As my Facebook feed filled with church members extolling the virtues of President Trump (apparently the Godliest president ever) and as members of the church started embracing the prosperity gospel, I realized that our church’s beliefs are not nearly as unified as I originally thought. We might agree on big doctrinal points like God is three people instead of one person, or that there are…
Three things happened between late 2015 and late 2016 that accelerated my faith journey. In late 2015, an official church policy regarding married gay members and the children of gay parents (that was meant only for church leaders) was leaked to the news. The policy stated two things that I found shocking: The policy was later retracted in 2019, but I found the policy very…
In 2014, my daughter started attending BYU Provo. She loved it at first, but then she noticed that many girls in her dorm would tell racial jokes and hate on transgendered people. Having been raised in the Seattle area and having worked in her HS theater department, she took great offence to this and wondered how people that seemed so nice could behave so mean….
I thought it would be nice to start this journey by describing what I enjoyed about the church. From a cultural perspective: From a doctrinal perspective: But generally, I always felt that the church and its culture was a force for good. Even if it was all made up, I didn’t think that it significantly impeded my life and that it was an overall benefit…
I was raised a member of the LDS church, and have been a member for my entire life. I was baptized at age 8, served a mission in Maracaibo, Venezuela at age 19, attended and graduated from BYU, met my wife at a church in Dallas, and we were married in the Dallas Temple. We then raised three children and were one big happy church-going…
