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• When Tithing Settlement Goes Horribly Wrong

  

  Previously: Not Quite The Same In the October general conference following the murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, members were newly encouraged to give their al... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• It's Not Quite The Same

  

  Previously: How To Become An Apostate In One Afternoon We latter-day Saints can be as bad as some Baptists when it comes to quoting scripture out of context whe... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How To Become An Apostate In One Afternoon

  

  Previously: The Problem With Denver Snuffer If you'd like to see how difficult it can be to follow the counsel of Church leaders and still retain your membershi... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Problem With Denver Snuffer

  

  Previously: Farewell, Sweet Soul I'm willing to bet there's no one in Mormondom more misrepresented than Denver Snuffer has been these past few weeks. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Farewell, Sweet Soul

  

  Previously: Saying Goodbye to CeliaI was informed this morning that our mutual friend Celia passed on this morning. The following is from Celia's sister: We wan... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Saying Goodbye to Celia

  

  My favorite thing about this blog has always been the comments that follow each post. That's where my real learning takes place, as readers share their... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What I Left Out Of My Book

  

  Previously: The Drunkards of Ephraim Late at night on July 22nd, after I had gone over the manuscript of my book one last time (did I mention I wrote a book?), ... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Drunkards of Ephraim

  I had every intention of posting something new here before this month gave out, but my own health has given out for the time being (pneumonia), and at the momen... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What To Expect When You're Excommunicated

  

  I have two big announcements to make before this month is over (Well, big for me, anyway.) The first is that my book is finished and now available at Amazon, an... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Who Is Changing The Doctrine?

  

  Previously: Uncomfortable God I guess my bishop must have been lying to me. Last month he asked to see me, and when I met with him in his office he told me he... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Uncomfortable God

  

  Previously: Vengeance And The Latter-Day SaintThese are interesting times to belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Vengeance And The Latter-Day Saint

  

  Previously: "How To Argue With A Mormon And Win" One of the strangest occurrences that took place after the sudden death of Joseph Smith in June, 1844 was that... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How To Argue With A Mormon And Win

  

  Previously: The Actual Message of the Book of Mormon I wish I lived closer to Ohio, because on the weekend of May 9th, Sunstone is sponsoring an event... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Actual Message Of The Book Of Mormon

  

  It's no secret that untold thousands of formerly faithful latter-day Saints have been abandoning the faith over the past few years, motivated by a discovery tha... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bare Necessities: How To Calculate What You Owe In Tithing

  

  Previously: The Book of Mormon Cultural Reading ProjectAlthough it is well established in the Lord's Law of Tithing that He requires only ten percent of a... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bare Necessities: How To Calculate What You Owe In Tithing

  

  Although it is well established in the Lord's Law of Tithing that He requires only ten percent of a person's increase as a tithe rather than ten percent of his... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Book Of Mormon Cultural History Reading Project

  

  I had planned at this time to write a sort of follow-up to last month's controversial post, but yesterday I came across this announcement on Daymon Smith's... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why I Don't Care If You're Gay

  

  I'm frequently asked why I haven't yet posted anything on this blog about this business of gay marriage. I suppose that's because I'm concerned here primarily... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Year End Odds & Ends

  

  With December winding down, instead of posting one of my usual themed articles, I thought I'd just make a couple of general announcements, cover some updates an... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Year End Odds & Ends

  

  Previously: The Book of Mormon Bait SwitchWith December winding down, instead of posting one of my usual themed articles, I thought I'd just make a couple of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY