At a symposium on Religious Liberty and the Law held in Los Angeles in November, 2017, Elder Quentin L. Cook, a member of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke of the urgent need for more positive voices in American discourse today. He then explained how adding a new perspective to the conversation “creates a pause in the discourse and allows people to evaluate where they stand on a particular matter.” By contrast, “Silence allows the rhythm of negativity to continue uninterrupted and unchallenged.”
Three years ago this month, we highlighted this inspired insight as central to our motivation in launching a new magazine—one that would be welcoming to voices of committed faith speaking on all important matters in our world today … including difficult ones. We wrote at the time:
The body of believers must now more than ever put pen to paper; click conviction into every keystroke; stand athwart history, and belt “come, come, ye saints” until, in fact, all is well.
Three years later, none of us can say “all is well”—but we’ve done what we can to raise our voices to reach for that beautiful peace to soon come. Thanks to 204 wonderful people who wrote 876 articles across a variety of important topics, we’ve been able to reach millions of people together. We’ve had a lot of fun and learned so much. But it’s been hard to keep up—even for us.
So, as our birthday present today, we include an index of every article we’ve published to date. Our special thanks go to the authors themselves, who have trusted us to share their thoughts and work. We hope you’ll enjoy this reference list!
FAITH
The Father & Son
Approaching God in a Self-Absorbed Way
Searching for God (Instead of Ideas about Him)
Faith
America Needs Religion to Survive and Thrive
The Inner Logic of Religion(s)
Why Faith Matters for the Long Game
Certainty is a Counterfeit Salvation
How Presumptuous Certainty Stokes Radicalization
Heresies that Happen to be True
The Importance of Prophetic Fallibility
The Ambiguity / Authority Tradeoff in Scripture
Why Mystery Is So Important to Our Faith Journey
The Seductive Deception of “Informed Consent”
Belonging in a Covenant People
God’s Staggering Faithfulness to Us
Imperfect Families and Covenantal Relationships
The Democratization of the Saints
Those Ultimate Christian Fighting Words
Belonging at the BYU’s: Advice to a College Freshman
You Are Safe in My Classroom: Truth, Belonging, and Pride Flags
Belonging and Believing in Conservative and Liberal Religion
Temples
Live Action Role Playing and Sacred Symbolic Pedagogy
What Temple Square Teaches About Change
Ancient Prophets & the Bible
Latter-day Saints Need the Old Testament
Trauma in The Family of Abraham
Abraham and the Stranger at Sodom and Gomorrah
Imperfect Families and Covenantal Relationships
David’s Other Sin with Bathsheba
Embracing the Risk of Divine Encounter
Seeing Old and New Things in Isaiah
Trusting God to See Our Whole Heart
How the Restoration Can Inform Biblical Scholarship
The Philosophical Basis of Biblical Marriage
The Modern Prophetic Voice
Prophets on Politics: Ten Messages to an Agitated, Aggrieved America
Prophets on Pandemic: Ten Messages to a Weary, Wary World
What’s the Point of a Prophet Who Already Agrees With You?
Treasuring All That God Has Revealed
It’s Not Loving to Mislead People About Reality
The Consistency of Prophetic Abortion Teaching
The Importance of Prophetic Fallibility
The Fortified Church and Prophetic Foundations
The Deceptively Boring Adamant Notecard
The Word Which Heals The Wounded Soul
The Conference Themes That Press on Our Mind
Prophetic Priorities and Personal Impressions
Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice
Anger and the Modern Prophetic Voice
The Name of the Church
Mormon Isn’t Our Name. Why Are Some Still Using It?
Asking to Not Say “Mormon” is as American as Pilgrims
To Call Us By Our Name (A Reasonable Request In the Age of Authenticity)
A More Undistracted Path To Christ
Boundaries of the Restored Gospel
Latter-day Saint Radical Orthodoxy: A Manifesto
What Led Me to Radical Orthodoxy
Radical Orthodoxy in Simple Terms
-Ites, Radical Orthodoxy, and Balkanization
A Response to Radical Orthodoxy Criticisms
Elusive Reasoning Among Expansive Latter-day Saints
New Insights on Gospel Restoration: Thoughts on Mason & Givens’ Texts
The Natural Man Is an Enemy to God
“The Justice of God in the Punishment of the Sinner”
The Natural Mind Is an Enemy to God
The Urgent Need to Console the Wounded
The Fortified Church and Prophetic Foundations
Why Aren’t We There Yet as a Society? A Latter-day Saint Case for Hope
Rules vs. Principles: Which Should We Benchmark Our Lives Against?
