Author Profile: Stephen Wellington
Stephen Wellington is a 3rd generation Latter Day Saint with his Grandparents and father converting in 1960 in Düsseldorf,Germany.
Stephen lived in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for 13 years whilst growing up. But went to a Cranleigh School, a British Public School, from 13 to 18 years of age. His claim to fame is that he played rugby twice against Prince William.
Stephen served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cape Town, South Africa from 2001 to 2003.
Stephen was always an avid reader on Mormonism with his father authoring a book and contributing to FARMS. Stephen's interest in Mormon History was ignited after his mission. He contributes to The Mormon Worker, an Anarchist Mormon Journal and has a website called Politics and Anarchism. Stephen defines himself as a Cooperativist and Libertarian socialist with Christian-Anarchist leanings(similar to Tolstoy). He is a member of LDS Cooperative
He is currently studying Medicine at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. He is married with a child on the way and plays rugby for the University Medical School.
Author Archive for Stephen Wellington
I recently came across this story on the BBC Website and felt that I had to return to Mormon Matters to write a few comments about it.
High Cost of Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism
Over the years I have noticed many similarities between Mormons and other religions, but I never thought I would see a similarity in this context with Judaism. This article addresses some of the main issues that people at Mormon Matters find challenging. Perhaps we, as doubting Mormons are not as alone as we feel.
28 year old, Chani Ovadya, is interviewed about her experience. She does not give an explicit disgruntlement with the community but she does make mention of the fact that she felt more feminine then the community let her be. She says that:
“It was the hardest year of my life, and I didn’t have my parents and family who I love with me, so it was even worse…As a religious woman, the most you can be is a teacher, now I am following my dreams.” Continue reading…
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I have to admit sadly if it came to push or shove Mormon Matter opinions and the Internet in the main override what information I would receive from a member of my congregation. Primarily because it’s a collective think tank that has looked at it from different angles and in more depth.
Since Mormon Stories, Mormon Matters, For those who wonder.com and a plethora of others that have come into my view it has significantly changed my insights of what I thought was black and white dramatically. Continue reading…
I was recently in Europe, partly for a vacation and partly for a series of talks in Austria. During the trip I had the pleasure of touring a major church and hearing the guide answer questions. Someone asked, why did people of the distant past support the church so stupendously, with so much of their time, nearly all their income beyond subsistence, and, really, their every life product? The guide answered, I think brilliantly. She said, you have to try to imagine being back there yourself. There was no sewage, no electricity, no color, no music, no entertainment, not even cleanliness, in people’s daily lives. It was harsh, harsh, and more harsh – except when you went to the church. Continue reading…
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Creating Zion requires 2 things:
1) A Vision of what it is like
2) Faith we can achieve it.
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If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it? The recent practice of propaganda has proved that it is possible, at least up to a certain point and within certain limits. – Bernays
This is the story of forgiveness.
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Call it what you will….call it brown-nosing in the UK & kissin butt in the US…but I felt extremely frustrated this week trying to follow in John’s shoes and it helped me to realize what an awesome guy he is and the things he might have gotten through to get Mormon Stories to us. I was glad to see him voted as the unsung hero of mormon blogging this year.
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Those who know me know that I have a lot of vitriol for bankers. As an industry, they have their “New World Order” in the palm of their hands….or if you look at it from the working man’s perspective…our democracies by the gonads!
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Here are 3 videos (all together about 30 minutes) from a recent Oprah episode where she interivews Thomas Beatie about being the worlds first pregnant man.
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