Tag: Mormon
The feminist and the fireside: Gender issues in Mormon dialogue
Every time we go to a Young Women/Young Men fireside, a periodic inspirational meeting for youth in the LDS church, I have a chat...
Why it’s harmful to say that families are forever
How long can one be in Utah without hearing the phrase, “families are forever”? Not long, I’d wager. However, behaving as if families are...
Grief in a Mormon community
It still seems unreal to me. I look at the snapshot taken on Thursday, March 10, and try to convince my brain that within...
When Easter was shared by a Mormon, a Catholic, and an...
Catholics, Evangelicals, and Mormons. Three divergent branches of Christianity whose doctrinal differences have led to everything from declaring each other un-Christian to literal bloodshed....
St. George Temple Visitors’ Center reopens
After a two-month closure for "refreshing," the St. George Temple Visitors' Center at 490 S 300 E reopened officially on February 29.
"We have looked...
Are you afraid of Mormons?
I should start by saying that my immediate Mormon neighbors here in Cedar City are simply wonderful, and having a good neighbor is an...
The Indy Top Ten of 2015: Opinion
If I had to decide what the best opinion pieces of the year were, I'd be paralyzed with indecision. But our readers were clearly...
Just in time for Christmas, Millennials are ditching religion
The United States has long been seen, on a domestic as well as an international level, as a deeply religious place.
However, Millennials are ditching...
What Jesus wants for his birthday
I’m not sure how I’d feel if for my birthday, my friends gave gifts to everyone but me. Yet that’s exactly what Jesus wants,...
CARTOON: ‘Saved to Death’
From cartoonist Clay Jones about 'Saved to Death,' the LDS Church's stance on baptizing children of gay parents, and pre-1978 black guys
The Church of...