Endless sales, politicking, and bickering have convinced many to see persuasion as a bad thing ("as long as you don't try and persuade me"). We're going to try and persuade you otherwise.
As we look to make sense of the news of this last week, it may be wise to look back on a more than 50 year old film that asks what exactly is an oath.
Is it possible that humankind’s deepest yearnings for connection, unity, shared meaning, and love are the shared sacred quest of both religion and the best rock?
A greater awareness of sexual pleasure is not enough to confront the serious challenges young people face navigating sexuality in America today.
Divergent emotions evoked by Senator Romney’s impeachment vote reveal something more important than just partisan passions.
When we reduce complex conversations to simple for-or-against-us battles, we perpetuate the conditions that make creative and peaceful resolutions unlikely.
Something goes into building community that is different than simply banding together with people we like or share an ideology with. They're not the same!
That this thing called “sexuality” ought to dictate much of our lives is hardly questioned anymore, including among Christians. But is this right or true?
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Endless sales, politicking, and bickering have convinced many to see persuasion as a bad thing ("as long as you don't try and persuade me"). We're going to try and persuade you otherwise.
God pronounces this union fully equal and names it an “equal partnership.” Equal, not because spouses are the same or have the same proclivities or skills, but because of a profoundly interwoven union that reflects common burden-sharing.
Is it possible that humankind’s deepest yearnings for connection, unity, shared meaning, and love are the shared sacred quest of both religion and the best rock?
As we look to make sense of the news of this last week, it may be wise to look back on a more than 50 year old film that asks what exactly is an oath.
A greater awareness of sexual pleasure is not enough to confront the serious challenges young people face navigating sexuality in America today.
Between Coco and The Good Place pop culture sure wants the afterlife to end. Is that because our religious culture isn't providing a better vision?
Divergent emotions evoked by Senator Romney’s impeachment vote reveal something more important than just partisan passions.
Though the world may seem darker without Clay in it, his teachings and his example will inspire us to make the world much brighter regardless of our profession.
COVERING THE COVERAGE
In an age inundated with shocker headlines, the American public has become accustomed to sighing and shaking their heads with each additional report of corruption. So, when the headlines pointed at the Church of Jesus Christ this week (“Mormon Church accused of...
Over the course of the previous two essays in this series (here and here, respectively), I have been making a case for more careful thinking about the nature of some of the doubts that so many of us seem to struggle with these days, especially those related to our...
Following a talk by the President of the Church of Jesus Christ at BYU earlier this fall, the Salt Lake Tribune ran a headline that said: “Love was behind church’s LGBT policy and its reversal, Latter-day Saint President Russell Nelson says.” In that talk, President...
