Seven Ways Latter-day Saint Teaching about Sexuality Have Been Misrepresented
As Latter-day Saints have participated in conversations about sexuality, their beliefs about sexuality have often been distorted and misrepresented.
Category: Editorials
Why Gratitude is Absolutely the Right Choice Right Now
The benefits of gratitude is so robust there is nearly nothing you could do to encourage more widespread happiness and relieve more suffering than encouraging the daily recounting of gratitude.
Latter-day Saint Radical Orthodoxy: a Manifesto
Many young believers feel the only options they have are to be rigidly dogmatic to the point of being fundamentalist or to reject the Church’s teachings in favor of progressive political doctrines and intellectualism. This statement encourages intellectual engagement with the Church of Jesus Christ in ways that are faithful and flexible instead of either rigidly dogmatic or heretical and doubting.
What was Really the Choice in the 2020 Election?
Partisans on both sides were seized upon by the urgency of picking their candidate for President—with everyone else encouraged to join the fray. Is that really the most important choice we just faced?
The Grinch Who (Almost) Stole Thanksgiving
How to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is a challenging question for many American families. Whatever the details of the decision, let’s hold on to the transcendent spirit of the holiday.
For Mature Audiences Only: Relabeling Crass Media
When movies include explicit scenes of violence, sexual activity, drug and alcohol use, or rampant profanity, it’s become common to label them as “adult” or “mature.” Why?
Stop Deleting Your Facebook
More and more of our friends and family are opting out of social media entirely. Honest question: What would Jesus do?
The Temptation of Prince Salim
From Mughal India to modern America, the moral stakes of politics never really change.
Don’t Flip Your Whig
We can fully embrace our moral progress without rejecting the influential men and women of the past who failed to live up to the standards of today.
The Problem with Demanding Trust
If we want to cultivate public confidence in the election, condemning or dismissing entirely those with concerns about the vote won’t help us get there. And making space for a little suspicion and caution shouldn’t hurt either.
Karate, Currents, and Christian Dissidents
A Review of Rod Dreher’s Live Not By Lies
Honoring The Courage of Veterans
On this Veteran’s day, we take the opportunity to not merely honor indiscriminately, but specifically on those who have made the deliberate choice to sacrifice for liberty under law in our nation.
