In the United Kingdom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a registered Charity overseen by the Charity Commission. This means it is must provide a public benefit and it needs to be transparent. But the LDS Church…
Category: Mormon Practical Theology
268: What Do Your Temple Garments Mean to You?: Nancy Ross and Jessica Finnigan
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there’s often a very large gap in the theological or doctrinal understanding of the garment, and the lived experience with wearing one. Predictably, Mormons will simply say that garments are…
263: The Spiritual Journey that Led to an Excommunication: Sam Young
Sam Young was recently excommunicated from the LDS Church. His sin was ‘advocating’ for a change of policy to prevent Church Leaders from asking children sexually explicit questions. He had collected the testimonies of hundreds of abuse victims, but this was not…
262: Let Us Worship How We May: Bradley Burgess
LDS sacrament meetings are a mostly low church but without the possibility of variation or innovation – anywhere in the world. And it’s been that way for decades. Bradley Burgess a convert to the LDS Church from South Africa, is a…
260: Reckoning with the Corruption of Brother Joseph: Andrew Bolton
Few institutions are more equipped to peek in on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with more understanding, sympathy and even critique than the Community of Christ. They too have been dealing with the same history with which…
259: The Feasibility of Staying: Tom Mikota
Tom Mikota has designed special effects on such blockbuster movies as Avatar, King Kong, Tintin etc. But it wasn’t until he was shoulder tapped to work on the First Vision Theater on Temple Square that questions erupted in him. After…
253: Revisiting Fowler’s Stages of Faith: Stage Three – A Synthetic-Conventional Faith: Sara Hughes-Zabawa
Sara Hughes-Zabawa rejoins me to discuss Fowler’s Stages of Faith: The Synthetic-Conventional Stage. Stage Three is usually entered into during adolescence. It’s that stage in which we imagine that our views represent an accurate and faithful totality of truth. This…
251: Impasse: When your ward turns on you: Sabine
Sabine (name changed) had served faithfully in the church for years. Then several incidents involving her children occurred causing her to act swiftly to protect them from bullying and shaming. The result was a fall-out with her local LDS community…
247: Commentary: The Ministering Programme & President Nelson’s World Ministering Tour: Peter Bleakley
In Part One, Peter Bleakley (London) offers optimistic and enthusiastic commentary on the new ministering programme currently being rolled out to replace Home and Visiting Teaching. In Part Two the World Ministry Tour of President Russell Nelson, Sister Wendy Watson Nelson,…
229: Mormons and the Historical Jesus: Judith and James McConkie
Co-authors Judith and James McConkie discuss their breakthrough historical Jesus primer for Mormons; ‘Whom Say Ye That I am?: Lessons from the Jesus of Nazareth. From Kofford Books: The story of Jesus is frequently limited to the telling of the babe of…