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July 2017

July 03, 2017

A Letter for My Someday-Teenage Children

I write all of this to you, my kids-who-are-probably-too-young-to-make-it-through-this-entire-letter, to explain my commitment to Mormonism,...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

Trump Should Learn from Andrew Jackson: Keep Church Out of State

Trump can learn from his hero and reject a fusion of Church and State. Among...

October 2016

October 23, 2016

Not a Democracy, Not a Dictatorship: My Big Fat Mormon Family

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously suggested moving to New Zealand to avoid...

August 2016

August 13, 2016

Trump’s Threat to Mormons

Donald Trump poses a unique threat to the interests, freedom, and safety of the Mormon...

June 2016

June 23, 2016

Review: The Mormon Jesus

Perhaps my devotional life’s greatest flaw is that I forget about Jesus. Intellectually, of course, I...

June 17, 2016

Stop Praying for us, and Acknowledge That You Helped Create Omar Mateen

Let me give you a run down: 2015 was the deadliest year on record for...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Andrew Sullivan on God, Doubt, and Organized Religion

Blogging pioneer Andrew Sullivan formally retired from the daily content grind last year when he...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Where Is Mormonism On Civil Rights?

This week I went to an anti-racism rally here in Lexington, Virginia in response to...

March 22, 2016

Ted Cruz’s Weak Islamaphobia

In the aftermath of this morning's tragic terrorist attack in Brussels, each presidential candidate is...

March 05, 2016

Ammon, before Trump

On social media I passed along a quip that, while Donald Trump is applying to be...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Who Will Get the Mormon Vote, Part 2

Editor's note: This post is an updated version of an earlier post, which can be...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

Narnia, the Solstice, and Heaven

I. Some of my fascination with The Last Battle, the last in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles...

December 2015

December 03, 2015

The “Thoughts and Prayers” Backlash is Deserved

After so many shootings this year, it just feels like nothing is ever going to...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Finding Hope From The Westboro Baptist Church

For years, the Westboro Baptist Church have been synonymous with bigotry. I learned this when...

November 18, 2015

Star Wars Needs A Faith Crisis

I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but there’s a new Star Wars coming...

November 10, 2015

These Three Things Are True

Sharp divisions make it hard to pinpoint "how Mormons feel" about the policy barring children...

November 07, 2015

I Won’t Go to Church Unless Everyone is Welcome

There is a lot yet to be said about the Church's recent policy changes to...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Stephen Colbert is right, believing in God is pretty crazy

I had the pleasure of catching The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. It...

September 18, 2015

Thomas, Meet Francis: The Glory of the Outsider-Leader

I remember the day he was elected, feeling amazed that a non-European was finally going...

September 18, 2015

Ahmed Mohamed, and The Need For A New Narrative

Ahmed Mohamed, a high school student in Irving, Texas, had a rude awakening this...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

With the Mormon Church’s Backlash Against Boy Scouts, Gay Leaders Are Merely Scapegoats

Young men in the Mormon faith are almost guaranteed to be automatically enrolled with the...

July 2015

July 17, 2015

Religious and Gay: A Catholic-Mormon Dialogue (Part 3 of 3)

This is part 3 of a 3-part discussion with Alex Griffin and Eve Tushnet. In...

July 16, 2015

Religious and Gay: A Catholic-Mormon Dialogue (Part 2 of 3)

This is part 2 of a 3-part discussion with Alex Griffin and Eve Tushnet. In...

July 13, 2015

Religious and Gay: A Catholic-Mormon Dialogue (Part 1 of 3)

Sometime at church in the past two weeks, local Mormons leaders across the country read...

August 2014

August 22, 2014

What do we mean by “Another Testament”?

Before 1981, the Book of Mormon was simply the Book of Mormon; since then, however,...

March 2014

March 22, 2014

Ordaining Women Is Not Going Away for LDS

The issue of women’s ordination in the LDS church is at least in its fourth...

February 2014

February 03, 2014

Community of Christ Sings: A New Hymnal for a Divided Global Church

“You hold in your hands a vital mission tool!” proclaims the foreword of the Community...

November 2013

November 04, 2013

In Praise of Cafeteria Mormonism

It was both troubling and fascinating (something like watching a car wreck) to witness the...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Beyond Family: Women’s Leadership in the LDS Church

A recent flurry of debate and discussion over the issue of women’s roles in...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

A Review of Darren Wilson’s “Finding God in the Bible”

"Read any commentary and it'll pretty much explain the symbolism. My question is much, much...