One of the scariest things I have learned as an adult. Just because you're 18, 48 or 108, doesn't mean you know much more about church doctrine than someone who is 10, 12 or 15. Your hormones calm down with…
Richie TFebruary 25, 2015
I've read recently many responses to the recent news of John Dehlin, popular Mormon podcaster, facing church discipline and likely excommunication. Attitudes are predictably drawn for the most part, with the typical saint feeling he disrupts faith and ought to…
Richie TJanuary 19, 2015
Three years ago I spent Christmas in the NICU with my six day old daughter. It was not how I planned to spend Christmas. Shoot, she wasn’t due until the middle of January. When she arrived 4 weeks early, we…
Richie TDecember 24, 2014
Halloween is just around the corner, and according to some bogus statistic I'm about to make up, as many as 70% of people still haven't decided on a costume yet. Adjusted for Jehovah's Witnesses, Orthodox Jews, the French, and other…
Richie TOctober 29, 2014
You can't swing a scripture bag without hitting someone talking about this excommunication drama. Regardless of your stance, concerns or opinion, you, like me, may be looking for ways to avoid the discussion. You see that ultra conservative, ill-informed Relief…
Richie TJune 25, 2014
I'm not sure what the Relief Society Lesson was supposed to be, but I'm pretty sure we took it well off topic. As Relief Society lessons often do, it took a rapid, hostile turn that no one (except everyone) could…
Richie TMay 29, 2014
Earlier this month, M Russell Ballard and Jeffrey R Holland became the first Apostles in the history of Apostles to post tweets on the inexplicably bird-themed micro-blogging site, Twitter. I'm not sure if even they, as prophets, seers and revelators, realize exactly…
Richie TMay 19, 2014
With General Conference this past weekend, I thought this would be a good time to start discussing some things we can do to be a little more mindful of our fellow church members. If you have any to add, please…
Richie TApril 10, 2014
By now, many of you have surely seen this blog post, written by a Mormon grandmother, thoroughly detailing all the many ways that Disney's Frozen is trying to force everybody to accept homosexuality. If you haven't read it yet, the jist…
Richie TFebruary 18, 2014