Thoughts on Music and Worship
April 26, 2018In considering the future of music in the Church worship service, a brief inquiry into the scriptures is necessary if musical objectives are to be rooted firmly in the rich soil of doctrinal truth. Too…
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The Possibilities of Worship
April 26, 2018One of the central principles of the Restored Gospel is that God created people to be free to diminish or expand their relationship to Him. He invites us all to find joy in our creation…
Sex Education Materials for Latter-day Saints
April 26, 2018One of the responsibilities facing Latter-day Saint parents today is that of teaching children about reproduction and sexual relationships. Most Mormon parents feel as Dr. Benjamin Spock does—”that sex should be taught in a frame…
Greg
April 26, 2018When Greg woke up he lay on his stomach. The shaft of sunlight coming through the window hit his gold tennis trophy, Kellie’s gold-framed picture and his clock on top of the dresser. Priesthood meeting…
the grammarian blows her mind
April 26, 2018all i’d ever heard from you was I then I switched to We and included Me:now only you you you—from you—in me—over us—through us—lost in prepositions propositions—positions of love—engenderingparticles of praise—determiners of ecstasy—relational roots—you to me and…
You kept me from falling
April 26, 2018by lowering me gently
into a basket lined with silk.
You spooned your knees into mine,
lifted me up the well’s damp sides,
Chant for Growing Older
April 26, 2018Nothing in nature was meant to be sudden
(Hold me, hold me, let our love ripen)
The sun takes all night to lift
The child takes all year to live
Solus
April 26, 2018Dialogue 10.2 (Fall 1976, Reprinted Spring/Summer 2001): 67–74
An active church member shares his struggles of being in the church while being gay.“Solus,” S-O-L-US-, latin for alone, by an anonymous gay may in the Fall 1976 issue is the first entry on this topic in Dialogue. This is likely the first instance of an LGBTQ voice in any LDS publication. It marks the beginning of the modern LDS LGBTQ movement.
Mormon Elders’ Wafers: Images on Mormon Virility in Patent Medicine Ads
April 26, 2018Some may be surprised to learn that the stereotypical image of the hyper-virile nineteenth century Mormon male had a special appeal to the “lost manhood” sector of a thriving American patent medicine industry. There was…
Shall the Youth of Zion Falter? Mormon Youth and Sex: A Two-City Comparison
April 26, 2018This brief note summarizes findings from two surveys taken among Mormons during 1967-1969, one in Salt Lake City and one in “Coastal City,” northern California.[1] Among the questions asked was the following: Most of us…