Christian voters are killing people

Also because their hearts are corrupted, and the things which they are willing to bring upon others, and love to have others suffer, may come upon themselves to the very uttermost; –Doctrine and Covenants 121:13 A real-time digital tracking initiative by Boston epidemiologist Brooke Nichols indicates that as of early December 2025 more than 661,000 people have … Read more

How Republicans justify harming people

On Thursday November 6th, during a Presidential announcement, a guest fainted in the Oval Office. The photo above, taken during the event, perfectly captures how Donald Trump feels about people in need. He ignores them completely. He looked and then turned away… Donald Trump, a person without a single sympathetic instinct, stood staring straight ahead, … Read more

Avoiding contention?

He that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another. Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; … Read more

Are your beliefs true?

I want you to do a brief thought exercise. It consists of three questions. The purpose of a thought exercise is to help you see something that may be familiar from a different perspective. The three questions are about your beliefs – your personal convictions. For the purposes of this exercise, let’s include ALL types … Read more

Sociopaths among us

The culture war is not fundamentally between left and right, liberal and conservative, progressive and reactionary, tolerant and intolerant.Fundamentally it has nothing to do with ideals, values or visions of the future. It’s a fight between decent people and sociopaths. Jeremy Sherman I have been perplexed for years how supposedly decent, good-hearted, moral, people – … Read more

Wicked King Noah: A story for our day

The Sunday School lesson I taught on the third Sunday of May was on Mosiah chapters 11 through 17. These chapters tell of a wicked king (Noah) and a prophet (Abinadi) who was sent to call the king and his people to repentance. This story is alarmingly relevant to our lives today. (As you will … Read more

A stiff-necked people

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, … Read more

Why is Trump your guy?

It appears that most of the American members of my Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have voted for Donald Trump to be President of the United States in 2016 and in 2020, and are prepared to do so again in 2024. I am curious to ask them, “When, exactly, did you … Read more