Excommunication as a Protection Against Spiritual Violence
Working Through Challenges to Faith
Researching Disaffection: The Neglected Variable of Conversion
The Case for Spiritual Imagination
Struggle Doesn’t Make You Special
Seeking Flexible and Vital Faith? Listen to Lehi
Certainty is a Counterfeit Salvation
How Presumptuous Certainty Stokes Radicalization
Heresies that Happen to be True
The Importance of Prophetic Fallibility
The Ambiguity / Authority Tradeoff in Scripture
Will My Kids Keep the Faith? Parents’ Hopes and Children’s Choices
Responsible Reform: Elder Cook’s Caution About “Persistent Bouts of Christianity.”
How to Speak the ‘Whole Language’ of Jesus
Why A Belief Crisis Need Never Be Fatal To Faith
Are You Feeling Peace or Just Relief?
Attacks on Faith
It’s Time to Stop Calling Your Grandpa a Liar
Have You Heard the Biggest Church Lie?
Discerning the Impact of Influencers
Saying Goodbye to Faith-Toxic Influencers
Excommunication as a Protection Against Spiritual Violence
A Whirlwind History of Frivolous Lawsuits Against Latter-day Saints
The $100 Billion ‘Mormon Church’ story: A Contextual Analysis
Turning Something Very Good Into Something Very Bad
‘Tis the Season to Spread Enmity?
You Can’t Spend Your Way Out of Poverty
Pitting Christian Ministry and Devotion Against Each Other
The Fraud Mark Hofmann Still Perpetuates
Ten Ways “Under the Banner of Heaven” Defames the Church of Jesus Christ
Under the Banner of Old Tropes
Turning the Other Cheek Still Hurts
Is Personal Experience the Final Arbiter of Truth?
A Few Questions Before You Try to Change the Church
Eradicating Child Exploitation
Only a Few Fans at the Super Bowl? That’s No Problem for Sex Traffickers.
Should a Church Pay Damages For Reporting Abuse to the Police?
The Church of Jesus Christ and the BSA Bankruptcy Case
Better Protecting Children of All Faiths
Are Publicized Abuse Cases Exceptional or Representative of Our Faith?
Abuse is Something We Should Be Able to Fight Together
Associated Press, Make the Documents Public
Ten Ways the AP Abuse Article Misrepresented the Evidence
Mandatory Reporting Isn’t the Solution
Breaking the Seal of Confession
Some Thoughts on Helping Vulnerable Children
One Overlooked Reason Sexual Abuse Continues
Interfaith Friendship
10 Lessons on the Beauty of Interfaith Harmony
Strengths In Diverse American Families of Faith
Strong Black Families: God, Relationships, and Deep Faith
Muslim Families: A Closer Look at Answering to Allah
Catholic and Orthodox Christian Families: Confession and Forgiveness
Jewish Families: How Teachings and Traditions Strengthen Marriage and Family Life
Evangelical Christian Families: “God Wants Us … To Be Strong”
Mainline Protestant Families: Loving God and Family Members
Latter-day Saint Families: Eternal Perspectives
Living a New Faith in a New Land
Learning to Be a Good “Latter-day Saint Boy” from Friends of Other Faiths
“Thank You, I’d Be Honored”: Worshipping with Friends of Other Faiths
Attending Religious Services of Other Faiths
Sacred Experiences with Jewish Friends
What is Holy Envy, and Can it Heal Our World?
Celebrating the Overwhelming, Relentless Love of God
Holidays
It’s Time for a Holiday Realignment
Stay a While by the Cross this Easter
The Hope Resurrection Provides Here and Now
For This Cause, Have I Been Lifted Up
Juneteenth and the Liberal Tradition
Honoring The Courage of Veterans
A Halloween Vision of the Dead
Fostering Peaceful Holiday Gatherings in a Time of Fear and Anger
Honor the Pilgrims by Cultivating Tolerance
Why Gratitude is Absolutely the Right Choice Right Now
The Grinch Who (Almost) Stole Thanksgiving
Now is the Time for Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men
Anguishing at America’s Future? Let Christmas Console You
‘Tis The Season: Good Will to Men
‘Tis the Season to Spread Enmity?
