[…] explanation is imperfect and incomplete and doesn’t help much. Christianity is a religion which demands faith, and faith makes sense precisely because we don’t have all the pieces for understanding. Otherwise, it is not faith.
Cross-posted at By Common Consent By Board Member Michael Austin What began as a hobby horse for me has now graduated to a soapbox. And the soapbox goes like this: Americans and […]
[…] with Chieko N. Okazaki” by Gregory Prince Most discussed Facebook article: “My daughter isn’t a Mormon anymore” by Mette Harrison over at Jana Riess’s blog “Flunking Sainthood” February Most read Dialogue piece: “Developing Integrity in an Uncertain […]
[…] Mormon theology that justifies (the policy), this is just out of the box.” This new podcast over at A Thoughtful Faith is a must-listen for Dialogue friends as Greg Prince analyzes the Mormon moment […]
Un forgettable Eric James Stone Baen, January 2005 Trade paperback, 250pp., #15.00 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Eric James Stone is perhaps best […]
[…] width=”150″ height=”150″ />There is a wonderful scene in C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce that has stayed with me for 30 years. In this scene, the unnamed narrator dies and finds himself in hell, which is […]
[…] about the Backmans is that I never felt like my family was being judged. When I was over at other friends’ homes, their parents would occasionally ask me why my parents didn’t come to […]
[…] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has increasingly faced boundary questions within the community. From divisions over polygamy and spiritualism in the nineteenth century to more recent debates over same-sex marriage, women’s ordination, […]
[…] back in March 1984. I’m pretty sure it was my friend Kent’s idea that we should run for ASBYU president and vice president during our junior year of college. We knew we didn’t stand […]
Over at the Maxwell Institute, Board President Patrick Mason discusses his definitions of faith and doubt. Here’s a snippet: “How do I understand faith? […]