Belief / Culture / Journeys / Relationships / women
by Miriam · Published January 28, 2023 · Last modified November 7, 2022
So often I hear people trying to convince others that the way they feel about a particular topic/meeting/policy is the way that everyone *should* feel. As if God speaks to each of his children in exactly the same way at exactly the same time. But that’s not the way personal revelation works.
So here’s what I’ve decided (and perhaps this is a completely masochistic decision): but I’m going to keep expressing doubts in church meetings where that’s been traditionally uncommon. I’m hoping to change those traditions
Guest post by Sarah Awerkamp, who is currently serving as a missionary for the LDS church in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. She enjoys reading, making people laugh, and exploring the beautiful Alps. It was...
I was raised with a strong dose of Mormon Exceptionalism. Rather than seeing other Christians as siblings in the Church of Christ, I was taught the narrative of the One True Church. I internalized...
Belief / Culture / Gospel / Journeys / women
by Guest Post · Published January 5, 2020 · Last modified January 4, 2020
by Nicole In November 2015, right after the church’s policy on baptizing children of LGBTQ people was made public, I wrote a post on Facebook about the controversy. The content of the post was...
Before my faith transition got intense, I tried to ignore doubt. As doubt grew, I tried to rationalize them by throwing up my hands and telling myself that I couldn’t be expected to know...
Belief / Family / Journeys / women
by Guest Post · Published August 4, 2019 · Last modified August 3, 2019
By Brittany Long Olsen Last year, I moved from Utah to England, and it struck me that some of my ancestors made the reverse trip about 175 years ago. Looking at a statue in...
From the Introduction, Shades of Becoming: Poems of Transition, ed. by Nancy Ross and Kristen R. Shill. For sale at Amazon. When I experienced the most painful part of my faith transition and started...
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