By Scott H. (Admin note) No More Strangers is a new forum seeking to advance the dialogue regarding LGBT people and Mormonism. As such, it has the good fortune of having bloggers who have made significant contributions to Latter-day Saint…
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On the Road to Emmaus
by John Gustav-Wrathall • • 5 Comments
(Admin note) No More Strangers is a new forum seeking to advance the dialogue regarding LGBT people and Mormonism. As such, it has the good fortune of having bloggers who have made significant contributions to Latter-day Saint LGBT people, their…
Outing Esther
by Guest • • 0 Comments
By Johnny Townsend (originally from his blog Queer Mormon) Women do not often have starring roles in the scriptures, so when they do, it must be because they’ve done something extraordinary. Surely, women did many more interesting or incredible things…
A Gay Mormon Reads the Scriptures: The Book of Mormon
by John Gustav-Wrathall • • 2 Comments
I first came to the Book of Mormon with the uncritical eyes and mind of a child. Some of my earliest encounters with the Book of Mormon include my dad reading me bedtime stories from Emma Marr Petersen’s Book of…
No More Strangers
by Bob Rees • • 3 Comments
More than twenty-five years ago when serving as Bishop of the Los Angeles Singles’ Ward I gave a talk in sacrament meeting titled, “No More Strangers and Foreigners: A Mormon-Christian Response to Homosexuality” . The substance of that address was…
Of Good Report
by Mitch Mayne • • 1 Comment
One of the greatest gifts we’re given as humans are our critical thinking skills—which, when developed, can aid us in the necessary capacity to form judgments about the value of ideas that come into our lives, regardless of their source.…
No Empty Chairs
by Cary Crall • • 10 Comments
The sentiment is as ingrained in Mormon culture as a Saturday’s Warrior dance climax and conjures up equally strong emotions. It derives from a metaphor comparing Mormon heaven to a great big family feast with God at the head…
A Gay Mormon Reads the Scriptures
by John Gustav-Wrathall • • 1 Comment
One of the most profound spiritual experiences I have ever had took place in January 2006, when I felt a particularly strong prompting from the Holy Spirit to pick up a tattered old copy of the Book of Mormon and…
Blind Follower Or Active Seeker Of Truth?
by Wendy Montgomery • • 6 Comments
I asked a lot of questions about the church growing up. I would ask my parents, my seminary teacher, my young women’s leaders, etc. If my question was one of those to which we don’t have answers, or falls in…
Understand one another, and both are edified
by Guest • • 1 Comment
By Scott H “By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.” George Carlin “Wherefore, he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one another, and both are edified and rejoice together. And that which does not edify is…