America – The Conditional Promised Land
America, known to Mormons as the promised land, is said to be “… a land preserved for a righteous people” that serve Jesus Christ. (Book of Mormon, Ether 2: 7;12, […]
Book of Mormon and current Christopher Columbus Teachings on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day I thought I would ask the question: Where does the church stand on Christopher Columbus and Indigenous People? In the church manual published in 2020 Come […]
Native Americans Are Not Tools for Colonization
What does colonization, cultural erasure, and ancestral appropriation look like for Native Americans being labeled as Lamanite in the year 2020? Well, in Mormonism it looks a little something like […]
Racist God
My spirit was broken by the shapes I tried to bend into. The shapes of righteousness and perfection always seemed impossible to achieve. I needed more than anything to feel […]
Closely Tied
For a number of weeks I have been wanting to write a new blog post. So far I have written 6 and have been unable to post any of them. […]
Come Follow Me 2020
The new lesson manual states: “The Book of Mormon also states that a mark of dark skin came upon the Lamanites after the Nephites separated from them. The nature and […]
Response to Manifest Destiny – Taught at Brigham Young University Education Week
For the past few years I have been trying to explain what the most harmful aspect about believing in literal Lamanite identity is. Yet when I do I always feel […]
AUGUST 21, 2019 – Manifest Destiny Teachings at BYU Education Week.
I once wondered how such an old toxic belief could possibly still exist. Is it because it is still taught in 2019? Anyone ages 14 years of age and up […]
