Little Brother: “Hey remember than time when we all jumped off the ski lift?” Older Brother: “Dude you weren’t even there. In fact you were 5. I told you that story.” Little Brother: “Oh.” Memory is a funny thing. We all know that it is fallible and that we forget stuff or misremember stuff all […]

What we are Doing Rational Faiths is taking a step to help those who cannot help themselves. We have pledged as we did last year to “Adopt a Stake” through the Liahona Children’s Foundation (LCF). What this means is we are committed to raising enough money to provide for the nutritional and educational needs of children in need […]

And now for something completely different! In this 12th installment of the “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist” series Brian and Laurel talk with  Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about the cultural anxiety surrounding oral sex in a married relationship, and in the second question we discuss objectification and appropriate lust. Also look forward to and make plans to contribute to our […]

Have heard about the new policy designed to protect children and inspired by all the confusion surrounding the churches position on gay marriage? Well we’ll tell you about it and you can read the amended policy (as if you haven’t already) right Changes-to-LDS-Handbook-1-Document-2-Revised-11-3-15. In this episode I talk with Jerilyn Pool and Tom Christofferson about the […]

At Sunstone Kirtland 2015 a few of the Rational Faiths folks presented on the topic of online Mormonism.  Benjamin Knoll, Thomas Hatton and Brian Dillman each presented on the topic for about 15 minutes each and then fielded a Q&A session moderated by Brian Kissell for another 20 minutes or so. It was an enjoyable […]

Mormon History has many tools that can be used to gain insight to the past. On particularly useful tool in understanding people and institutions is the discipline of sociology. Armand Mauss used poll information, survey data, and his own notes taken while in attendance at church, as well as work from other sociologists interested in […]

Sunstone Kirtland 2015 Overview: Last weekend a team from the Rational Faiths blog made the pilgrimage to present at the 2015 Sunstone Kirtland Symposium. Benjamin Knoll, Thomas Hatton, and Brian Dillman came up from the south while Brian Kissell met us there coming from the north. Our hosts were kind (crazy?) enough to let us […]

The space between the end of the Hebrew Bible (traditional dating to about 400 BCE) and the beginning of the story of Jesus in the New Testament (4 BCE) is sometimes referred to as “400 silent years.” Was God really silent during that time? Was there no religious innovation or seeking for understanding? What happened historically […]

In this episode of “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist” Brian and Laurel talk with  Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about the effect of pornography and previous sexual experiences on the other partner’s desire for sex in a relationship, and in the second question we discuss the legitimacy of sexuality in long distance marital relationships (phone sex). Jennifer mentioned the book She […]

You know what sounds like a great plan for a good time? Sitting in front of the TV/computer for nearly 12 hours watching men in suits and women in colorful dress talk about Mormon stuff.  Okay it doesn’t really sound exciting but it is a huge Mormon ritual we do every six months. For some […]