Last night, I had another nightmare about being back on a Mormon mission. To say I woke up relieved to find myself in the real world, where being on a Mormon mission is not even REMOTELY possible, is a huge understatement. But I was deeply unsettled that my brain is still actively processing the trauma…
On August 7th, 2021, Bradley R. Wilcox–second counselor in the Young Men general presidency–delivered an address to single adult members of the LDS church who attended the Abundant Life Conference. His talk, titled “Get in the Lifeboat: Finding Safety in the Church,” compared being unaffiliated with the church to failing to get into one of…
There are a lot of reasons I left the Mormon church, but one of the biggest ones is this: No matter what kinds of mind-bending inconsistencies and outright cruelties you discover and present about the Mormon church, its members will inevitably dodge all responsibility to be creatures of reason with one of the following party…
Two weeks ago, Elder Dale G. Renlund, one of the LDS church’s twelve apostles, offered the BYU Devotional in the Marriott Center. In this address he revealed the kind of work that is required for the eternal “happily ever after” obtainable only by faithful members of the LDS church. Here’s what he said: “The road…
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I’m a spiritual, Christian woman who was raised in the Mormon church. After serving a mission and working at BYU, I’ve seen that the militant, prosperous church I dedicated my life to was not what it seemed. I hope that by sharing my journey, I can make peace with my past and learn what it truly means to feel and share Christ’s love.
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