How Islam Is Bringing Me Clarity This Christmas
Did You Witness the First Christmas?
Trying to Christmas Like Jesus
Joy As Though He Had Already Come
Climate & End Times
Is the World Going to Burn Up?
Apocalyptic, and Not Ashamed to Say It
The Mark of the Beast is More Than a Punchline
Joy As Though He Had Already Come
Dialogue on Life and Death Matters
Zero Population Growth Isn’t the Answer, My Friend
The Whole Earth Shall Be in Commotion
Tributes
The Gentle Power of Dave Joseph, Dialogue Legend
There’s One More Atheist in Heaven (Gary Wilson)
Joseph Smith, Harold Bloom, and Jewish Gnosticism
A Day with Clayton Christensen
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Donald Trump, and Me
Rabbi Sacks, the Snow, and Our Common Humanity
The Church Still Loves You, Richard Dutcher
“I’m Not Going Anywhere.” A Tribute to Godly Men
A Latter-day Saint Empiricist: An Interview with Tarik LaCour
Stretching the Heavens: A Review (Eugene England)
A Conversation with Carl R. Trueman
Celebrating the Overwhelming, Relentless Love of God (Francis Chan)
IDENTITY, SEXUALITY & FAMILY
Identity
Expressive Individualism and the Restored Gospel
Is Sexuality Who We Are or What We Do?
Visible Identities & Invisible People
Our Deepening Divide Over Identity
Sexuality and Truth in Harmony
Sexuality in the Age of “If It Feels Good, Do It”
The Value-Responsive Self: Authenticity as Alignment With Truth
The Expressive Self: Identity Above Truth
If You Want to Love Yourself, Love the Truth
Living in This Strange New World
A Conversation with Carl R. Trueman
How Modern Freedom Turned Into Slavery
Coming Out & Walking Away. Why?
A Love Note to Diamond Marriages and Sapphire Singles
Women
So, Are You For Women . . . Or Not?
Feminists should ask tough questions about ERA
Equal Partnership Marriage in an Individualistic America
Emma Smith: A Case Study for Women in Worship
How Christ Includes and Empowers Women
International Women’s Day: Let’s Do More Than Just Celebrate
The Eternal Nature of Motherhood for All Women
How Jordan Peterson Made Me a Better Mother
Losing and Finding Myself in Motherhood
When Women Perpetrate Domestic Violence
Heavenly Mother
Heavenly Mother Should Be Joyful, Not Another Cultural Battle
Is Our Heavenly Mother Conversation Drawing People To Christ?
Taking the Name of Heavenly Mother in Vain
Body Image & Modesty
Do Utahns Struggle with Body Image More Than Others?
Men
The Case for Heroic Masculinity
“I’m Not Going Anywhere.” A Tribute to Godly Men
The Church Was My Escape from Misogyny and Violence
Exalting Love & Marriage
Yearning for Greater Fulfillment? Relish Your Most Precious Promises
A Love Note to Diamond Marriages and Sapphire Singles
Some Straight Talk about Polyamory
What’s Hijacking So Many Beautiful Relationships?
Can Mindful Sex Help You Navigate the Pandemic?
Emotional Closeness in Desperate Times
A Mindfulness Journey to “Happily Ever After”
Tying a Stronger Knot: Overcoming Contemporary Marital Myths
Sexual Intimacy
Youth Are Inundated by Sexualized Talk. But Don’t Ask Them about It!
We Need More Than Sexual Desire to Guide Us
Consent is Good, But Not Enough
Sexuality & Happiness
Are Religious LGBT Youth in Utah More (or Less) Prone to Suicidality?
The Well-Being of Youth Shouldn’t Become a Zero-Sum Battle
Is Latter-day Saint Theology Responsible for LGBT+ Suicides?
Yearning for Greater Fulfillment? Relish Your Most Precious Promises
Sexuality & Faith
Coming Out & Walking Away. Why?
A Path to Unity, Mr. President: The Fairness for All Act
Douglas Laycock: How Will New LGBT+ Rules Affect Religious Liberty?
Can Religious Freedom Heal the LGBT+ and Faith Divide?
Sexuality, Love & Compassion
Holding the Tension of Truth and Love (and Where We All Get It a Little Wrong)
Why Is It “Big News” That Believers Are Motivated by Love?
