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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,...

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...

March 2016

March 02, 2016

Wait, What Is The White Horse Prophecy?

Americans rarely unilaterally agree on anything, but there has risen one important break from that...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

This Seems Relevant

"The LDS Church has no doctrine of infallibility, but it is characterized by a church...

November 2015

November 08, 2015

Mistakes in Mormonism; or Why the Church Handbook isn’t Doctrine

By Gary Ashcroft Let me preface my comments with a few statements. I am Mormon....

November 07, 2015

What This Policy Shift Means To LGBT Mormons Like Me

I have struggled to comprehend my thoughts on the recent announcement by the LDS church...

November 07, 2015

Why Didn’t We Do This By Common Consent?

Reactions to the recent church policy changes concerning the children of married homosexual couples (which...

November 06, 2015

How I choose to see the revisions

I write this as a heterosexual person, one who is not directly affected by the...

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 24, 2015

125 Years of the Manifesto – and an overlooked change in Mormon scripture

“It seemed to me to be the awfulest moment in my life," - wrote...

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...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

Resolutions and Desires

I’m terrible at New Year’s resolutions. I’ve read all read the strategies for proper goal-setting—manageable,...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Consecrating the widow’s mite

The Filipino widow’s mite The widow’s mite is a poignant story, but one in which...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Doctrinal Disparity & Fragile Faith

Just over a week ago, the New York Times ran a well-considered and well-written (not...