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“I truly believe that the leaders of the LDS Church meant it when they said that the new policy changes of November, 2015, were done out of love . . . that they are trying to figure out a way to show love to a marginalized group,” says guest blogger Mette Harrison. “I also believe they were wrong.”

“I don’t know if my visiting teacher literally saved my life, but she very well may have,” says novelist Mette Ivie Harrison. Now, she gets to return the favor.

“It is one thing to believe that Mormonism is the right church for you,” says guest blogger Mette Harrison. “But I find it arrogant to say that this is the ‘one true church.’”

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Mette Harrison asks, “Could it be that our insistence on talking about male desire and female purity is leading to problems for married couples who do not know how to negotiate an equal sexual interaction?”

“I still believe that most Mormon of doctrines for women: that being a mother is my most important role,” writes Mette Harrison. So when LDS policies toward LGBTQ persons seemed to be harming her children, she chose them over the church.

When Mette Harrison was an active Mormon, she found that many members of the LDS Church engaged in rigid, dogmatic thinking. Now she notices the same thing about the ex-Mormon community, just in reverse.

“Even though I’m not attending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints anymore, I had a moment of real gratitude that I’d been raised to have a year’s supply of food,” says guest columnist Mette Harrison.

“Family is family,” says guest blogger Mette Harrison. “And even if I’m not a believing Mormon anymore, family will be forever.”

(RNS) — “If you’re someone who has realized that you’ve made mistakes on either side of this messy post-Mormon world, I recommend apologies,” writes Mette Harrison.

(RNS) — ‘I’m not trying to excuse the church’s massive nest egg here, just point out a reality of what I see happening,’ says guest blogger Mette Harrison. ‘Which is that it’s not about the money, stupid. It’s about loyalty.’

Guest blogger Mette Harrison is not attending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the moment, but she loves it as much as anyone.