Disagreement Doesn’t Equal Hate. Even on BYU’s LGBT Policy
Comparing Allyship and Discipleship
You Are Safe in My Classroom: Truth, Belonging, and Pride Flags
The Motte, the Bailey, and Gospel of Instagram
Competing Views of “Inclusivity”
It’s Not Loving to Mislead People About Reality
Draping Yourself in a Rainbow Flag Doesn’t Help Me Feel Loved
A Love Note to Diamond Marriages and Sapphire Singles
Why “All-in” LGBT+/SSA Saints Are So Reluctant to Speak Up
Sexuality & Truth
Seven Ways Latter-day Saint Teaching about Sexuality Have Been Misrepresented
Why “All-in” LGBT+/SSA Saints Are So Reluctant to Speak Up
Holding the Tension of Truth and Love (and Where We All Get It a Little Wrong)
Faithful Answers to Common LGBT+ Questions
Catching a Vision of the Doctrine of the Family
The Philosophical Basis of Biblical Marriage
Treasuring All That God Has Revealed
No Comparison Between Latter-day Saint Race and Sex Teachings
It’s Not Loving to Mislead People About Reality
A Few Questions Before You Try to Change the Church
Challenging the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Gender Identity
To the Parent of a Teen Identifying as Transgender
Separating Fact from Fiction with Gender Identity
Preferred Pronouns: At What Cost?
What I Mean May Not Be What Others Hear
A Better Conversation about HB 11
A Conversation with Rep. Kera Birkeland
Parenting
Poly-Parenting: Is This The Brave New World We Want?
Teach It Freely Unto Your Children
Will My Kids Keep the Faith? Parents’ Hopes and Children’s Choices
The Healing Power of Humility in Parent-Child Relationships
Talking to Kids (and Adults) About the Culture War
To the Parent of a Teen Identifying as Transgender
A Message to Parents Overwhelmed about Screen Time
Collaboration Amid Controversy: A Hopeful Report from Loudoun County
Protecting Kids From Explicit Material Shouldn’t Be Controversial
Stop Calling Concerned Parents Haters
Will My Kids Keep the Faith? Parents’ Hopes and Children’s Choices
Better Protecting Children of All Faiths
Some Thoughts on Helping Vulnerable Children
One Overlooked Reason Sexual Abuse Continues
Abortion
A Latter-day Saint Defense of the Unborn
Abortion, the Courts, and Compromise
The Moral Foundation of the Pro-life Position
A Latter-day Saint Feminist Case Against Abortion
The Perilous Power of Hidden Assumptions in the Abortion Debate
The Consistency of Prophetic Abortion Teaching
Roe Ending and My Baby Beginning
Yes, the Church of Jesus Christ is Pro-Life
Right on Roe: Celebrating a Restoration of Constitutional Principles
The Dawn of a Significant Shift Towards Life
Overturning Roe v. Wade Did Not Impose Religion on America
POLITICS & LAW
Culture War
Is it Time for Culture Warriors to Lay Down Their Swords?
Pastors on Politics: A Sermon for America
When Does the Poison of Our National Suspicion Become Lethal?
Dear America, We Can Still Do This!
Understanding the Latter-day Saint Experience in American Politics
How Partisan Passions Are Undermining Christian Community
The Mobs Now Come from Both Sides
Has Half the Country Gone Mad?
The Mobs Now Come from Both Sides
The 2020 Election
An Agonizing Choice for Lovers of Liberalism
#NeverTrump; #AlwaysLiberalism
A Complicated Relationship: Latter-day Saints and Trump
Donald Trump is not Brigham Young
Latter-day Saints for Biden-Harris
Unhappy with Your Options? Vote Libertarian
Unhappy with Your Options? Vote Constitution Party
What Do Marxists Think of Joe Biden and America Right Now?
Choosing a Path, Not Merely a Person
A Book of Mormon Missive for the 2020 Election
What A Latter-day Saint Learned about Mr. Joe Biden Through Decades of Working on Capitol Hill
Would the Left Accept Four More Years?
Election Aftermath
Why Mitt’s Vote Invoked So Much Emotion
The Problem with Demanding Trust
What Was Really the Choice in the 2020 Election?
More Thoughts on the Capitol Breach
Mapping Public Disagreements about Election Challenges
Personal Reconciliation: A Pathway to Peace
What About Whataboutism is Hurting American Democracy?
