On the 4th of July, let’s celebrate our liberty while remembering that “Love will beget tolerance and kindness” by Tom Christofferson A member of the Affirmation Board of Directors, Tom Christofferson lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his partner of sixteen…
Category: Reconciliation work
The Victoria Theater
The journey of my family since my son came out last year has been a roller coaster ride of highs and lows. The spiritual, intellectual and emotional investment required to make sense and find peace between two polarizing worlds…
Salvaging Our Humanity (and our Faith) from the Wreckage of Politics
Anybody who has been following the progress of Proposition 8 through the courts knew that the least likely outcome of the Supreme Court decision would be the one officially hoped for in the amicus brief filed by the Church, i.e.,…
Jane Manning James as a Model for Gay and Lesbian Mormons
By Alasdair Ekpenyong As contemporary gay and lesbian Mormons come to terms with their sexuality and perhaps choose to pursue same-gender relationships, they at times find themselves cut off from the sacrament and other priesthood ordinances that had previously been…
Reclaiming Innocence
By Meagan M. Colwell (also posted at her blog ruthandmeagan.blogspot.com) “This [LDS] Church has felt the bitter sting of persecution and marginalization early in our history … Our parents, young adults, teens and children should therefore, of all people, be especially sensitive to…
Forward Steps by our Cousins in the Community of Christ
Just now I received an email that I want to share with my Mormon brothers and sisters. The Community of Christ, as most of us know, was formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here…
The Year Of The Caterpillar
In 1977 (1 A.D. Star Wars) my father worked two jobs to pay for a trip for our family to go to his home country of the Netherlands (Holland), the land of tulips and windmills, to visit my grandmother and…
Why Does the Lord Allow His Covenant People to Err?
(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…
On the Road to Emmaus
(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…
I practiced the wrong song!
I heard a story in church on Easter morning about a pianist who was accompanying a service a few years ago. After one beautiful musical number, she started the final song for the group to sing. It didn’t sound quite…