A Farewell to Kings #rush #bastilleday
When they turn the pages of history When these days have passed long ago Will they read of us with sadness For the seeds that we let grow We turned our gaze From the castles in the distance Eyes cast...
View ArticleFinding Joy…Division
I have only discovered Joy Division over that last 5 years. I had heard of them before that. I knew some New Order songs. But only recently have I discover the dark joy of Joy Division. In the last few...
View ArticleWhy I’m Still a Gay Christian
There has been a flurry of dismissals in the news. Folks in the church coming out in support of marriage equality and LGBT inclusion have lost their job, their faith has been attacked, they have lost...
View ArticleSocialism, Social Solidarity and Race
The poster says in Danish, we are stronger together. The National Review has a new piece on socialism in Scandinavia. And it notes the continual history of the US left in...
View ArticleTed Cruz Happy to See LGBTQ Discrimination
If you call yourself a Christian and you refuse to serve someone you think is a sinner, then you are a liar. Because Christ, the namesake of Christianity, never refused anyone, regardless of the sin,...
View ArticleBack to School: School Clothes and the Challenges of Poverty
“It is better to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.” -Joseph Smith, as quoted by Hugh Nibley “The conditions of sharing demanded by the Lord can only be...
View ArticleA Progressive Defense of Pope Francis
Given the love most progressives have for Pope Francis, it’s odd for me to write a defense of his papacy. Especially as a gay man and as a mainline protestant minister. But there are progressive...
View ArticleHalloween Essentialism
Halloween is upon us. It is time for ghosts, candy, pumpkin and silly posts like this one.
View ArticleThe Collision of Charity and Chastity
The LDS Church is taking more criticism than usual this week, over the decision of its leaders to enact a policy prohibiting membership records, baby blessings, baptism, and ordination to the minor...
View ArticleScience and God: They are the Same (sort of)
A recent post on the NPR subsidiary blog 13.7 Cosmos & Culture asks a complicated question about how or why one chooses religion over science or views the two as not mutually exclusive. Marcelo...
View ArticleEmpty Chairs at Empty Tables
Where my friends will meet no more. Filed under: Blog, Culture, Feature, News, Politics
View ArticleChristians: All One, Like It or Not
One of my favorite scriptural phrases comes from Philippians 2:12, where Paul counsels the saints to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” For me, Paul’s counsel provides one of the...
View ArticleSome Brief Thoughts on Bacon
As a low-carb dieter, I appreciate bacon. But I do not think it is that great. It is great with other things, whether it is with a BLT or part of a Cobb salad. However, while I like bacon, I have never...
View ArticleChristmas and the Confederate Flag
Regardless of how any of us feel about the confederate flag, no one can deny its well-deserved controversy. We cannot escape history, as much as we try to ignore it, forget it, or simply pretend it did...
View ArticleConfessions: I Want to Conquer the World…and Other Resolutions
2016 is going to be a good year. I turn 40 this year and I will not put out with another off year. It time to conquer the world. Well…my little part of it at least.
View ArticleConfessions: I Don’t Belong
I have felt this way for a long time about many things. I don’t belong. I am a Mormon liberal who more and more finds myself still unorthodox…but very much at odds with most other Mormon liberals. I...
View ArticleMy Time with the AHA
So I had a chance to participate in a “Reproductive Justice Forum” that was held at the University of Oklahoma earlier this month. But I discovered immediately that it was not that at all. It was an...
View ArticleNominal vs. Convictional Christians
I’m not sure if these two categories came from the Barna group or from Christianity Today. Recent articles have started to use the nominal but Barna’s research into America’s religious landscape used...
View ArticleRainbow Mormon Initiative: “All about love, saving lives”
I cannot say with enough conviction how important Rainbow Mormon Initiative is and how important it is for everyone to participate in it.
View Article“How can we not have a mother?” Louis C.K. on Heavenly Mother (From the...
A variety of a great religious reflections from Louis C.K. during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. His comments of Heavenly Mother start at around 6:00. Check it out: I...
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