Posts tagged ‘privilege’

mormon action plan, re: white supremacy (for dads and more!)

This morning I was emailing back and forth with my dad–attorney, former stake president, current counselor in a mission presidency, typical white Mormon male–about the recent…

thoughts on MLK day and being anti-racist vs. non-racist

“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this…

at a deseret book near you

I need to preface this review by saying that I inherently distrust those who who attempt to make money off their Mormonism. This includes, but is…

just a friendly reminder (from a trans* person)

Just a friendly reminder that some men have vulvas and some women have penises. Just a friendly reminder that there are more than two genders. Just…

A Skeptic’s Prayer, by Margaret Munk

Is it true
Thou lovest best
Thy meek, unasking children?

Thou hast made us
So diverse, so various,
Yet in the image
Of a Sire
Who filled a universe
With his creative fire.

What father has supposed
His child would grow to manhood
Only hearing and affirming?
What sire could honor such a son?
How could a mind that,
Like a sponge,
Absorbs but never questions,
Doubts,
Or wonders why
Be offspring and apprentice
To a God?

It may be, Lord,
That thou canst never love me
With the calm relief
A father feels
For his obedient child—
The one who’s never any trouble.

But use me
As a bridge
To those more wayward still
Than I.
I cannot give them all the answers;
But they will not ask
The ones who think they can.

Let me speak
To thy lost sheep
As one who,
Understanding how they went astray,
Still loves the Shepherd.