The Ghost of John McCain: Globalist Apathy vs. Populist Rage
What Else Happened January 6th
The January 6 Hearings Are Not Just a Political Stunt
Upholding Wise Leaders
Building Zion by Choosing Righteous Leader
Good Reasons for Knowing Little
Forgetting the Connection Between Law and Morality
Prophets on Politics: Ten Messages to an Agitated, Aggrieved America
The Steep Price of Hypocrisy in Christian Witness
Breaking the Seal of Confession
Donald Trump is not Brigham Young
The 2022 Election
A Latter-day Saint Case for Evan McMullin
A Latter-day Saint Case for Mike Lee
Religious Freedom
That Big Religious Freedom Case Is Not What You Think
Why Do Two Liberal Justices Keep Defending Religious Freedom?
Ancestral Lessons in Religious Freedom
Can Religious Freedom Heal the LGBT+ and Faith Divide?
Upcoming Religious Liberty Cases
The Rainbow and the Cross at the Supreme Court
China’s Disturbing Disregard for Religious Freedom in Xinjiang—and Beyond
Fulton v. Philadelphia’s potential impact on religious liberty
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s Textualist Temptation
Can the Supreme Court Bring Us Together, Rather than Drive Us Apart? Part I
Can the Supreme Court Bring Us Together, Rather than Drive Us Apart? Part 2
The Supreme Court is Right to Be Cautious
Another Big Lie, This Time About the Supreme Court
The Prospects for Religious Liberty in President Biden’s Supreme Court Pick
Expanding the Supreme Court is Authoritarian
U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies the Ministerial Exception to Employment Laws—Sort Of
Who is Amy Coney Barrett really?
Loving America
Why I Believe America is Exceptional
“Thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy”
Is America Really Rotten to the Core?
The Big and Beautiful Idea Behind America That We’re Forgetting
White. Christian. Nationalism.
The Constitution Should Be Defended, Not Discarded
What Does it Mean to Love America?
America, Land of Promise and Destiny
Protecting Freedom of Association: Americans for Prosperity v. Bonta
Money & the Economy
Not a Handout, But a Tax Credit
Preparing for Zion: Extending the Increased Child Tax Credit
What is Wrong With the Housing Market?
The $100 Billion ‘Mormon Church’ story: A Contextual Analysis
Turning Something Very Good Into Something Very Bad
You Can’t Spend Your Way Out of Poverty
MEDIA & EDUCATION
Healthy Media Boundaries
Latter-day Saints and the problem of “performative objectivity”
A Message to Parents Overwhelmed about Screen Time
Teaching Yourself to Read (Again)
How to Use Media Before (or After) an Election
Social Media
How Social Media has Changed the Religious Experience
Breathtaking Facebook Posts Don’t Make You a Good Person
The Motte, the Bailey, and Gospel of Instagram
Discerning the Impact of Influencers
Saying Goodbye to Faith-Toxic Influencers
A Short History of Social Media Bans
Section 230 and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Grace of the Open Movement
Pop Culture
Religious Resonances in The Weeknd’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
For Mature Audiences Only: Relabeling Crass Media
Public Square Magazine Film of the Year: Corpus Christi
Soul and pre-existence in pop culture
WandaVision, Relativism, and the “New Orthodoxy”
Rock and Religion: The Pursuit of Everlasting Love
Degrading Music is Everywhere. Let’s Enjoy Something Better
Make The Good Times Stop: Pop Culture’s Fixation on Eternal Oblivion
Encanto, The Anti–Superhero Movie
Social Science Fiction and the Quest for a New Morality
Pursuing Progress Patiently: The Lessons of Sport
Pornography
Who Can Turn Away from the Sea of Seduction Around Us?
Whose Body Will Save Us from The Pain Inside?
Is Pornography Use a Fantasy of Transcendence?
Are Utahns Uniquely Drawn to Pornography?
Pornography: An Aphrodisiac or Cold Shower?
Child exploitation on Pornhub is just another reason Section 230 needs an overhaul
Untying the Gordian Knot of Addiction
How Modern Freedom Turned Into Slavery
The Paradox of Porn Concealment
Now’s Not the Time to Downplay Sexual Addiction
How Could Avoiding ‘Sexual Soloing’ Be a Good Thing?
