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Tearing Racism Out by Its Roots @ By Common Consent
  -  Yesterday, the Salt Lake Tribune published a story about rampant, and really disgusting,...

Some of my Best Friends Are…, or Representation in our Wards @ Times & Seasons
  -  I thought it would be interesting to run some basic numbers on how many people from...

Were you “offended” or were you “injured”? @ By Common Consent
  -  When it comes to expressing how we feel, most people just are not very good at it. I...

Was it the Angel Moroni? @ Times & Seasons
  -  Today marks the 200th anniversary of the day Joseph Smith said that he saw the golden...

Huntsman and En Banc Review @ By Common Consent
  -  Exactly a month ago, I wrote about James Huntsman’s success at the 9th Circuit....

Mormons Don’t Ban Books @ By Common Consent
  -  I remember a small handful of occasions sitting in sacrament meeting as a teenager and...

The ancient owner of the Book of Abraham papyri @ Times & Seasons
  -  Joseph Smith claimed that the Book of Abraham was a translation of some of the papyri he...

OUR, Tim Ballard, and the Church @ Times & Seasons
  -  Like many I’ve been recently drawn to the hard-to-look-away car crash that is the Tim...

Ward capacity @ Times & Seasons
  -  It seems like ‘church capacity’ would be a useful concept. In parallel to ‘state...

From the Email-Bag: Polygamy and Tax Exemption @ By Common Consent
  -  A reader emailed me today and asked if I could blog about a question: “Would the...

Do People “Follow the Prophet” When it Goes Against Their Ideology? A Quantitative Analysis of Vaccines in Utah @ Times & Seasons
  -  I’ve had a sense for a while now that people tend to exaggerate the influence of...

Inouye, Sacred Struggle @ By Common Consent
  -  When the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews presents his litany of the faithful, he...

Harold B. Lee: Life and Thought: A Review @ Times & Seasons
  -  Harold B. Lee: Life and Thought by Newell G. Bringhurst (Signature Books, 2021) is a...

Mormonism in Mexico, Part 17: Sans Anglo-American Leadership @ Times & Seasons
  -  While Mexico had stabilized from the Revolution, the 1920s saw continuing strains for The...

Top Gospel-Related Songs and Some Top Renditions @ Times & Seasons
  -  Orchestra of Angels I’m not a musical person. I was started on the classical guitar...

Discussion on Scripture with the Community of Christ @ Times & Seasons
  -  The Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sibling...

Eve and Charlotte Lucas @ By Common Consent
  -  I attended the Feather River Temple open house this weekend. It was beautiful in a way...

Mormonism in Mexico, Part 16: Colonial Decimation @ Times & Seasons
  -  The Latter-day Saint colonies in Mexico were becoming successful after years of effort....

Latter-day Saint Book Review: Saqiyuq, Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women @ Times & Seasons
  -  Saqiyuq is an oral history of three generations of Inuit women who lived on Baffin Island...

Christology from Below and “The Chosen” @ By Common Consent
  -  Even if you have never watched it, if you have attended an LDS church service or social...

Hymnal Watch: August 2023 @ Times & Seasons
  -  It’s been a bit since we last had an update on the new hymnbook and children’s...

Racial Diversity, the Supreme Court, and BYU @ By Common Consent
  -  Chicago Public Schools are made up of four types of schools: neighborhood schools, magnet...

Meditation and the Gospel @ Times & Seasons
  -  The Listener, by James Christensen Meditation is one of those practices with religious...

Mormonism in Mexico, Part 15: War @ Times & Seasons
  -  The Mexican Revolution impacted every Mexican, and that included the Mexican Latter-day...

Take up your cross daily @ By Common Consent
  -  If every Christian tried to pursue their calling and use their unique skills to help just...

fMh Anniversary @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  It’s been 19 years ago today that I founded fMh and started this wild beautiful ride. ...

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...