{{Short description|Mormon blog}} {{Infobox website | name = Stay LDS | url = {{url|http://www.staylds.com/}} | commercial = | type = Independent LDS pastoral self-help and discipleship Blog | language = English | owner = John Dehlin<BR>Brian Johnston | author = John Dehlin, Brian Johnston, Ray Degraw, ''et al.'' | launch_date = {{start date and age|2009|01}} | current_status = Inactive }} '''Stay LDS / Mormon''' ("Latter-day Saint") is a collaborative blog featuring discussion and commentary about Mormon issues, beliefs, culture, thought and current events. It was created by Brian Johnston<ref>{{citation |first= Michelle |last= Boorstein |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/mormons-struggling-with-doubt-turn-to-online-support-groups/2012/05/24/gJQASImHnU_story.html |title= Mormons struggling with doubt turn to online support groups |newspaper= Washington Post |date= 2012-05-24 |accessdate= 2013-02-19}}</ref> and John Dehlin, formerly of the Sunstone Education Foundation.<ref>{{citation |first= Carrie A. |last= Moore |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695198451/New-direction-for-Sunstone.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121018064234/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695198451/New-direction-for-Sunstone.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 18, 2012 |title= New direction for Sunstone? |newspaper= Deseret News |date= 2007-08-07 |accessdate= 2013-02-20 }}</ref>
The blog's primary focus is issues of concern to Mormons experiencing disaffection or crisis of their faith. The individual contributors may share their own experiences to provide an informal support group.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-story-website-offers-refuge-for-troubled-morm,0,1871205.story |title= Web Site Is Refuge In Mormons' Crisis of Faith |agency= (AP) |work= fox13now.com |publisher= KSTU |date= 2009-07-20 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120224040158/http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-story-website-offers-refuge-for-troubled-morm,0,1871205.story |archivedate= 2012-02-24 |url-status= dead }}</ref><!-- The Fox13 article is a smaller excerpt of the same AP story published full length in the following SLT ref --><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_12871883 |title= Mormons in crisis find online refuge |date= 2009-07-19 |agency= (AP) |newspaper= The Salt Lake Tribune |last= Dobner |first= Jennifer |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604200157/http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_12871883 |archivedate= 2011-06-04 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |url= http://www.nine-moons.com/2009/08/06/5-questions-after-5-years-%E2%80%93-from-a-longtime-nacle-wannabe/ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100120092854/http://www.nine-moons.com/2009/08/06/5-questions-after-5-years-%E2%80%93-from-a-longtime-nacle-wannabe/ |title= 5 Questions After 5 Years –- From A Longtime ‘Nacle Wannabe |first= John |last= Dehlin |date= 2009-08-06 |archivedate= 2010-01-20 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Latter Day Saint movement}} {{colbegin|colwidth=22em}} * Mormon blogosphere * Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Exmormon Foundation * List of former or dissident LDS {{colend}}
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==External links== *[http://www.staylds.com Stay LDS / Mormon] *[http://kcpw.org/blog/local-news/2009-07-21/website-aims-to-be-resource-for-struggling-mormons/ "Website Aims to Be Resource for Struggling Mormons"], a 2009-07-21 interview with a StayLDS.com site administrator, by Jeff Robinson on KCPW-FM
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