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Transactional Amity @ By Common Consent
- Years ago I attended a meeting encouraging junior employees to increase “business...
The Parable of the Ten Virgins: It’s About the Wait @ By Common Consent
- “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten young women took their lamps and...
Reflections on Unity and Righteousness @ By Common Consent
- Unity. Righteousness. As much as these words are an invitation to Godly action, they can...
A Different Wentworth and a Different Letter. B. H. Roberts on Faith Crisis, Part II of IV(?): Wentworth Tells of His Loss of Faith. @ By Common Consent
- Part I came out a few weeks ago. Sorry for the big delay. Philip Wentworth told of his...
A Focus on Zacchaeus @ By Common Consent
- The story of Zacchaeus, found only in Luke 19:1-10, is a pericope that does not get much...
What to Do About Ensign Peak Advisors @ By Common Consent
- In my last post, I wrote about the 60 Minutes segment on Ensign Peak Advisors. As part of...
Apocalypse Whenever: The Interpretive Challenge of the Olivet Discourse @ By Common Consent
- . For most of this year, I have been advancing a position that biblical scholars call the...
The name of the Church is not negotiable @ By Common Consent
- In most translations, "latter-day" becomes "of the last days". Even though the name...
60 Minutes, David Nielson, and Ensign Peak Advisors @ By Common Consent
- Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired a 13-minute segment on Ensign Peak Advisors. And honestly,...
The Mountain Meadows Massacre Aftermath @ Times & Seasons
- We’re only about two weeks away from Rick Turley and Barbara Jones Brown’s...
Gospel Tools @ By Common Consent
- Once a traveler happened upon a great field filled with people toiling away in the soil....
Is the Church Too Popular? @ Times & Seasons
- Fools shall have thee in derision, and hell shall rage against thee; While the pure in...
Sherlock Holmes, “Mormons”, and Canon @ Times & Seasons
- The only other “And Philosophy” essay of mine that mentions the Church is...
Is the Church Overbuilding Temples? @ Times & Seasons
- Growing up in the 90s, Church growth was conceptually tied to temple building, with...
Rebaptism in the Church @ Times & Seasons
- One of the interesting aspects of how members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Scams in Zion, Part III: Utah is Indeed the Ponzi Scheme Capital of the US @ Times & Seasons
- It’s been a long time coming, but this is part III of a series on “Scams in Zion,”...
Voice of the Saints in Mongolia @ Times & Seasons
- Voice of the Saints in Mongolia by Po Nien (Felipe) Chou and Petra Chou is an informative...
(Almost) Everyone Gets Battlestar Galactica Wrong…. @ Times & Seasons
- The most cited article I’ve ever written was also my first professional publication:...
“Oh God, Where Art Thou? (!)” On Anger at God @ Times & Seasons
- I had a season in my life when I was angry at God and it was more than a passing blip...
W. Paul Reeve on Race and the Priesthood @ Times & Seasons
- The race-based priesthood and temple ban that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Sink Me, the Prophet’s a Poet @ Times & Seasons
- Joseph Smith rarely wrote poetry, but there are a couple notable exceptions. While I was...
Semi-Random Thoughts in No Particular Order @ Times & Seasons
- I’ve participated with the “Bloggernacle” since before it was called that (I recall...
T&S welcomes guest poster Ivan Wolfe @ Times & Seasons
- If you’ve been following the LDS blogging world for the last 20 years or so, you’ll...
The Race of the Gods @ Times & Seasons
- Traditionally artistic depictions convey deity in the ethnicity of the artist and his/her...
AI Generated Imagery of Repentance, Heavenly Parents, and Moses’ Vision @ Times & Seasons
- I haven’t had as much time to produce AI religious art as I would have liked, so...
Mental Health Professionals in Support of Natasha Helfer @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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Come Follow Me “correction” As Harmful As Before @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Dear Latter-day Saints,
The latest online correction to the Come Follow Me manual has me...
Authority, Scripture, and Social Location @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- By Margaret Olsen Hemming
Over the last couple of years, I’ve described The Book of...
Pop Culture Friday: Justice In America @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- It’s been awhile since I promo-ed a podcast. Today I’m spotlighting a more serious...
Pop Culture Friday: Jane the Virgin @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- If you are looking for a binge-worthy TV show with fantastic characters, great acting, a...
Pop Culture Friday: Dread Nation @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Today’s (slightly late, sorry, the school year just started and my brain is mostly...
Pop Culture Friday: The Memory of Light and Disappeared @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- I have a 2-in-1 recommendation for you today, two excellent books by Francisco X....
Pop Culture Friday: The Poet X @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- I love a good slam poem, one full of emotion and power and truth. One of the great...
Pop Culture Friday: The Witch Boy @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Aster’s family keeps to themselves. They live in the woods outside of town and have...
Pop Culture Friday: #WizardTeam @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Today I want to highlight one of my favorite podcasts: #WizardTeam by Black Girls...
