[…] relationships. Social changes over the past few decades Social changes over the past few decades—an increasingly competitive world economy, an unstable job market, and the growing need for advanced educational training—may explain much of […]
[…] that suffering really has dragged us to a different version of ourselves—a more sanctified version. Instead of breaking us, our bottom floor of suffering can break us open as we strive to “redeem something […]
[…] Sunday School classes are unaware of or summarily dis miss. I find no one in the “Mormon” world with whom I feel I can discuss real concerns or feelings. I feel that for most Mormons […]
A knot can be a beautiful thing. A knot can reveal truths about how the world works. Some people are so enraptured by knots, they dedicate their lives to studying them. I’m devoting no […]
[…] Harvard- and Howard-educated Black Latter-day Saint scholar. I could not have gotten that anywhere else in the world. Second, the murders of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown happened. They weren’t the first unarmed Black […]
[…] leaders as less of an American event and more of a global phenomenon based upon preparing the world for the Second Coming. The highlight for me was the last part of the book, where […]
[…] of God. These conceptualizations sit on two axes: the degree to which God is involved in the world and the degree to which God judges the sinner. Put together, these four quadrants include the […]
[…] Intelligence”), but we need a public window by which the defenders of the faith can show the world where we really stand. Surely the Negro-discrimination charge ought to be discussed on a deeper level […]
[…] to have the same life path as all of my friends and family. I realized that I am the way I am, and I couldn’t change it. I needed to respect it. I had […]
[…] and accomplish wonderful things. Together, united, we can be unstoppable and accomplish great things that are community-changing, world-enhancing, life-uplifting.” 2018: Janan Graham-Russell, “Roundtable: A Balm in Gilead: Reconciling Black Bodies within a Mormon Imagination” Dialogue: […]