PinnedMichael McLeodinInterfaith Now2 Years Post-MormonI quit the Mormon Church for a sexuality-affirming life. This is what I’ve learned about healing, retrospection, reclamation and…16 min read·Jan 13, 2022--3--3
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowHero Worshipping a Probable Maniac: The Problem with Captain MoroniHe’s admired as one of the Book of Mormon’s greatest and most righteous heroes, but a closer reading suggests that veneration is misplaced.16 min read·Jul 9, 2020--1--1
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowHints of a Nephite Colonial Atrocity: A Reading of OmniThe story of how the Mulekites become Nephite in the Book of Mormon seems clean, but one interpretation suggests something more sinister.9 min read·Jul 5, 2020----
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowWhy It’s Time for Me to Stop Attending ChurchA year after declaring my disengagement from full activity in Mormonism, I know it’s time to stop attending completely. This is why.7 min read·Dec 29, 2019--3--3
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowA Faith that Feeds—on My TermsMy Mormon faith was a check-list, external prescription. No one ever said I could construct my own faith that fed me — my own prescription.9 min read·Dec 21, 2019--1--1
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowSuspending the Need for TruthThe most unexpected discovery of my post-church, deconstructed faith life is my indifference to the need to know what is true.8 min read·Nov 11, 2019----
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowNo, I’m Not Going Through a ‘Phase’For the first time in my life, I’m on the other side, being explained and rationalized by the ‘faithful’. I used to use those narratives.9 min read·Oct 15, 2019----
Michael McLeodinInterfaith Now5 (re)forms of sacrament meeting: How LDS services might better accommodate diverse spiritualitiesIt’s the spiritual apex of the sabbath, but its one-size-fits-all format doesn’t resonate with everyone.8 min read·Oct 14, 2019----
Michael McLeodinInterfaith NowRing-Fencing Truth: The Tension Between Individual and Institutional Revelation in LDS TheologyMormonism embraces personal revelation but this bottom-up process is fact-checked by a top-down hierarchy that limits spiritual discernment16 min read·Jun 30, 2019--1--1
Michael McLeod6 Thoughts on the Repeal of the ‘November 5’ PolicyA few people have already asked me how I feel about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ rescinding of its ‘November 5 policy’…4 min read·Apr 7, 2019----
