

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...

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...

April 07, 2015

Uncritical Lovers: Mormonism’s problem children

A friend recently shared an observation with me about lovers and critics of the church....

April 02, 2015

Dear President; Dear Bishop

Dear President, Dear Bishop It has come to my attention that there are some...

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 28, 2015

On tuning into another LGBT drama in ‘Murica

30 Minutes ago the Mormon Newsroom concluded a rare press conference. Let me be clear,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

The Allegory of the Sinus

Firstly, let me point out that this post isn't really about my husband or his...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Mormon Culture Wars: Samoan Members Take on the Corporation!

I belong to a very diverse ward which includes Maori, Pakehā (Haolies or Palagi), Canadian,...

September 09, 2013

Blood and Horror on this Earth

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

June 2013

June 24, 2013

The Work of Salvation Broadcast: An Antipodean Summary

In light of the recent 'Work of Salvation' broadcast it appears that the missionary work...

June 10, 2013

So you’ve been called to serve a mission in New Zealand! Some insider tips for the Americans

I've been travelling over the last three weeks and last night I found myself in...

May 2013

May 05, 2013

The Sacred Mormon Schvantz

I've been thoughtful recently about the cultural privileges that my husband has as a Mormon...

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...

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...