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Mormon Church Responds to Bundy-led Oregon Occupation

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has now officially condemned the actions of...

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Finding Hope From The Westboro Baptist Church

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

November 16, 2015

Polygamy and the New LDS Policy: Two Thoughts

  Michael Many, including Elder Christofferson, have noted that the LDS Church’s new policy toward...

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October 19, 2015

Sister Wives’ Madison Brown’s Mormon Baptism Rejection, Explained

Confession: I actually really love the show Sister Wives. It is a pretty remarkable snapshot...

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Celebrating Samuel W. Taylor, a Peculiar Person

Samuel W. Taylor was born, as we all were at one time or another, on...

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Jon McNaughton, the Obama Era’s Most Significant Artist

Gaze upon the works of Jon McNaughton, the most important painter of our time.* Undoubtedly,...

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November 04, 2013

In Praise of Cafeteria Mormonism

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

June 2012

June 04, 2012

A Review of the Cover of Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven: A story of violent faith.

Author’s note: Yes, I’ve read the book. Canaan Mountain is almost unbearably symbolic. It’s a...

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