Roger Pimentel: From the Overflow

Platitudes Fail

A Latter-day Saint Woman’s Experience On Why Words Alone Are Not Enough

Apr 4 • Anne Pimentel

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March 2026

The blurry line between spiritual and administrative authority in the Church

Church leaders are sustained a prophets, seers, and revelators. But they're also administrative leaders, and that's a very different thing.

Mar 24 • Roger Pimentel

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Biblical inerrancy is one thing, Book of Mormon inerrancy is another

Any time human beings are involved, it's going to be a little messy.

Mar 1 • Roger Pimentel

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January 2026

A prophet is a prophet only when he is acting as such

Prophets say a lot of things. And the challenge is knowing when they're speaking for God, or when they're giving their own ideas and opinions.

Jan 24 • Roger Pimentel

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Seeing all the beauty in the broken glass (+ other updates)

So many of us feel like we're different from others at Church. And actually, that's beautiful.

Jan 21 • Roger Pimentel

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November 2025

How people like me want to be treated at church

An explanation you can send to your bishop or Relief Society president.

Nov 21, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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October 2025

You can't earn God's love, because you can't earn what you already have

The thing I needed most, growing up in the Church, was a hug.

Oct 12, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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The Parable of the Talents isn't about talents

Maybe it's not about playing the piano. Maybe it's about our relationship with God.

Oct 1, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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September 2025

The Sanctuary of Belonging

We belong to many things.

Published on Wayfare • Sep 21, 2025

I was that kid who didn’t watch R-rated movies

And now I'm learning that outsourcing our morality doesn't draw us closer to God.

Sep 8, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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August 2025

Latter-day Saints should love deconstructing. It's what Joseph Smith did

So why are we so scared of questions and doubts?

Aug 27, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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July 2025

I want you to know I don't approve of your lifestyle

And why we say things like that, that hurt people

Jul 17, 2025 • Roger Pimentel

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