“But We’re Better Than Them!”
I wasn’t sure what to write this month’s blog post about until I saw a certain comment on my post from last month. My April 2022 post addressed how disappointingly low the bar is...
Tagged: inclusion
What not to say to single people at church
At a recent general conference, it was noted that more than half of the adult members of the church are unmarried. Look around your ward. Are half of the adults in sacrament meeting single?...
Acceptance, Inclusion, Belonging
Engaging everyone in the same way creates that sense of belonging. There’s a difference between acceptance and belonging.
Guest Post: The Sacrament Meeting Talk I Wish I Could Give
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...
Jesus Doesn’t Want Us to Teach the “Ideal”
So many times, when I or others have expressed that a particular way that a message at church has been framed or presented is hurtful or irrelevant to a swath of the congregation, the...
Underbelly
In this short post, I want to ask, Who are we forgetting? Who are we leaving out? In the ongoing journey for equality and civil rights for all, often times we forget about the...
Guest Post: Heeding the Invitation of the Savior to ‘Come Unto Me’
by Laura (In her post from earlier today, Laura gave us the back story and aftermath of her Sacrament Meeting talk in which she spoke of her personal beliefs that women should be ordained...
LDS Public Affairs: Connecting Priesthood Leaders to the Community?
About five months ago, I was called to be our ward’s Public Affairs representative. I was happy to accept. Seeing as I have been the ward’s humanitarian coordinator for the last 5 years, I...
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