Mormons Archive

The Church and Homosexuality

Posted on December 6, 2012 | 8 Comments
I hope that, despite our setbacks, the Church will truly listen to its LGBT members and begin to loosen the reins that it has proverbially set upon our backs for decades.
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Now is the Time

Posted on December 6, 2012 | 23 Comments
And I hope that all of you who have suffered, if you need to sit it out, that you can begin to find solace from afar, if that's what you need.
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Why This Mormon Woman is Voting for Barack Obama

Posted on October 23, 2012 | 17 Comments
Today’s guest post comes to us from Karin Olson of Huntsville, Texas. Yesterday I cast my vote for Barack Obama for president on the first day of early voting in Huntsville, Texas, wishing I lived in a swing state. I see him as the […]
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Single Experiences: More Welcome as Half

Posted on October 12, 2012 | 1 Comment
My husband was upset but understood. When his affair came to light later on, I was thankful that I stood my ground.
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Single Experiences: We Can Do Better

Posted on October 8, 2012 | 17 Comments
In a culture where women are given the most power in roles defined by who they are attached to, mother and wife, single women are virtually powerless.
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Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: The Feminine Divine

Posted on August 27, 2012 | 3 Comments
She pointed to two girls and told them, then she pointed to me. "You, with the blonde, your Goddess is as clear as the blue sea on our coasts. Your Goddess is Iemanja."
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Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Mormon Soccer

Posted on August 13, 2012 | 2 Comments
It all feels organic and authentic in a way Church no longer does. Yet something about the early morning routine, the weekly exercise and exhaustion, the socializing with people I otherwise wouldn't-it somehow feels like Mormon soccer to me.
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Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Redemption from Pride

Posted on August 6, 2012 | 15 Comments
I kept toward the back, filled with the peace that comes from doing the right thing. I carried a sign that read, "Sorry We're Late" and took in the positive response from the spectators.
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29 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: David Foster Wallace, Cement Mixers, and Mormonism

Posted on May 5, 2012 | 5 Comments
We get to grapple with our own spiritual ineptness, sling it over our shoulders, cart it home, and store it under our beds.
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27 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The CleanFlix Documentary

Posted on April 18, 2012 | 7 Comments
CLEANFLIX raises provocative questions about censorship and consumer rights as well as Mormon approaches to art and sex. . . .
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Why don’t Mormons celebrate Lent?

Posted on February 22, 2012 | 24 Comments
Today is Ash Wednesday. Before I spent eight years in Louisiana, I would not even have known what Ash Wednesday was. I grew up in the Bible belt, so I knew plenty of Baptists, a few Methodists and Presbyterians, perhaps, but not many […]
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Are all white people racist?

Posted on February 8, 2012 | 15 Comments
I recently saw this embarrassment of a video on Facebook: http://youtu.be/XGeMy-6hnr0 There are so many things wrong with the video, it’s hard to know where to start. I cringed when I saw the guy dressing up in black face, but I admit that I […]
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