Big Islands
This is what it looks like when the prophet speaks as a prophet @ Times & Seasons
- It is a mistake to apply the heuristics of edge cases to central and paradigmatic...
People at BCC Who Should Not Rank Things, Ranked @ By Common Consent
- Steve woke me up with an early-morning text message yesterday. He was in a state of shock...
Lesson 43: “The Shepherds of Israel” #BCCSundaySchool2018 @ By Common Consent
- Readings: Ezekiel 18:21-32; 34; 37 This lesson brings together diverse texts from...
Reasons Why I’m Not Changing My Name, Ranked @ By Common Consent
- Any time I hear "Mrs. Jones" I look around for the scandalous lady with whom Michael...
Rachel Held Evans & Evolving Faith @ By Common Consent
- Kristine A. lives in Rexburg, Idaho and blogs at Wheat & Tares. I just got home from...
The Primary Program @ By Common Consent
- The author of this post, Heidi Naylor, teaches English at Boise State University and is...
Once More Evolution @ Times & Seasons
- I admit I have a bit of a fascination with evolution and theology. Not just in terms of...
An Open Letter to Eric Hawkins @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Dear Brother Hawkins,
I listened in shock to your conversation with Elna Baker on the...
The Meekness of the Soldier and Servant @ Times & Seasons
- First, I must recognize that today is Veteran’s Day. Armistice Day.[1] I lived in...
When the Jay Dubs Came to Call @ By Common Consent
- A few years ago, we were upgrading our house, and I fell in love with these modern cut...
5 lessons from Schmidt and Taylor’s book Carried: How One Mother’s Trust in God Helped Her through the Unthinkable @ Times & Seasons
- In late 2016, Annie Schmidt went hiking in the mountains of Oregon. When she didn’t...
Sunday Sermon: Parables, Points of View, and the Nature of Infinite Love @ By Common Consent
- The titles that we give to Jesus’s parables are important, Amy-Jill Levine teaches us...
Conference Notice: Finale of the James K. Polk Project @ By Common Consent
- James K. Polk, serendipitous president of the United States, exercised a...
Pastoral Care Basics and Resources for LDS Bishops and Other Leaders @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Yesterday, my husband and I had the opportunity to meet with his stake president about...
The Expanded Canon: A Review @ Times & Seasons
- Several months ago, my wife Lissette gave a talk in sacrament meeting on the topic of...
Lesson 42: “I Will Write It in Their Hearts” #BCCSundaySchool2018 @ By Common Consent
- Lesson Objective: To encounter jeremiads with open hearts. Scriptures: Jeremiah...
My Middle Way Mormonism @ By Common Consent
- Over at Wheat & Tares, a number of bloggers have written takes on what they’re...
Bonsai @ Times & Seasons
- In one of the most profound scenes in The Karate Kid—a movie that fortunately has had...
Political Turmoil and Church Change @ Times & Seasons
- About every 50 years in US history there’s a major conflagration of political...
Call For Applications: 2019 Mormon Theology Seminar @ Times & Seasons
- I am delighted to share the Call for Applications announcement for next year’s...
Book Review — Where We Must Stand: Ten Years of Feminist Mormon Housewives @ Times & Seasons
- reading and reviewing this book was a weighty experience for me, just as participating in...
Some Conference Reflections… @ Times & Seasons
- I always like a few days to reflect on conference. Partially that’s because...
Jane and Emma–Opening This Weekend @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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“No man can keep me from where God calls me.”
Jane Elizabeth Manning James...
Ask fMh: Spiritual care after leaving the church. @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- “I have decided to leave the Mormon church, for a lot of reasons. I am sure you can...
Trials, Tribulations, and a Movie: An LDS-themed Discussion of the Coen Brothers’ A SERIOUS MAN @ Times & Seasons
- A well-known axiom in both life and storytelling states that the matters we find most...
Times & Seasons Re-Welcomes Bryan Hickman @ Times & Seasons
- Times & Seasons hopes you will join us in welcoming our latest guest blogger, Bryan...
Conference Weekend Rumors @ Times & Seasons
- It’s that time of year again. The time when Mormons hit the rumor mill. Normally...
33% of Missionaries Coming Home? @ Times & Seasons
- Jana Riess had up a particularly interesting and provocative post out today. I suspect...
Authority, Apostasy and Excommunication @ Times & Seasons
- Steve, over at BCC had up a rather interesting post on authority and excommunication the...
Learning From History (or not) @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- In 1974 (before the revelation extending priesthood/temple blessings to all worthy...
Announcing the Launch of “Let Babies Eat” Action @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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Let Babies Eat was created in response to the growing number of reports about women...
Bad Apples @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- These men, they’re just
bad apples.
Not all bishops are like that.
Setting aside for a...
Please Call Me Mormon @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- The Church (as they would like to be called) has announced (once again) that they’re...
Worthiness Interviews and Church PR…Again @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- I am so tired of the sophistry and gaslighting that the LDS church’s newsroom...
Does Finding Heavenly Mother Hurt or Help Women? @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- by Mindy May Farmer
Someone invited me once to imagine God. Not the God I’d been taught...
