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December 2015

December 16, 2015

No, Mormon Women do not Oppose Female Ordination, and Here’s Why That Matters

When the topic of ordaining Mormon women comes up, one of the most common responses...

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

These Arguments are Weak.

That “Insight into new LDS Church policies on same-sex couples and their children” post, written...

October 2014

October 05, 2014

Junia The Apostle and Mormonism’s Priesthood

Most Mormons don’t know it yet, but Romans 16:7, "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Emma, My Daughter in Zion: A Preliminary Study of D&C 25, Part 2

In the preceding post (part 1), I work through a set of exegetical preliminaries to...

March 26, 2014

Emma, My Daughter in Zion: A Preliminary Study of D&C 25, Part 1

This and the post following it (part 2) are pieces I wrote a few years...

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...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Justice and Fairness

It’s been interesting to follow discussions about gender and priesthood during the last several months....

November 11, 2013

“If We Can’t Fix It, It Ain’t Broke”

“IF WE CAN’T FIX IT, IT AIN’T BROKE.” Because I live in Hong Kong,...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Why LDS Women Will Not Be Ordained to the Priesthood

Over the last year, a small but growing movement within the LDS church has emerged...

May 2013

May 06, 2013

Put Your Mormon Where Your Mouth Is: Gender, Sexuality, and The Second Great Commandment

During Conference in October 2007, at the end of General Relief Society President Julie Beck’s...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

*Angels in America* at 20: Revisiting Tony Kushner’s Millennium — and His Mormons — in the 21st Century

2013 is the 20th anniversary of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize for his groundbreaking play Angels...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

French Polynesia and Mormonization: Rethinking Mormon Origins

On January 3, the Community of Christ’s First Presidency called Maureva M. Arnaud Tchong to...

October 2012

October 08, 2012

One Miracle at a Time

While it may seem like small news that the LDS Church's rules for women's missionary...