The Spirit of God Like a Fire Sale
Yesterday, in a joint statement issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ (formerly RLDS), these groups announced the sale of the Kirtland Temple and other...
View ArticleKirtland Temple: Parting Shots
This is more a collection point than a new post. More than anything else, I want people to understand how the Kirtland Temple has proven to be a vital interfaith gathering point over the years....
View ArticleTalks on Talks
One of the most uniquely Mormon aspects of Sunday services is the rise of speakers and teachers being assigned to talk about a talk that was originally given by a Church leader at General Conference,...
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Have a Lenten Laugh
I haven’t been able to get in the groove with Lent this year. I’m worried I’ll reach Holy Week with no gas in the tank. I’m hanging in there, having a sweet moment or two out in the wilderness. But...
View ArticleMormon Goggles
There was an interesting discussion on ex-Mormon Reddit a few weeks ago about the frustration some people were feeling when their church-going family members seemed to be incapable of talking about...
View ArticleThe Shadow Side
According to Carl Jung, each of us has a “shadow” side that represents the aspects of ourselves that we reject, repress, and try to hide from others and from ourselves. Jung also famously taught “That...
View ArticleThe Church & Women: This Ain’t It
There have been a lot of unforced errors lately regarding women in the church. Let’s review a quick list: Ordering women off the stand in stakes in CA where the women who lead organizations had been...
View ArticleThe Oath: Your Fave Movies are Pretty Dumb Too
An Excerpt from the Sealed Portion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings SAMMr. Frodo. What’s that you’re hiding under a linen napkin? FRODOSam, I have come into possession of the ring of...
View ArticleImaginative Beliefs
I recently listened to a podcast discussion on Data Over Dogma with cognitive scientist and philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen about his book Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and...
View ArticleWhat is the Purpose of Garments?
For starters, I asked ChatGPT what is the purpose of religious clothing, and it came up with a pretty good list. I’m starting to think that ChatGPT is kind of like how people give talks by looking up...
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