faith Archive

21April 20, 2013
On Holland’s Epistemology

There is a wide chasm, however, between choosing to live a religion and claiming to have absolute knowledge that one’s...
5December 18, 2012
Behold, the Condescension of God

O Come, all ye faithful. O Come, all ye doubtful. Come, all ye sorrowful and shameful and prideful and...
7December 18, 2012
47 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: A Faith like Mine

I now admit, somewhat sheepishly, that one of the reasons I voted for Obama is because of his religious beliefs.
10September 17, 2012
Choosing Faith in the Face of Doubt

The truth is that some things will hurt and be difficult. The truth is that some questions will never...
7July 12, 2012
6 Psaltery & Lyre: Christine Butterworth-McDermott, Two Poems

Christine Butterworth-McDermott is an associate professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she teaches creative writing, fairy...
0May 16, 2012
Grondahl 19

Sorry for the lag in posts. It’s been a lousy few weeks at my house the last month or so....
5May 5, 2012
29 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: David Foster Wallace, Cement Mixers, and Mormonism

We get to grapple with our own spiritual ineptness, sling it over our shoulders, cart it home, and store it...
12February 3, 2012
13 Dear Jack: Don’t Lose Heart

; Dear Jack, My shifting faith away from Mormonism hasn’t created a problem with my parenting decisions – until now...
6January 30, 2012
19 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Organizational Physics

So here it is. The one inmutable law of organizations. As long as #4 is greater than #2,...
7December 22, 2011
Santa and I

The year I turned four or five, we drove to my grandparents in central Wisconsin for Christmas. Actually, we...
2October 13, 2011
Moral Issues

Today on our local NPR affiliate, a local Stake Presidency member was interviewed about the roll-out of the “I’m a...
5August 28, 2011
09 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Faith is the Miracle

Faith doesn’t affect anything. It doesn’t cause anything. Faith is a commitment to see the world in a particular way....
9July 31, 2011
10 Seconds with Tinkerbell

This week I found myself in that place Tinkerbell is so fond of — the place between asleep and awake....
16July 23, 2011
04 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Build Out, Not Up

Can a religion be built on faith? Just plain faith? Faith that isn’t looking for a promotion, or...
20March 24, 2011
Parallel Journeys

By Claudia On my personal blog, I am known as “The Faithful Dissident.” For the past three years, I’ve been...
9March 10, 2011
Talents: Addition and Multiplication

This is a guest post from a favorite reader and commenter, Corktree. It may sound simplistic (or just serving of...
6February 26, 2011
A Prophet at Wartime

What does this Prophet deplore in war? The actions of the enemy? The actions of the US-led coalition? War in...
7February 24, 2011
Hate

As an antidote to all the love around here lately, I thought I’d offer up a little bit of good...
11February 19, 2011
Adam-God Theory

What we believe truly matters. Most of what we believe has its roots in what we were taught as children...
33February 12, 2011
Leaving

I’m in the process of choosing to leave. I’m almost there. There’s only a consideration of the cost.
8February 9, 2011
The Trouble with Immaculate Contraception …

… is that there are always exceptions. Love to Jesus and Mo.
5February 1, 2011
The Golden Rule

[UPDATED] I am bound and cannot escape. I live in shadows and mists along the edges of that magical world of...
4January 16, 2011
Faith – Worth the Risk?

*The following is a guest post by Dan Ron Kauk is one of the world’s most renowned rock climbers. A...
11November 16, 2010
Seminal Works — Gilead

This meditative novel is an examination of faith, humanity and the unbearable beauty of everyday life; it is impossible to...
30November 7, 2010
Top 10 Principles of Happiness That I was Never taught at Church

1. Don’t believe everything you think. Putting aside all past conditioning — if that’s even possible – ask yourself, “Who...