Author Archives: J. Max Wilson

An LDS Mother’s Testimony of Motherhood

Happy Mother’s Day! Below are some excerpts from my own wonderful mother’s testimony of motherhood, written in 2004. “When I got married, I just thought it would be another challenge. Little did I know what I was beginning. Of course, … Continue reading

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Sex-Agnostic Domestic Partnerships – A Practical Compromise on Same-Sex Relationships and Traditional Marriage

One of the most frustrating things about modern politics is the “all-or-nothing” approach to solving problems. For some reason we feel compelled to make sweeping comprehensive changes instead of taking smaller piecemeal steps for things on which we CAN compromise. … Continue reading

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Rules for Feminist Mormon Radicals – Moving the Overton Window

Over the last few years we’ve seen that Feminist Mormon Activists have encouraged a kind of civil disobedience to the prophets and apostles. They have used self-referential echo chambers to amplify propaganda and magnify the perception of support based on demonstrably … Continue reading

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Watchmen on the Tower – On the Limits of Prophetic Fallibility

Some of the responses to my recent post about rejecting living prophets by following future prophets have predictably raised the issue of prophetic fallibility. Among those members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have decided to … Continue reading

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