Sitting here in my favorite t-shirt with a pint of Phish Food and my MacBook waiting for the PBS/Frontline documentary “The Mormons” to start. Thought I’d take a stab at keeping a running commentary…

The Third Path: Gay, Mormon, Married
by Ron Schow
A few days ago Matt Thurston created a blog here on Sunstone called the Fourth Path: Gay, Mormon, Celibate. Matt lays out the four paths for gays in Mormondom, as he sees it, and the Third path is heterosexual marriage. I’ve been following the discussion here and I’m [...]

I’m no different than any other Mormon. I’ve been actively following the conversation around Richard Dutcher’s announcement that he’s moving on from Mormonism -
But of course, that’s only one way of putting it, a way that a whole bunch of people would take issue with. They would prefer me to say he’s spiraling downward, that [...]

A fascinating discussion is taking place over at Mormon Mentality with regard to recent changes made to the BYU honor code on the subject of homosexuality. Most interesting to me is the news that a group of gay BYU students took an active part in initiating and approving the changes to the honor code. [...]

When John and I started letting people know that we were no longer active in the church, many people replied that it wasn’t much of a surprise.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. [...]

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
-Traditional Pascha Greeting
Do you remember the first time it hit you that you are going to die? Maybe it was a sudden blow as a child, or maybe it didn’t really set in until you had your first child. I have not yet lost anyone close to me to [...]

I’ve been capsized, synthesized, de-emphasized, and frequently cut-down-to-sized (by my wife); I’ve been asked my suit size, shoe size, hat size, and cup size (for baseball); I’ve exercised, Mousercized, and once even jazzercised (long story)… but a couple of weeks ago was the first time I’ve ever been downsized (by my employer). As such, [...]

A family member and friend shared with me today the way her prayers and fasting were answered - literally overnight - through the healing of her son. Skeptical as I am, I still find such simple faith beautiful and intriguing. I’m not sure whether I believe it or not, though I lean toward not. I [...]

Last Sunday the stake installed a new elder’s quorum presidency in our ward. When the outgoing president said his farewell words he told us that during his tenure hometeaching stats had plummeted to an all time low. I thought it was odd that he would admit to such a thing, but I admired his candor.
I [...]

In my previous post, I discussed how language limits our ability to describe our spiritual experiences. I appreciated the responses to my initial query. After I posted my thoughts, I had one of those Doh! forehead-hitting moments where I realized that what makes an event spiritual is its ineffability. If it was [...]