Protecting Kids From Explicit Material Shouldn’t Be Controversial
Stop Calling Concerned Parents Haters
Primary Education
Collaboration Amid Controversy: A Hopeful Report from Loudoun County
Protecting Kids From Explicit Material Shouldn’t Be Controversial
Stop Calling Concerned Parents Haters
Higher Education
Christian Love, Secular Progress, and Holistic Higher Education
Questioning the Certainties of a Secular World
The Indoctrination Nobody Talks About
What is the Christian Core of a Classical Christian Liberal Arts Education?
The Pressing Need for a Genuinely Christian Liberal Arts Education
Three Public Takes on the BYU Racial Equity Report
A Fourth Take on The BYU Racial Equity Report
BYU-Duke Volleyball: More Healing or More Culture War?
BYU, Racism, and the Road to Social Ruin
Disagreement Doesn’t Equal Hate. Even on BYU’s LGBT Policy
Belonging at the BYU’s: Advice to a College Freshman
Truth, Justice, and the BYU Way
The Beauty at the Heart of the Academy Worth Fighting For
Independent Thinking, Conformity, and Democracy in Education
The Constitutionality of Laws Prohibiting State Scholarships to Religious Schools
Responsible Reform: Elder Cook’s Caution About “Persistent Bouts of Christianity.”
Amazing Literature
Bites of the Best Books: March 2020
Bites of the Best Books: April 2020
Bites of the Best books: May 2020
Bites of the Best books: June 2020
Bites of the Best Books: July 2020
Bites of the Best Books: August 2020
Bites of the Best Books: September 2020
Bites of the Best Books: October 2020
Bites of the Best Books: November 2020
Bites of the Best Books: December 2020
Bites of the Best Books: January 2021
Bites of the Best Books: February 2021
Bites of the Best Books: March 2021
Bites of the Best Books: April 2021
DIALOGUE
Tolerance, Free Inquiry & Free Speech
Don’t Underestimate Cancel Culture
The Mobs Now Come from Both Sides
Our Return to the Persecution of the Pre-Christian World
Honor the Pilgrims by Cultivating Tolerance
Being a Witness is Not Contention
What You Said Makes Me Uncomfortable. Why Are You So Mean?
Outrage Masquerading as Virtue
What It’s Like to Be Cyberbullied
Truth teller vs. Propagandist: How to Tell the Difference
Dismissing Dismissal Strategies
Section 230 and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A Short History of Social Media Bans
What’s the Greatest Threat to Public Discourse?
The Fantasy Story Americans Love to Tell about Science
Do You ‘Believe in Science’…or Not?
Is Popular Discourse Set Up to Point Us Towards Truth?
Is Modern Journalism Aiming for the Full Truth, or Something Else?
Honesty is Hard. Let’s Not Give Up On It.
Interrupting the Rhythm of Negativity: Announcing a New Venue
Being Nice(r) Won’t Fix America’s Discursive Woes
Disagreeing Without Death Threats
Why We Need Joseph Smith’s Ecumenical Spirit
Truth and the Rough Road of Reconciliation
Tolerance for Me But Not for Thee
Honor the Pilgrims by Cultivating Tolerance
Anger and the Modern Prophetic Voice
Why is Bernie Winning? Maybe Because He’s Angry
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Creating Communities, Not Tribes
Is Ideology Dividing Us — or Something Else?
Why You (Too) Should Listen Deeply to Those Driving You Nuts
Are We Pursuing Impossible Conversations?
Is it Okay to Disagree about THAT?!
10 Lessons on the Beauty of Interfaith Harmony
The Curious Conversation: Connecting with Less Tech, More Talk
Truth and the Rough Road of Reconciliation
What Being Zoom-Bombed by Extremists Taught Me
Why A National Museum of American Religion Might Help Heal Our National Divide
The 2020 Vision of Joseph Smith and George Orwell
Disunity & Polarization
How Partisan Passions Are Undermining Christian Community
The Mobs Now Come from Both Sides
Has Half the Country Gone Mad?
The Mobs Now Come from Both Sides
Conservative & Liberal Religion
Has Politics Become Your New Religion?
