Here I Stand
This essay was originally published in three parts on March 12th, March 13th, and June 22nd of 2012. Although the essay was not aimed at Mormon Stories or John Delhin, …
On Loneliness
As we evolved, we did so in small bands or troops. The nature of our species is that unlike solitary predators, we relied on each other for resources, for cooperation …
The Spiritual “Turing Test”
First published Sep 14, 2011 on The Mormon Expression Blogs Imagine that a person is sitting in a large room filled with many computers. At each computer terminal an individual sits …
“The Principles”
In 2013 several of us got together over the course of a few months to construct something like a Church–but without the baggage of traditional dogma or metaphysical belief. …
Young Mormon Men and Marriage
This essay was first written and published in 2011 In the most recent conference the brethren once again rolled out the admonition for young Mormon men to stop delaying …
Nothing to Challenge and a Great Deal to Abet
This essay was first published in 2010 on the Mormon Expression Website I heard this phrase the other day while listening to a discussion on NPR. The author, …
First Vision Handout
This is a handout that I gave as part of a pre-Mormon Expression presentation on problems in the first vision. The first part is an newspaper article on the problem …
Alma and why God is in Hell
I wrote this in August 2007 In the Book of Mormon, Alma chapter 42, an interesting theological discourse is given. The summary is that if God did not act in …
My Thoughts on the John Dehlin Court of Love
First published on Johnlarsen.org 2/9/15 Editor’s Note: John Dehlin was excommunicated the month following the publication of this article. John Dehlin is a renouned postcaster and commentator on the Mormon …
Breaking the Endless Cycle of Religion
The first form of this essay was first published as on The Living Community website on May 10th, 2011. In all cultures dating back as far as we know, one …