A col­lec­tion of self-pub­lished essays, per­son­al accounts, and long-form stud­ies by peo­ple who once believed and began to ask ques­tions. The longer works are gath­ered here as books — read them chap­ter by chap­ter, at your own pace.

Essays & Stories

A ran­dom selec­tion · stand­alone pieces from contributors

All essays

Book of Mormon Swords and Spears E. Dean Con­klin · July 2017 Doc­trine Amer­i­ca, Chris Colum­bus, The Bundy’s, and Sorrow Kevin Rex · Jan­u­ary 2016 Lead­er­ship Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Denials bwv549 · March 2017 Sto­ry An Evening with Zhenya Eugene Kovalenko · Decem­ber 2015 Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty Tes­ti­mo­ny, Spir­i­tu­al Expe­ri­ences, and Truth: A Care­ful Examination bwv549 · May 2016 policy Lead­er­ship Four Alter­na­tives to Church Pol­i­cy in Hand­book 1, Sec­tion 16.13 with “Clar­i­fi­ca­tions” Wes · Novem­ber 2015

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