In the last week the LDS community has been devastated by the suicides of several LGBT youth. Because of the closeness of many in our community to the grieving families there has been an outpouring …
Josh Brazier is the executive director of the Kaiizen Foundation which is a non-profit organization that arranges volunteer groups of young people to travel to orphanages around the world where they undertake building, cleaning up, renovation, friendship …
In October 2015 I interviewed Thomas Wirthlin McConkie, author of Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis – A Simple Developmental Map. It was a memorable conversation characterized by its intimacy and its mutual vulnerability. This interview kicked off …
Suzette Smith is a single, cancer-surviving Mormon feminist who maintains a strong faith in the LDS church while at the same time wishing for change, particularly for women. Her singular story points to the importance …
Greg Olsen has been a prolific artist producing some of Mormonism’s most iconic paintings. He joins me to discuss his work and what it means to visually represent our most deeply held spiritual yearnings, and …
A discussion with Brad Levin, a founder of Free BYU, about the issues arising when BYU students change their spiritual and religious beliefs. From Free BYU’s page: “Under BYU’s existing policies, LDS students who change their personal beliefs about God are …
Lynn Packer, nephew of Boyd K. was an investigative journalist who looked closely into the claims of Paul H. Dunn and discovered there to be startling concerns, not just with his storytelling but also his …
Jensen and McKay have edited a collection of essays from contemporary US Mormons about the idea of Zion. Though the idea of Zion has been reconceptualized over time from being understood as an ideal community, …
At the April 2016 conference Elder Patrick Kearon petitioned Mormons worldwide: “Each one of us can increase our awareness of world events that drive these families from their homes. We must take a stand against …
Mormon Millennial and blogger Jon Ogden recently lit up the internet with his thought provoking essay on truth, beauty and goodness as a way of working through faith crisis. Getting the balance right, he argues, …
