A certain Nick Einbender took to the facebook page of a group styling themselves “Mormons Building Bridges” and catalogued some correspondence he had with a currently-serving Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nick has an LDS background,[1] is a dentist and is married to another man. This bishop was a classmate…
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Several years ago, I wrote a series of posts for the Millennial Star blog regarding Ordain Women. In the years that followed, Kate Kelly was excommunicated and I can see no evidence that any of those “faithful” women are actually active, believing members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today. I find…
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For many people, the topic of judgment begins and ends at Matthew 7:1, in which the Savior is reported to have said, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints combine this with the injunction at Matthew 22: 39 to “love thy neighbour as thyself”…
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I found myself reading a silly little blog post by a semi-anonymous blogger renting space from two cats, which calls most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the carpet for their supposed misunderstanding of the parable of the wheat and the tares. It was full of judgment against such members…
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Dear Members of the Provo 487th Ward, It has been a whirlwind of a week. I don’t think anything can prepare you for the feelings of shock and inadequacy that comes when being called as a bishop. This is particularly the case today, because my predecessor, Bishop Young, had only been serving for 2 years. …
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If you walk into a house of worship on a Sunday with a covert film crew, and go to the pulpit for the purpose of engaging in a protest, and refuse to leave when asked nicely, such that you have to be physically removed, you are an unmitigated jerk. Reasonable people should reject your tactics…
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