Beside Still Waters: 52 Reflections of the Divine Within

Religion & Spirituality

Donald L. Wright

Christian Books & Bibles

Pivot Point Books

In her best-selling "Goodbye, I Love You," Carol Lynn Pearson shared the moving story of her life with her homosexual husband Gerald--their Mormon temple marriage, the birth and raising of four children, their mutual anguish in realizing his orientation had not changed, their divorce and ongoing friendship, and her caring for him as he died from AIDS in her home. In "No More Goodbyes," Pearson revisits the challenging subject of religious people relating to their gay loved ones who are often condemned by their church and--many believe--by God. Through stories gathered from the microcosm of Mormonism, it becomes clear how this emotional earthquake affects families of all faiths.

No More Goodbyes: Circling the Wagons around Our Gay Loved Ones

Pearson, Carol Lynn

Parenting & Relationships

The Hero's Journey of the Gay and Lesbian Mormon is a guide through what is still, for many religious people, a difficult terrain. It redefines a homosexual orientation not as a defect but as a special calling to take a deeply powerful journey and to serve the Tribe in unusual ways. Following the path of the hero laid out by mythologist Joseph Campbell, the journey is one that can lead to triumph and joy.

The Hero's Journey of the Gay and Lesbian Mormon

Carol Lynn Pearson

“Polygamy?” says the mainstream Mormon Church. “We gave that up long ago.” Not so, claims noted LDS poet and author Carol Lynn Pearson, who examines the issue as it has never been examined before. Any member of the LDS Church today who enters the practice of polygamy is immediately excommunicated. However, Pearson claims, polygamy itself has never been excommunicated, but has an honored and protected place at the table. It has only been postponed, a fact confirmed by thousands of “eternal sealings” giving a man an assurance that he will claim as wives in heaven the two, three, or even more women he has sequentially married during his lifetime. No such opportunity is available to women. Through her own personal stories, those of her ancestors, and the thousands of stories that came to her through an Internet survey, Pearson shows the power of the Ghost of Eternal Polygamy as it not only waits on the other side to greet the most righteous in heaven, but also haunts the living—hiding in the recesses of the Mormon psyche, inflicting profound pain and fear, assuring women that they are still objects, harming or destroying marriages, bringing chaos to family relationships, leading many to lose faith in the church and in God. Mormon historian and author Dr. Gregory Prince says of The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: “Carol Lynn Pearson has hit a home run in her quest to illuminate both the damage that Mormonism’s de facto practice of polygamy continues to inflict, and the route to a better, more humane place. Those who truly hope for eternal polygamy or who resent any call to institutional reform will be upset, but countless others will rejoice that she has shown ‘a more excellent way.’ ”

The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men

Religious Studies

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