Reading Time: 2 minutes Perfectionistic ideals within the Mormon culture come from misunderstandings of church doctrine, according to both Kris Doty, a former professor of social work at UVU, and Matthew Draper, psychologist and professor of behavioral science. It’s not necessarily that the doctrine is wrong, it’s just that a person’s interpretation of the doctrine is inaccurate. Deter F. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes How community members are suffering from judgment and simple misunderstandings. Recent studies show perfectionism within the Mormon culture is having a negative effect on community members because of the high, sometimes unrealistic standard of perfection that members hold themselves and others too. Both Kris Doty, former professor of social work at UVU, and Matthew Draper, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held its 187th Semiannual General Conference last weekend, and millions around the world tuned in to hear the words of general authorities and officers in the Church. Many Latter-day Saints view general conference as a source of divine inspiration, guidance and revelation. “It’s a great time to […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Blonde hair, blue eyes, attractive, successful, Clint Pulver is missing nothing in his life. The 29-year-old is the perfect example of an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The motivational speaker and role model for youth is sitting in a tiny plane he is controlling. Next to him sits a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes General Conference inspired, encouraged, and instilled listeners with happiness, but not only the members of the LDS church. The 186th General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints took place in Salt Lake City, October 3. The conference had 6 sessions, 22 talks, around 21,000 visitors listening to each session, and was […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the course of one week in late June, five LGBT youth committed suicide. Four of them were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This number seems shocking but pales in comparison to the larger picture. The Mama Dragons, a group of LDS mothers who have made it their mission to […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes When Kasey Johnson and her wife heard about the LDS handbook policy change they were stunned and began looking into whether or not it was a rumor or if the church had legitimately issued it. “When we found out that it had, the dialogue between us was surrounding the fact that we have three children […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes New LDS mission age may affect enrollmentmatriculation
Reading Time: 5 minutes I have a friend who was told by a prospective employer that she would not get the job because she is not a Mormon. I have another friend who published an article examining her personal experience with racism in the course of her education. She got more than a few angry replies. One man […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Utah Department of Transportation has issued a warning to drivers using the I-15 corridor inside the I-15 CORE project. Travel time could be increased by as much as two hours tomorrow afternoon, Friday, March 30. Lane restrictions in the American Fork and Pleasant Grove area, LDS General Conference and spring breaks from four different […]