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5April 21, 201217 Dear Jack: The Gospel is True, but the People Aren’t
There are ideals that can point us toward a more enlightened way of being and behaving, but there is no gospel that exists in perfect form outside our lived experience....
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4March 13, 2012 16 Dear Jack: McLDS
Dear Jack, What, exactly, is The Handbook? Is it scripture? Is it not scripture? Is it revelation? Is it not revelation? How can we say we believe in teaching correct...
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5March 5, 2012 15 Dear Jack: It’s All True
“There is no one thing that’s true. It’s all true.”
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10February 18, 2012 14 Dear Jack: Self-Love
We can and should make ethical and moral choices about our sexual behavior, but attaching that morality to perfectly healthy and normal biological responses or our fugitive thoughts is a...
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7February 3, 2012 13 Dear Jack: Don’t Lose Heart
Dear Jack, My shifting faith away from Mormonism hasn’t created a problem with my parenting decisions — until now as my kids hit their teen years. My 16-year old...
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2January 14, 2012 12 Dear Jack: The Good Daughter
Dear Jack, I don’t have a great relationship with my father. He and my mother divorced when I was six, and he became engaged to my stepmother two years...
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2January 7, 2012 11 Dear Jack: Make It Work
Dear Jack, Our ward is changing meeting times next year, and we’ll meet right in the middle of kids’ nap and lunch times. Do we make everyone go to church...
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1December 23, 2011 10 Dear Jack: Abundance
In the new year I’ll be back to answering your questions about life and Mormonism, but I wanted to do something a little different with today’s column, my tenth, and...
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7December 16, 2011 09 Dear Jack: Sternly Part of It
Hello Jack, I just found out about this site. Is it really for people who have left the church? If so, how can it co-exist with those who are sternly...
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3December 9, 2011 08 Dear Jack: Nourishing the Delusion
Dear Jack, I believe that one of the greatest gifts God has given us is our capacity to think for ourselves. If I do my best to understand a particular...
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6November 27, 2011 07 Dear Jack: The Eternal Flame
Dear Jack, When I think about my testimony of the truth claims of the LDS church, I imagine a candle in my soul flickering. That inner candle used to burn...
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6November 19, 2011 06 Dear Jack: The Weight of the World
Dear Jack, Our ward primary program is coming up and my six-year-old daughter wants to wear her favorite “fluffy” dress to this special occasion. The dress is white and red...
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11November 11, 2011 05 Dear Jack: What the Hookah?
Dear Jack, My husband and I are DNA Mormons, 5-7 generations on all lines. We have two young adult sons, neither of whom believe in LDS church teachings. My husband...
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3November 4, 2011 04 Dear Jack: The Girl Who Talks to Animals
Dear Jack, My husband and I both grew up in the Mormon Church. He is still a more literal believer while I am a friendly agnostic. We have a good...
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14October 28, 2011 03 Dear Jack: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Dear Jack, I’ve been struggling with my Mormon-ness for about five years, but have been attending weekly and fully participating. I just got released from a calling that I love....
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13October 21, 2011 02 Dear Jack: How Much Coffee?
Dear Jack, How much coffee is too much? How much alcohol is too much? Those sound like lead-ins to a joke, but I am asking in earnest. I don’t drink...
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2October 14, 2011 01 Dear Jack
Being Mormon is more than just BEING MORMON, you know.