By Nancy I have been a member of this beautiful gospel of 26 years and have witnessed many beautiful opportunities of my brothers and sisters through the gospel, supported, served, and cared for one another. Yet, I too have experienced…
Category: Faith/Practice
A Difference of Opinion
Over the past few years, I have had dozens of conversations with friends and family members who are active members of the LDS Church on the subject of homosexuality. Most active members feel misunderstood and maligned by the ‘world’ and…
Shame and Affirmation
I am the father of a teenage gay son and the sun never sets on the drama and trouble that that boy can get into. As such, there is a continuous need to touch base and talk about the things…
There Is Room For You
by Vicki Johnson “There is room for you in this church.” For some of you this statement will resound with truth and you will agree with me, Yes! Of Course! As I am fond of saying, everything I ever needed…
Freedom of Conscience, Christianity, and the LGBT Ordinance
By Wayne Schow This op-ed piece appeared in the Idaho State Journal on Sunday, May 4. Subsequently, in a referendum vote on May 20 Pocatellans narrowly defeated the effort to rescind the anti-discrimination ordinance. The population of Pocatello is roughly…
Identi-ME
By Jake Taylor Introduction: Tony Kushner raises many issues of identity within his play, Angels in America. The play focuses on Prior’s struggle to deal with the disease to which he has succumbed. Nevertheless, the story follows several other characters…
Our Mothers Knew It
by Bryan Hendrickson Alma 56:47-48 47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by…
I Found God in the LGBTQ Community.
By Lance Irons (also published at his blog http://lanceirons.blogspot.com/) I have been thinking about writing this post for a while. Since my coming out I have truly experienced an outpouring of love and support of which I am tremendously grateful. My…
Inspired Events: How A Negative Sunday School Experience Becomes a Beautiful Mormon Experience
By Kathryn Hueth (a proud mama dragon) The Sunday prior to Christmas 2013 will be forever remembered because of an experience we had at church. After returning home, having had time to calm down and share feelings with my family,…
A Mother Gives a Message to Her Ward
I was TERRIFIED. I had to lock my knees so they would stop shaking. I’m sure if you put a microphone up to my chest, my heart would have sounded like a jackhammer. But it had been on my mind…