PinnedJon OgdeninThoughts And Ideas11 Wise Books to Read Before You DieWhat would you add?Sep 5, 20218Sep 5, 20218
Jon OgdenA Letter to Latter-day Saint Trump Supporters [Updated]In 2016 and 2020 I wrote open letters to Trump-supporting Latter-day Saints, and even though they both got some traction (reaching 80k+…Oct 281Oct 281
Jon Ogden“Keep Sweet” Unveils the Hidden Horror of PolitenessUtah still has a “keep sweet” problemJul 3, 20221Jul 3, 20221
Jon OgdenMLK’s Faith Crisis Sparked His Fight For Justice“More and more I could see a gap between what I had learned in Sunday school and what I was learning in college.”Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Jon OgdeninInterfaith Now“Spiritual But Not Religious” Is Not EnoughToo many are falling prey to conspiritualityJan 4, 202223Jan 4, 202223
Jon OgdenAn Open Letter to Charles Eisenstein About Covid and VaccinesDear Charles — Here are two things that could persuade me.Nov 12, 20217Nov 12, 20217
Jon OgdeninAge of AwarenessOne to Zero: What Capitalism Ignores, and How to Build the FutureIn his book Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Facebook investor Peter Thiel argues that founders should build…Oct 14, 20213Oct 14, 20213
Jon OgdeninBackyard ChurchBelief in Sad Christian Heaven Hurts Your RelationshipsForget a future “solemn separation.” Choose each other now.Sep 23, 20211Sep 23, 20211
Jon OgdenMy family has been LDS for 200 years. That’s 1/1000 of my human past.A Meditation on Evolution and PurposeFeb 4, 20214Feb 4, 20214
Jon OgdenA Response to Latter-day Saint Trump ApologistsTwo weeks ago, I wrote a letter that got far more attention than I expected. The response was almost uniformly positive, but I also…Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020