Like 750,000 other California Mormons, I sat amongst my fellow ward members in our local chapel today as our bishop read the Preserving Traditional Marriage and Strengthening Families memo over the pulpit. He followed that by reading a memo outlining the church’s views on political neutrality. He closed by asking each of us to ponder […]

The motto of Sunstone is “Faith Seeking Understanding.” But in the latest issue of the magazine, David Richardson questioned whether we follow our own motto when we decide what to publish.
A few issues ago Sunstone published an article by Margaret Toscano that takes a measurement of the progress the Church has made along feminist fronts. […]

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how I have to “play the game” in order to move forward in my profession (to be specific, my current ‘game’ involves writing grant proposals and getting to know the ‘right’ people who can write letters of recommendation on my behalf).
There’s a part of me that just hates […]

Just spied this article about two more women who were ordained as Catholic priests. They are being threatened with excommunication for their heretical activities.
My question:
Does anyone know of any groups/movements within Mormonism that’ve tried ordaining women to the priesthood? If there are such groups and there was any public demonstration of such (as […]

Kottke.org, one of the best-known blogs out there, links to an interview of two Mormon teens in Idaho. It’s funny and a wee bit sad to see how much these girls feel stifled by their religious culture….
An excerpt:
What is the craziest thing about Mormonism?
The craziest thing about Mormonism is the garbage that supposedly […]

When John and I started letting people know that we were no longer active in the church, many people replied that it wasn’t much of a surprise. They knew we were active in Sunstone, and in Mormon feminism, and that we didn’t believe in the version of church history espoused in church manuals. […]

I like reading Oprah Magazine better than I like reading the scriptures.
There, I said it. I find a lot of inspiration, motivation and truth in…..Oprah Magazine. My husband makes fun of me for it (lovingly, of course) and I’m sometimes a bit embarrassed at the confession of being a die-hard Oprah fan, but I guess […]

Some time ago I visited a web site for Mormon misfits (www.misfitmormon.com). As I read through the posts there, I wondered to myself, “What kind of eldritch creatures might these ‘Morms Out of the Norm’ be?”

In priesthood meeting last Sunday, we discussed the seldom mentioned topic of needing to follow the prophet.  A fellow read President Woodruff’s call for “intelligent obedience” which was then tied to his caveat that the Lord would never allow a prophet to lead the people astray.  The thought struck me that one would not need […]

Arriving at my first symposium several years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see people I admired wearing sleeveless dresses and carrying Starbucks cups (I did pass judgment that they were not patronizing one of the fine independent coffee shops in downtown SLC). It is clear that you don’t have to be a practicing […]