Community
Last week was difficult for many of us. The other day I encouraged us to do 2 things: Create more love Express
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When I encounter homophobia I lean on these verses from Community of Christ’s D&C
It is not pleasing to God when any passage of scripture is used to diminish or oppress races, genders, or
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Advice For Fallout After Queerphobic Cultural Event
In the fallout of Jeffery R. Holland’s queerphobic sermon a few people took to the sidewalks of BYU to draw
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Muskets and Bowie Knives
There has been a lot fo talk about Holland’s sermon this week. I, as a queer person, want to give
Joining a Church You’ve Never Been To: A Story About Conversion During a Pandemic
This presentation can be watched on Youtube here 1. Introduction Traditional conversion stories tend to start with you meeting someone
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The Purpose of Community of Christ’s temple in Independence
At the RLDS conference in April 1968 D&C 149 and 149A were canonized. Section 149:6A says: The time has come
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Nephite Racism
To preface, I don’t think the Book of Mormon is historical, but I still find a lot of meaning in
I made a calligraphic version of the symbols on John Whitmer’s “Caractors” document.
I made this for part of a project that I am working on 🙂 For those unaware, between 1829-1831 John
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How many plates were reportedly in the Gold Plates?
To preface, I don’t think the myth of the gold plates. I think its entirely possible that a a prop
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In light of all the recent LDS excommunications I want to talk about Community of Christ’s “Faithful Disagreement Policy”.
The policy is a quick read at only one page and I highly recommend reading it. Despite its briefness, it is