Last year, after my class on Mormon history, in which I had discussed with my students the Mormon belief in modern day revelation and modern-day prophets, I overheard the following comment in a conversation between two of my students: “The…
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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…
Ryan Andresen Is My Son (Boys Scouts, Mormons and Inclusion)
by Kevin Kloosterman • • 11 Comments
Having a teenager in the home is an always fascinating experience in parenting. I heard one parent describe it as having a movie or food critic living in your own home! But I find it a source of fun and…
Epiphany
by Bob Rees • • 1 Comment
“I must admit that I have gone through those moments when I was greatly disappointed with the church and what it has done in this period of social change.” —Martin Luther King, Jr., “Social Justice and the Emerging New Age…
So You Want to be an Ally…
by John Gustav-Wrathall • • 9 Comments
This past Saturday, I met with a local group of LGBT Mormons and Allies. As I and another facilitator of the group used that term, “ally,” one (heterosexual*) member of the group spoke up and said he wasn’t sure if…
Transgender Children: An Easy Way for the LDS Church to Get it Right
by Cary Crall • • 27 Comments
While shadowing Dr. Norm Spack in his work with the GeMS clinic at Children’s hospital Boston, I couldn’t help but wonder what my Mormon pioneer ancestors would think if they could see me now. Dr. Spack is one of…
My Birth Defect
by Wendy Montgomery • • 18 Comments
I’ve always had an excellent memory. This is both a blessing and a curse. Some of my earliest memories are feelings of frustration, inferiority, and wanting to be someone different that I was. I learned very young that I didn’t…
No More Strangers: A Forum for LGBT Mormons and Allies
by John Gustav-Wrathall • • 22 Comments
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God. (Ephesians 2:19) Paul, in this chapter of Ephesians, begins by reminding the Saints of the state of brokenness in which…