I cannot wait to hear everyone’s opinion on this one. I picked up Blake from school and he handed me a flyer for The Good News Club, saying he’d like to join. In case you’re not from a more religious part of the country or world, this is a Christian club. Blake’s [...]
I need to clear up some misinformation. After publishing my post, When Religious People Teach Religion To My Non-religious Children, Sadie made the following comment:
I have a feeling that, like most instances in dealing with children, your kids did not portray the real picture of the situation. What I imagine really happened is that [...]
I thought we would avoid religious lessons to my kids while we were on our recent Cancun trip because we returned on Saturday evening instead of Sunday. No need for them to go to church with the sitter while we were gone. I looked forward to that change, although I expected my brother [...]
Have you ever let the common phrase, “Have fun!” slip out when the recipient is headed out for a funeral? I have. And while I wouldn’t call Saturday’s funeral for my husband’s uncle fun, I can say that it was a purely enjoyable day. Beautiful, moving, emotional, sad, but enjoyable.
The unexpected death [...]
My six-month search for an answer from God that the Mormon Church was true culminated in divine silence.
Although I was sure after my hours-long quest in the temple that it was false, I had not actually been expecting that conclusion. It came as a surprise I wasn’t ready for.
So the grand finale of that [...]
I don’t usually wait this long between posts. It’s been a busy week with a number of issues to deal with. As I sit here typing I am trying to decide whether to drown you with a list of them or not. Should I use my blog as a chance to get [...]
I’m surprised I don’t get more comments like this one from Cody:
I have been checking out your site. I have a question for you, do you know how old you will be when you die? Will you be 70 or 45?
Did you know 155,000 people die every day. That is right ten out of ten [...]
If you are new to this blog, please start with Part 1 and continue to Part 2.
Having moved to a new area, I had the luxury of introducing myself and my family for who we really were: a family struggling with religion. I scheduled an appointment with my new bishop right away to [...]
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I am convinced that all religious people experience cognitive dissonance at multiple points in their lives. This is where a belief we regard as truth does not match up with the reality we are witnessing or experiencing. During the time that Israel contemplated the truthfulness of our religion, cognitive [...]
This entry is a Part One response to the following comment and request:
Hi, I’ve been reading your blog for a few weeks now and I really enjoy it. I have a problem and I’m hoping you can share a few words of wisdom. I was also raised LDS. My heart left the [...]
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