Guest post by Neil Loffhagen First some background to this presentation. I wrote this talk 5 months ago, in August (2012), having had many (what I consider) promptings on the subject. I felt led to study various material and have…
Category: Spirituality
Thirty Years of Notes to My Son
Guest Post by Dean Tingey Age – 1 week Dear Son, I love you so much. I can’t believe you are here. After losing two babies during pregnancy, your mother and I feel so blessed to have you in our…
A Shepherd of Israel
Eighteen months ago, I was called to serve closely with Bishop Don Fletcher in the Bay Ward here in San Francisco, as his executive secretary. In my Mormon career, I’ve had the great blessing to have had some amazing bishops,…
A Gay Mormon Reads the Scriptures: The Book of Mormon
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…
Why My Marriage to my Husband Matters: For Time and for Eternity
Our house is full of little markers, reminders of the milestones along our journey as a family. One of my most treasured is this photo of us, taken right after Göran and I held our commitment ceremony in 1995:
A Valentine to My Gay and Lesbian Friends–Welcome to the World of Romantic Love!
I have a story I want you to listen to and remember on Valentine’s Day and hopefully beyond. When my former husband Gerald was staying with me at the end of his life in 1984, preparing to die from AIDS…
A Gay Mormon Reads the Scriptures
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?
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…
Epiphany
“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…