The Middle Ground is Disappearing
A Call For Countercultural Christianity
Doing Good in Conservative and Liberal Religion
Belonging and Believing in Conservative and Liberal Religion
Exploring Conservative and Liberal Religion
Elusive Reasoning Among Expansive Latter-day Saints
A Deeper Unity of Heart
A Unity of Heart Transcending Differences of Mind
Reaching for a Zion Beyond Partisan Warfare
Abuse is Something We Should Be Able to Fight Together
We Can’t Even Agree on Vladimir Putin?
Fostering Peaceful Holiday Gatherings in a Time of Fear and Anger
Our Opus for Unity on Earth Day
A Path to Unity, Mr. President: The Fairness for All Act
Not Giving Up on a Shared Vision of Truth
The Value of Persuasion
Why Persuasion Should Be a Sweet (Not a Dirty) Word
My truth? Your truth? No truth?
The Virtues of Strong Disagreement
Our Judgement Against Judgement
Why Bother Engaging with Stupid, Duped, or Evil People?
Are We Pursuing Impossible Conversations?
Why should I believe you? Why should you believe me?
Conflict Resolution & Peacemaking
Learning from Intense Conflict
Good Questions as a Pathway to Peace
A Few Questions Before You Try to Change the Church
Honest Questions about Race for Fellow Disciples
The Curious Conversation: Connecting with Less Tech, More Talk
Peacemaking & Violence
Unique Contributions from Latter-day Saint Theology to Peacebuilding
Beating Ploughshares Into Swords
The Christian Obligation to Support Ukraine
Loving Neighbors by Standing Up to Their Slaughter
Sometimes God Really Does Want Us to Fight
Policing, Gun Rights & Gun Violence
A Plea to Gun Owners: Have Compassion and Support Common-Sense Regulations
Narrating Violence: Stories We Tell (and Don’t Tell)
The Faith to Act on Gun Reform
Racial History
Is America Really Rotten to the Core?
Four Chaplains and a Black Man
The 1965 Salt Lake City Race Riot that Never Happened
The Beginning and End of Slavery in America
Is Latter-day Saint History More (or Less) Racist Than Other Communities’?
Juneteenth and the Liberal Tradition
Piecing Together Scripture’s Puzzling Profile of Race
No Comparison Between Latter-day Saint Race and Sex Teachings
Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory and the Gospel of Jesus
Are There Good Reasons to Opt Out of the BLM Movement?
Honest Questions about Race for Fellow Disciples
Critical Race Theory, Plus Faith, Hope, & Charity
How Critical Race Theory Helps Us Follow Jesus
A Latina’s Response to ‘Honest Questions about CRT’
Yes, We Really Do Need to Talk About Race
How CRT and Classical Liberalism Collide
White. Christian. Nationalism.
Five Ways to Explain Away Black Conservatives
Redemptive Approaches to Racial Conflict
The Doctrine of Christ is Not Racist
Celebrating Black Pioneers, Then and Now
Injustice, Civil Unrest, and Finding Peace in the Book of Mormon
BYU-Duke Volleyball: More Healing or More Culture War?
Is America Really Interested in Racial Healing?
BYU, Racism, and the Road to Social Ruin
What I Hope You Mean When You Say “I Don’t See Color.”
Racial Healing
How Collective Healing Happens
George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, and Enmity
Cold War Strategies for America’s Racial Divide
What Can We Learn from Hearing Heartfelt Concerns?
On Costly Grace and the Space to Grow
Deepening Empathy, Compassion, and Understanding Through Reading, Part 1
Deepening Empathy, Compassion, and Understanding Through Reading, Part 2
Three Public Takes on the BYU Racial Equity Report
A Fourth Take on The BYU Racial Equity Report
Race and Representation in Latter-day Saint Art
Why Aren’t We There Yet as a Society? A Latter-day Saint Case for Hope
History
Is America Really Rotten to the Core?
Is Latter-day Saint History More (or Less) Racist Than Other Communities’?
The 1965 Salt Lake City Race Riot that Never Happened
The Beginning and End of Slavery in America
“Thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy”
The Falling Berlin Wall Matters (Or Should Matter) Today
Building Israel: The First Few Millennia Are Always Hardest
Conspiracy as History: “Who Killed Joseph Smith?” As a Case Study
The Falling Berlin Wall Matters (Or Should Matter) Today
The Temptation of Prince Salim
Honoring the Wisdom of The Generations Who Came Before
International Relations & Immigration
Immigration is a Latter-day Saint Heritage
The Iranian Protests Are More Than What You’re Seeing
Here’s How You Can Help Afghan Refugees in Utah
The Christian Obligation to Support Ukraine
Loving Neighbors by Standing Up to Their Slaughter
Social Justice
Does Social Justice Really Have to Divide Us?
