Author: Jacob Z. Hess

Jacob Hess served on the board of the National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation and is Executive Director of the Council for Sustainable Healing. He has a Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on the implications of competing health and sociopolitical narratives.

Turning Something Very Good Into Something Very Bad

Posted by Jacob Z. Hess | Church & State, Faith

Underlying animosity can transform our view of otherwise vibrant goodness into something repulsive to be discarded as soon as possible.

The Well-Being of Youth Shouldn’t Become a Zero-Sum Battle

Posted by Jacob Z. Hess | Covering the Coverage

The Church opposes conversion therapy—unless you change the definition. Recently proposed rules in Utah could make ethical and helpful therapies illegal.