Category: Advice

Vote! 6

Vote!

Today, half the nation will select our presidential candidates. Voting in primaries is more important than in the general election because primary results determine the available options. Alternatives, in turn, sometimes determine the outcome....

Bruce McConkie Was Right! 13

Bruce McConkie Was Right!

Even when I was a happy trooper for Mormonism, Bruce McConkie tended to amuse me. Apostle or not, in light of his statements about evolution and the virgin birth I always viewed him as...

What to do with Mormon missionaries? 9

What to do with Mormon missionaries?

So, here’s an intriguing quandary for you. I have a colleague, a full professor who has taught Psychology of Religion for about 30 years. He knows more about what makes religious people tick than...

Parenting and the Bible — without religion 7

Parenting and the Bible — without religion

by a former believer I will be getting married in July. Afterwards, our next goal is to try to get pregnant. Probably too much information, but anticipating the possibility of children has brought up...

Untangling the Knot 4

Untangling the Knot

Three years ago this month, I mailed my resignation letter to Greg Dodge at Member Records in Salt Lake City. There was nothing special about my letter. I used the generic resignation letter from...

Six Characteristics for a Potential Mate 2

Six Characteristics for a Potential Mate

In the spirit of a recent article by Dennis Rainey about the characteristics you should seek in a Christian mate: A young lady should seek a young man who: 1. Fears God. One of...

a symbolic rite of passage? 26

a symbolic rite of passage?

Wendy P writes: I’m in the middle of a ‘post-Mormon’ issue that I’d love to explore. My mostly non-active daughter (age 7) wants to be baptized, mainly to fit in with her active LDS...