Wednesday, June 12, 2019

"How Are You Really Doing?"

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Five years ago I took a summer job working for a nonprofit in Peru. My colleague Eliana and I ran a volunteer program there. We lived in th...
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Friday, April 5, 2019

Reconciling a Changed Policy

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I am not in a same-sex relationship. I have no plans to marry a man. I have no children. The November 2015 policy said nothing about gay Lat...
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Monday, March 18, 2019

You Are the Resources

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My dad asked for a rainbow tie for Christmas. Ginny and Buzz Schilaty are the best resources in the Church. Last week I spoke at a works...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

The Time I Went to Conversion Therapy

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Conversion therapy can take a number of forms. The essential premise is that homosexuality is a pathology that can be treated and corrected...
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Monday, December 10, 2018

Creating Sacred Spaces

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There are 40 people in my social work cohort at school. 40 people who I’m in class with all the time. 40 people who are some of my closest ...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Carrying One Another’s Crosses

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I get a lot of phone calls from struggling gay Latter-day Saints. I got two such phone calls last night. And sometimes, like last night, I ...
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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Listen with Christlike Curiosity

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My friend Josh called me last year when I was still living in Tucson. He asked me what he should say when someone says something unkind abo...
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