Michael W. Hannon's article "Against Heterosexuality" seems to be making the rounds in gay Mormon social media. (Interesting ...

1. Thou shalt rest assured that I, the Lord thy God, do love thee with a fierce and unconditional love, for I have created thee as thou art ...

The other day I was having a chat with a friend about my experience exploring a Roman Catholic monastic order.  I spent the summer of 1988 a...

I've been thinking lately of these comforting words of Jesus to his disciples: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as...

Göran and I watched this movie last night, one of the films we put on our list of post-Oscars must-sees. Here's my favorite quote from ...

Today I had my annual physical. I always very much enjoy these, partly because I use it as an occasion for reflection, not just on my stat...

I once had an interesting philosophical discussion with my brother about the nature of moral tests. I have, over the years, come to the co...

The urge to disobey rules which have been externally, coercively imposed is not temptation , it is resistance . Temptation is only compreh...

A couple of weeks ago, I met Jonathan Langford for lunch. He lives not too far away; close enough that a drive into the Twin Cities every o...

I realize a lot of folks are angry or discouraged by Elder Packer's words in General Conference. But I'm not. I'm actually enc...

Bravone recently completed a 5-part series on " God, Spirituality, Religion and the LDS Church, and Where I Fit in as One of Father...

In the days before I had come to a full acceptance of my gayness, I had a fantasy. I actually told my fantasy to my best friend at the time...

I saw this on Mohohawaii's web site, and thought it was really cool... This image was created from my blog, produced by an algorithm ...

This morning as I was biking to work, I was aware more than usual of a basic law of physics. If I'm trying to get speed on my bike, the...

Last week, a man was killed in downtown Minneapolis while biking to work. I took particular notice of this accidental death because I too b...

After separating the sheep from the goats, Christ interviews the sheep. Interview #1 Christ : So I understand you are homosexual, but were m...

One of the bitterest bones of contention in the American culture wars of the last century had to do with the question of how Jesus would com...

This morning on CNN I saw coverage of the protests outside the LDS Church headquarters in L.A., and I have to admit I found them a bit distu...