Politico recently featured an article written by Amanda Ripley that focused on a woman who wants to make politicians accountable for the way they speak.
Tami Pyfer uses the Dignity Index which rates a politician’s rhetoric on an 8 point scale. She recently introduced it in her own state of Utah. Her goal is to make politicians aware of the vitriol and push them towards a nice and kinder political conversation.
Will this help? We certainly hope so.
Humanitarian work matters, but worship is what sustains the conviction, discipline, and devotion that keep it alive.
The Supreme Court did not broadly approve conversion therapy; it protected client self-determination in therapy.
Women’s experiences with garments are diverse—shaped by faith, family culture, and life stage rather than one simple story.
America Magazine, a Jesuit publication, talks to Christine Emba, a Washington Post columnist, about why so many people are having miserable sex when second wave feminism, #MeToo, and the sexual revolution was supposed to fix it all. Her conclusion is that consent is not enough of a sexual ethic. And that our sexual ethic must expand to include empathy and considering the good of the other. Her remarks reminded me of Daniel Frost’s article which he published in Public Square Magazine making a similar argument: Consent is Good, But Not Enough
“Murder Among the Mormons” highlights how Mark Hofmann perpetuated a narrative about transparency in The Church of Jesus Christ. Though Hofmann was stopped, that problematic narrative lingers.
Can opposing political views coexist in personal relationships? Absolutely, with active listening and genuine respect.
“Sexual soloing” is a normal developmental challenge for many people. Yet contrary to popular declarations, there are a great many empirical reasons to question its widespread embrace as “healthy,” especially in the context of pornographic arousal.
