We all get angry from time to time, whether resulting from a minor disagreement or from a more traumatic life event we cannot escape feelings of frustration and anger when the world doe not comport itself in accordance with our views. We also tend to think that we have anger figured out. We have been […]

Renowned New Testament scholar and author John Dominic Crossan was featured in the Writ and Vision bookstore on Tuesday, July 28th, to sign copies of his new book, ‘How To Read The Bible And Still Be A Christian.’ In addition to book signing the event included oral reviews of Crossan;s Book from Eric Huntsman (NT […]

Many of the history books we read or hear spoken of relate to the 19th century and address topics such as polygamy, priesthood, temple origins, Joseph Smith, and the trek west. The 19th century Mormon experience feels so foreign to our 21st century selves that it boggles the mind in how we arrived at this […]

In this episode of “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist” Brian and Laurel talk with  Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about how to raise children, particularly our daughters, to own their sexuality; the second question is in concern of worthiness interviews with a Bishop, either with a young person or with an adult female. I mentioned this video of Julia […]

In continuing our series “The Human Mormon Mind,” I just talked with Mica McGriggs and Benjamin Knoll about an incredibly important aspect of human psychology and group dynamics. The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight describes our tendency to view ourselves and the things that we do charitably while viewing others and the things they do more critically. This […]

Hearing the voice of the Holy Ghost and feeling the spirit often present themselves as elusive experiences that we want to have but just can’t seem to grasp. In fact, when teaching the youth in my ward I asked the priests and laurels to rate their interest in about 20 gospel/church topics. The topics with […]

The only book dealing directly and only with the concept of race and racism in the list is a work published this year by Oxford University Press and written by W. Paul Reeve called Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness. Elijah Able, “Not one drop,” and 1978 are often highlights of […]

I’ve never been to Sunstone and sometimes I would like to be able to say that I have never watched Mormon movies like The Singles Ward and others (I can say that I have never watched Church Ball or The Home Teachers, whew!). In this episode Mike Barker makes me want to get to Sunstone […]

In continuing our series “The Human Mormon Mind,” I had talked with Michael Barker and Mica McGriggs about the three related concepts of Groupthink, Pluralistic Ignorance  and Religious Cults (Dr. Sheldon Greaves chimed in on the last topic as a scholar of religion). We discuss the ways in which our thinking and willingness to share our honest observations […]

In this episode of “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist” Brian talks with  Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about how the high desire partner can best contribute to a relationship that is sexually dysfunctional but also in the process of healing (hint: not necessarily just being patient), the second question is about male ownership of sexual desire (when you want it […]