It's been a minute since I did anything for the very fine radio broadcast, All Things Considered. It's happening today. I had a fascinating conversation with James Jones - a life long Mormon who says LDS theology is inherently anti-racist, it's the church that's problematic.

Some folks on TikTok and Reddit are saying that at least 10/31 young men who went to Idaho to presumably terrorize an LGBTQ event were Mormon. If true, it's more evidence that we're too soft on bigotry and that's gonna have consequences.

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In honor of Earth Day we recorded an episode with @BTBLDS and @jamcjon about Jesus and the Desert Wild! Put back into historical context, Jesus becomes a radical and wild figure. How can we come to know and emulate this Wild Jesus?

Check our episode with the authors if you're not already familiar :) https://t.co/jWBUx73gQw

@rachelsteenblik I want to be a badass Bible scholar like @LDThinking on @BTBLDS so I could be better at backing up my Mormon unorthodoxy with scriptures.

It’s the plagues this week in CFM [Exodus 7-13]. And now, a take ain’t nobody ask for :) This week’s text got a few things to say about compromising with oppressors. As Moses inflicts plagues on Pharaoh, Pharaoh attempts to pacify Moses by conceding to everything but his demands.

A friend asked me to tweet out this survey called: "Anonymous Survey for members of the LDS faith (particulary BIPOC and LGBTQ+ members in the USA)" Thank you! https://t.co/9SH5RLfdB9

Not exactly revelatory, but I'll say it while we're studying Exodus 1-6 this week: BYU's Honor Code is impossible to honor. In the first six chapters of Exodus, there at least six women (Shiphrah, Puah, Jochebed, Miriam, Pharaoh's daughter, and Zipporah) who must disobey men

Bat signal--requesting a boost: If you are/were a LGBTQ Latter-day Saint who underwent aversion therapy at BYU or in private practice, and are willing to talk about your experience, please reach out to me! Thanks!

https://t.co/OXuAMBY4D2 I thought folks were taking this out of context originally, but it's still pretty bad even in context. I can appreciate the spirit of what Brad Wilcox is trying to do as someone whose list of theological questions continues to grow as I work out answers

This is big

With respect to Rev. Brown, nahhhhh

We did it y'all! LDS Anti-Racism 101 coming just in time for MLK day pre-order for bonus price and other goodies here: https://t.co/0elXtrsMtz

https://t.co/2RpqqT51S9 Tl;dr Deseret Book hired me to make an online course on challenging prejudice Deseret Book refused to publish it because I challenged prejudice 🤷🏾‍♂️

Would help if we posted it 😂 https://t.co/dxkeKR6KRs

I hope the Saints are taking notes. Everyone in the conference center is vaccinated. 🤔 Let me say it a different way. If all the leaders are vaccinated, including the prophet; and you ain’t vaccinated, who are you following? #conferencethoughts #GeneralConference

imagine the power queer christians could hold if we entered every conversation that involved our queerness with the inherent assumption that queerness is a divine gift- already holy and good. and if someone disagrees we simply act like they're the most ridiculous person on earth.

While some might fear a future where more valedictorians share things like their sexual identity in their speeches, I think we should instead fear a future in which they don’t. https://t.co/40QSo7ac2v

Otto Pankok was a German printmaker defamed by the Nazis as a ‘degenerate artist’ because his central theme was the sufferings of the oppressed. In 1950, he created the woodcut “Christ breaks the rifle”— later used by the German Christian peace movement. h/t Jaxon Washburn