Jasmin Rappleye

This new church schedule solves so many problems people are not realizing. The Church just announced that starting in september there will be 1 hour of sacrament meeting and then a half hour of Sunday school, and a half hour of the gendered classes like elders quorum and young, so still 2 hours.I've been hearing people concerned that 25 minutes isn't enough time, and that is a valid concern. But I think there's more going on under the surface here.

With the newest leak of a shocking video depicting DV between Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen, the Bachelorette has been cancelled and filming of season 5 of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has been paused. Hulu's most precious franchise now hangs in the balance. But how did we get here, who's to blame, what are SLOMW's chances of future success, and what is to happen to its star Taylor Frankie Paul?

Breaking down the Church announcements that women can now serve as Sunday School presidents. There are potentially far-reaching implications of this change for the role of women and priesthood in the church. So let's discuss.

This is a break-down of every Mormon connection found in the Epstein files, including a meeting Epstein had with the head of the Mormon church.With the newest batch of Epstein files that dropped, there are a handful of documents that mention Mormonism in some way. Some of them insanely absurd, others creepy, and one potentially concerning.

No, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon) has not funneled millions into propping up Hamas or any terrorist organization. Despite claims that the Mormon Church has donated millions of dollars to Islamist-aligned terror organizations, the truth is more complicated. The church has many humanitarian projects and charities it donates to, and some of them are in the Middle East, but they simply are not in the business of propping up governments, but rather caring for God's children. There is a scandal in this story, but it wasn't the one I expected.

Many Latter-day Saints feel frustrated with their temple experience because it's so different from their weekly Sabbath worship. Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are filled with symbols that feel foreign, but are actually ancient and filled with complex meaning. Caleb Williams, an artist known as Library of Godwin, is known for his lithograph, esoteric pieces that feature ancient Christian symbols to distill profound messages about faith and the beauty of our doctrine. In this episode, we break down the symbols in his art, and use it as a launching pad to discuss where these symbols show up in ancient Christian and Jewish art, and how it can inform our Latter-day Saint (LDS, Mormon) temple worship.

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon), how should you respond to the debates around immigration in the United States right now?If you think the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints supports your view of ICE and immigration debates, you may want to read their statements more closely.This is a tough moment in the United States, with ICE crackdowns, Nick Shirley covering fraud cases among Minnesota immigrants, intensifying immigration concerns in Minnesota, culminating in the shooting of now two Minnesota protesters by ICE agents in the last few weeks.Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fall on both sides of the political aisle, but when it comes to immigration and ICE debates in the United States, which side is the church on?The truth is, neither. If you’re looking for church policy or doctrine to validate your particular political position, you’ll probably be able to cherry pick something, but the Church as an institution does not fall into a single political tribe and if you think it does, you may want to more closely read their statements.

MomTok has sparked the biggest Latter-day Saint (Mormon) media moment in over a decade, but will it hurt or help The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? This video breaks down what’s different from 2012, what the data actually shows, and why women’s experience may determine the church’s future.

Why does the First Vision generate so much controversy 200 years later? Historian Steven C. Harper explains why the First Vision became the central “battleground” for both believers and critics, how Church leaders raised the stakes, and how memory plays into debates today. This episode explores why the First Vision became the symbolic ground on which people fight about the Restoration itself.

Polygamy accidentally created sister missionaries and lowered the missionary age for everyone. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, Mormon Church) just announced that women can serve full-time proselyting missions as young as 18 years old. This means that both men and women will be serving lds missions at the same age, forever altering the gender dynamics of Mormon missions around the Church. This decision represents the culmination of over 150 years of evolution of what it means to be an LDS missionary and how that fits into our model of priesthood.