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Judging Righteous Judgment, Part 2: a long-overdue post @ By Common Consent
- Six years ago, I started what I thought would be a series of posts about how to judge...
On Not Understanding the Atonement @ Times & Seasons
- There are some pretty major aspects of our Latter-day Saint faith–and of...
Mormons and Israel @ By Common Consent
- Amber Taylor recently received her PhD from Brandeis University. She was a Schusterman...
“Be Not Afraid” #BCCSundaySchool2019 @ By Common Consent
- Readings: Matthew 14–15; Mark 6–7; and John 5–6. The other night, my husband and I...
Glossopoeia: The Gift of (Invented) Tongues @ By Common Consent
- “Atan lantanë tana atani ëuvar; ar atani ëar tana haryar olassë.”...
Why I’m So Bad at Not Using “Mormon” @ By Common Consent
- Rebbie Brassfield is a copywriter living in Southern California. In 2012 she created the...
The Kingdom of Hell Is Within You Too @ By Common Consent
- Last night I dreamed about Hell. Here’s what it looked like. It was a hilly region...
“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Throughout the Restoration @ Times & Seasons
- I remember seeing a survey several years ago that claimed that the two most popular hymns...
Representation Matters: Naming Women in the Book of Mormon @ By Common Consent
- This guest post is by Mette Harrison, whose many books include The Book of Abish, which...
Joseph Smith and Translation @ By Common Consent
- On January 11th of this year (2019) Brian Hauglid and Robin Jensen gave a guest...
Disputations in Zion @ Times & Seasons
- A couple of weeks ago, we reached the end of 3 Nephi 26 in our family scripture reading....
On Modesty @ By Common Consent
- I hear it’s almost Spring, in parts of the world that are not New England. For...
The Book of Abish Is Here @ By Common Consent
- As BCC has already proved with math, the Book of Mormon does not pass the Bechdel Test....
Matt 13 and the Mysteries @ Times & Seasons
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Muslim-Mormon Dialogue at Georgetown: The Perks of Being Peculiar @ Times & Seasons
- I know that I am a better Mormon on account of Muslim friends and hope that they will be...
Come Follow Me for Individuals and Families: A progress report @ Times & Seasons
- We still don’t know what to call our family meeting. “Home church” seems to be...
Interesting times for linguists @ Times & Seasons
- These are interesting times for linguists. Church leaders and administrators are working...
To Be Childlike or Childish @ Times & Seasons
- Innumerable blog posts and not a few books have been written in the last few years about...
Where are the women artists in the Come, Follow Me manual? @ Times & Seasons
- As I started preparing family lessons using the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
SMPT at U of U next week: “More Nations Than One: Theology, Culture, and Pluralism” @ Times & Seasons
- The Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology will hold a conference at the University...
Some Moral Considerations of Wealth and Growth @ Times & Seasons
- The chart above estimates the per-capita GDP of the entire world over the last 2,000...
On the Church Masonry Essay @ Times & Seasons
- As some of you may have seen, the Church recently released two new doctrinal and...
On the Half-Life of Admonitions @ Times & Seasons
- Latter-day Saints don’t watch R-rated movies. This is one of those specific, concrete...
10 Questions with Susan Easton Black @ Times & Seasons
- An other of our co-posts with Kurt Manwaring is here. This is 10 Questions with Susan...
Why I Wrote a Sex Manual for Mormons @ Times & Seasons
- Earthly Parents is the pen name of the author of And It Was Very Good: A Latter-day...
Online Dating Series: Potential Pitfalls @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Things are zipping along, you’re going on meets and dates and maybe some of your...
Online Dating Series: Meet or Date Gone Wrong @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Since I stuck to the criteria I shared, it was really rare for a date to go wrong aside...
Online Dating Series: The Meet @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- How to know when to meet? I used several criteria.
Does conversation flow naturally? Do...
Online Dating Series: First Contact @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- I took it to heart that I should initiate contact when a profile caught my attention....
Online Dating Series: The Profile (Theirs) @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Many of the same things apply to looking at a potential’s profile as they do...
Online Dating Series: The Profile (Yours) @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- It can be intimidating looking at that blank profile page you need to create to represent...
Online Dating Series: Setting Your Sites @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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Knowing absolutely nothing about online dating sites to eventually becoming a monitor...
Online Dating Series- The Decision/Preparation @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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Disclaimer– Up front, this series will probably piss off a few men (especially LDS...
Renewing My Vows @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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I love the idea of wedding vow renewals, whether it’s to mark a significant...
She who Speaks @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- In recent days, with the changes to the temple ceremony, I have been contacted by many...
