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I now admit, somewhat sheepishly, that one of the reasons I voted for Obama is because of his religious beliefs.
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Utah is a state where, if you’re poor, your neighbors will bake you cookies, and then cheerfully go the ballot box and vote to take away any hope of your...
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When we hear that a belief is ridiculous, the first thing we should ask ourselves is: ridiculous to whom?
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As parents, what do we value more from our four-year-olds? A paint-by-the-numbers portrait identical to what’s on the box, or a free-spirited “look, Mom, this is you and Dad...
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I pick it up, open it, and read this sentence on page 3: “We know that gender was set in the premortal world.”
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1) Why is it so hard, when it comes to women, for Mormons to understand that being valuable is not the same as being equal?, 2) If King Benjamin were...
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The “nicer” men are about the patriarchal structure of the church, the more likely it is to be perpetuated. The best way for men to promote change in this context...
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I have brought my daughter, dressed up and nervous with anticipation, gift in hand, to a birthday party where the boys will decide what games to play and what the...
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So here it is. The one inmutable law of organizations. As long as #4 is greater than #2, the organization will grow (and continue to amass resources).
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The year I turned four or five, we drove to my grandparents in central Wisconsin for Christmas. Actually, we did this for most years of my early childhood- until I...
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Polygamy is a system in which MEN “progress” and “expand their stewardship” by increasing their patriarchal reach. They do it by collecting women like Jay Leno collects classic cars.
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This is a guest post I wrote nearly a year ago. . . DHO is still running around arguing that the proper practice of our religion requires us to work...
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[Heidi, a fellow cheap-seater, still has the floor.] In an earlier Cheap Seats post, Brent asked “Why do we spend so much time telling each other what spiritual experiences mean?” I...
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Faith doesn’t affect anything. It doesn’t cause anything. Faith is a commitment to see the world in a particular way. It’s about choosing to look through the kaleidoscope.
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It’s about the process, not the outcome. Painting by the numbers, regardless of how carefully, isn’t the same as painting our own picture—and learning to paint on our own, I...
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As I was telling my Kindergartner earlier this month that we’re all pioneers in some way. Whenever we stand up for what we believe in or do something because we...
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In 2006, Elder Nelson spoke of his first wife saying, “When people have asked her how she managed with ten children with so little time available from her husband, she...
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Do we believe, deep down, that the poor are that way because God wants them to be?
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When you hear the words “Compassionate Service” what comes to mind? This is like one of those word association games- just go with your gut feeling. Macaroni and cheese? Sign...
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By Claudia On my personal blog, I am known as “The Faithful Dissident.” For the past three years, I’ve been hiding behind that alias. Afraid of what, I’m not exactly...
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This is a guest post from a favorite reader and commenter, Corktree. It may sound simplistic (or just serving of my purpose), but I’ve always read the parable of the...
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What does this Prophet deplore in war? The actions of the enemy? The actions of the US-led coalition? War in general? It’s hard to tell and this appears to be...
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As an antidote to all the love around here lately, I thought I’d offer up a little bit of good old-fashioned hate. I grew up in a very low key...
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What we believe truly matters. Most of what we believe has its roots in what we were taught as children by people who we once rightfully worshipped as demi-gods; [...]...
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I’m in the process of choosing to leave. I’m almost there. There’s only a consideration of the cost.
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… is that there are always exceptions. Love to Jesus and Mo.
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When the Universe ends—or re-begins?—how will we know? Who will write the history of it? And what is the basis of any hope that anyone would care to read it?
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[UPDATED] I am bound and cannot escape.
I live in shadows and mists along the edges of that magical world of my childhood; a realm where all of humanity is enslaved...
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I’ve recently been reminded of how some, more quirky observations can easily lead to delightful moments of wonder and a spine-tingling connectedness with the whole bad-ass universe. We might fail...
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*The following is a guest post by Dan Ron Kauk is one of the world’s most renowned rock climbers. A fixture at Yosemite during the climbing season, he’s pioneered routes...
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‘Bake’ isn’t just about changing, its about the charm that transforms everyday innocuous items into unrecognizable, uncooperative objects through unknown mischief. When we find ourselves stupefied by keys that should...
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Something’s better than nothing…. or is it?
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If a boy becomes a man and can still feel the tug of an emotion from across 40 years, one may guess that the experience was profound — and so...
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My little Stuart has a bleeding heart. He is unusually quick, I think, to identify a person or an action as being unfair or unkind and to want to right...
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Is the desire to be happy a human universal? Or is it just another one of those preferences that arise from the murky depths of some personalities? On its face...
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We (and our children) have had to learn to be gracious guests at both cockroach infested decrepit apartments and mansions where we are served by The Help.
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This meditative novel is an examination of faith, humanity and the unbearable beauty of everyday life; it is impossible to overstate the spare, lyrical beauty of Robinson’s prose or the...
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The opposite of life is not death, rather never knowing. Yet knowledge has been called a forbidden fruit and a poison … the root of all evil … a bitter...
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1. Don’t believe everything you think. Putting aside all past conditioning – if that’s even possible — ask yourself, “Who am I?” At the core of your human experience, who...
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Everything I have learned about God is written in a book. In fact, it’s difficult to imagine how my worldview might differ had certain ideas not been memorialized, glorified, and...
