Andrew has been a speaker, interviewer, and panel guest for Mormon Stories, and was a founding blogger at Mormon Matters. A sixth-generation Mormon, Andrew was active in the LDS church until he resigned in 2011. He enjoys studying both naturalistic and religious approaches to spirituality.

The Guru in the Mirror

If you could go back in time to re-live a particular stage in your life, not for the purpose of undoing past “mistakes” but purely for the joy of living that stage in life again, which would you choose? I once asked my wife and a friend that question and we all came to the

Spirituality Re-Discovered & Re-Defined

Eastern spiritual traditions revere the lotus flower, which grows on lily pads in murky ponds, as a symbolic reminder that beauty can arise from ugly circumstances.  And for me the lotus seems an appropriate symbol for the new spirituality that has arisen within me since my disillusionment with, and resignation from, the LDS church. My exit