Middle Space, A Blog

Taylor Kerby attended Claremont Graduate University but right now is more proud of how he just won a bed-time negotiation with his 4-year-old.  In June, I submitted the following as an Op-ed to the Deseret News. It was not published. This was originally written in response to a Deseret News Op-ed replying to an episode of Ellen that discusses Utah’s higher than average LGBTQ teen suicide rates. In preparing for Thanksgiving my thoughts have returned to the Op-ed that never was. Times that are meant to be joyous for families are often devastating for those experiencing division and heartbreak. This Thanksgiving my thoughts are with the LGBTQ members of The Church. My prayer is that families of all these will have a welcome and open heart as well as a place set at the family tablet for all their children. Below is my (rejected) submission edited only slightly. I sincerely hope my voice will be heard and our hearts, arms, and tables will be open for all God’s Childr...

  Bruce is an independent researcher with a degree in Political Science and an MBA. He researches Mormon History in Tennessee where he lives, sharing his findings online in blogs, Twitter, and at history conferences like MHA. He travels frequently for his day job as a business consultant.   He prefers to identify as Mormon even as the church has moved away from the label . The other night my wife reminded me that our daughter is graduating from college next month. It was part of a larger conversation and it  had me pondering how being part way out of the Church we are often left out of the rituals that we used to  have to mark these events. I remember with great fondness how I held my daughter and blessed her as a baby. A friend wrote the words as I spoke them so I can go back and read them from time to time. Every time I do I’m reminded not just of the tenderness of the moment but also of the imperfection of my delivery. I opened that blessing with her name...