Intersectional Anger on the Left and Right
Injustice, Outrage, and the Problem of Atheodicy
And Not One Soul Shall Feel Excluded
Competing Views of “Inclusivity”
Whose Image Are You Seeking In Your Countenance?
Competing Narratives of American Redemption
Competing Narratives of Danger in America
Competing Plans For The Redemption of the World
A Gospel Foundation for Common Ground on Social Justice
The Expanding Language of Revolution in America
What Does a Marxist Think of Bernie? Q&A with Arthur Peña
Why is Bernie Winning? Maybe Because He’s Angry
Marxism, Satanism, and the Worship of Self
Karate, Currents, and Christian Dissidents A Review of Rod Dreher’s Live Not By Lies
What We Love & Trust in Modernity
Has Politics Become Your New Religion?
Unraveling Trust in the North American Church
Talking to Kids (and Adults) About the Culture War
Is the Gospel of Jesus Too Boring for America?
Whose Body Will Save Us from The Pain Inside?
AstraZeneca and Pfizer Will Save Us
Do You ‘Believe in Science’…or Not?
The Fantasy Story Americans Love to Tell about Science
HEALTH
Pandemic Pragmatics
Working from Home? Let Me Show You the Ropes
Emotional Closeness in Desperate Times
Can Mindful Sex Help You Navigate the Pandemic?
Five Steps Towards More Confidence Against Coronavirus
Pandemic Faith
Prophets on Pandemic: Ten Messages to a Weary, Wary World
What’s the Point of a Prophet Who Already Agrees With You?
COVID-19 Vaccination as an Abrahamic Test
Faith and the Long Uncertainties of COVID
How the Pandemic Impacted Faith
Pandemic Grief & Growth
Mourning Together as Morning Dawns
The Coronavirus Choice We’re Not Talking About
Recognizing Our Need for Rebirth
Seeing the Faces Behind Our Costly Covid-19 Blessings
Pandemic Policy & Peacemaking
Covid Peacemaking for Latter-day Saint Families
Reckoning with the Generational Estrangement of the Covid Age
Can Thoughtful People Disagree about the Coronavirus Response?
Mapping Public Disagreements about Covid-19 Response
Mapping Public Disagreements about Vaccine Mandates
Is Vaccine Dialogue Even Possible?
The Most Reviled Minority in America?
What’s the Greatest Threat to Public Discourse?
What Does It Mean to Be “Effective”?
Do You ‘Believe in Science’…or Not?
The Fantasy Story Americans Love to Tell about Science
AstraZeneca and Pfizer Will Save Us
Pandemic Politics
Pitting Christian Ministry and Devotion Against Each Other
Is COVID-19 Shifting the Fault lines in America?
A Contagion of Comfort and Security
God, Caesar, and the Coronavirus
Discerning True from False Conspiracy
The Mark of the Beast is More Than a Punchline
Senior Care
Reckoning with the Generational Estrangement of the Covid Age
Reducing the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Aging Adults
Mental Health
How I’m Finding Deeper Healing from Depression
Living Well with Depression—My Personal Journey
Are Utahns More Depressed Than Everyone Else?
Are Religious LGBT Youth in Utah More (or Less) Prone to Suicidality?
Is It Time for a Paradigm Shift in Mental Health?
If More Treatment Is the Answer, Why Haven’t the Numbers Gone Down?
Towards a Less Depressing Story about Depression
Does Your Depression Keep Getting Worse? This Might Be Why
Imagining a Mental Health System Centered on Learning & Growth
Hope Sometimes Hurts. Hopelessness Hurts More.
Trauma Healing
Trauma Healing as a Sacred Gospel Practice
The Urgent Need to Console the Wounded
The Meaning of Suffering
Why Bad Things Must Happen to Good People
Life as an Experience in Contrast
Therapy & Counseling
Are Latter-day Saint Therapists Meeting Client Expectations?
How Therapists are Failing the Faithful
Therapists Aren’t Neutral. Let’s Stop Pretending They Are
Aspiring for a Redemptive Psychology
Towards a Latter-day Saint Perspective in Psychology
