Jana Riess
On 30 years of Mormon belonging and not-belonging
By Jana Riess — September 11, 2023
(RNS) — I became a Mormon 30 years ago with both eyes open, and that has made all the difference.
One BYU to rule them all … for better or for worse
By Jana Riess — September 1, 2023
(RNS) — A new one-size-fits-all conduct policy seems to be one step forward, one step back.
What Mormons can learn from Twitter — I mean X
By Jana Riess — August 28, 2023
(RNS) — If you’re still calling X 'Twitter,' don’t send me hate mail about saying 'Mormon.'
When it comes to religion, ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ was decades ahead of its time
By Jana Riess — April 26, 2023
(RNS) — For me, the story’s attraction wasn’t just that it made me feel ‘seen’ in my anxieties about boys or periods or bras. It was also that someone finally understood my family’s complicated absence from religion.
6 ideas for Mormons studying the New Testament this year
By Jana Riess — January 5, 2023
(RNS) — From podcasts to YouTube channels to books, here’s my curated list of favorite (fun, even!) companions for studying the New Testament in 2023.
Mormonism’s tortured genius
By Jana Riess — August 29, 2022
(RNS) — The big-C ‘Mormon Church’ will not save us. But the little-c church keeps a light of hope kindled in my heart.
Mormons now look liberal on abortion — by not changing
By Jana Riess — June 29, 2022
(RNS) — The GOP has swung so far to the right that Mormons’ nuanced abortion stance, once commonly accepted by fellow conservatives, now looks liberal by comparison.
Summer hiatus
By Jana Riess — June 1, 2021
I plan to be back in early September with renewed energy and some fresh perspective. Until then, God bless you.
On Joss Whedon, cancel culture and the Bible
By Jana Riess — February 25, 2021
(RNS) — I won’t be torching my Harry Potter books or throwing my Buffy DVDs on a bonfire. I’d have to throw my Bible to the flames as well.
Suicide, complicated grief and the hidden darkness of the heart
By Jana Riess — October 15, 2020
(RNS) — Do we ever truly know people?
When Mormon women can’t have the sacrament
By Jana Riess — May 12, 2020
This spring, I and several million other Latter-day Saint women have lost access to the sacrament, but it’s not because we have sinned.
Mormon women are finding their voices. Are Mormon men listening?
By Jana Riess — May 9, 2020
(RNS) — The new issue of Dialogue, guest edited by Mormon feminists and chock-full of diverse voices, will likely not be read by the people who most need to read it.
Learning (again) to walk in the dark
By Jana Riess — April 28, 2020
Last week I was coughing, battling an intermittent but lousy headache, and feeling utterly fatigued. And through it was the nagging question: Was this the Covid-19 virus?
When the “big reveal” of General Conference feels tone-deaf in a pandemic
By Jana Riess — April 7, 2020
General Conference's focus on the way Latter-day Saints are unique recipients of the fullness of God’s truth came across as tone-deaf in a time of need.
Clear as mud, part 1: the new Mormon temple recommend interview
By Jana Riess — October 22, 2019
(RNS) — Does the new Mormon temple recommend interview make things better or worse for members who struggle with chastity or who support teachings the church opposes?
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