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Online Gospel Discussions @ By Common Consent
  -  Last week the church issued some official guidelines to help members have productive...

Why We Suffer @ Times & Seasons
  -   I recently finished Bart D. Ehrman’s latest book, God’s Problem: How the...

Relating to Jonathan Kent @ By Common Consent
  -  In this year of the superhero movie, I sometimes look at my kids and feel a little bit...

Jesus Said . . . @ Times & Seasons
  -   I’m reading a commentary on Psalms and in the section on the authorship of the...

Resurrection B.C. @ Times & Seasons
  -   According to an article in the New York Times today, evidence of Jewish belief in a...

Prayer Request for Artemis @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  Artemis currently inhabits the stressful space of a hospital room due to significant...

Patriotic? @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -   being the 4th of July and all, I thought we could revisit a post by lisa on patriotism. ...

To America, with love @ By Common Consent
  -  Here’s what I wrote when I left America two years ago. America has this smell....

The Glorious Fourth @ Times & Seasons
  -   Let the eagle scream. Reflections on the continental army. The 4th! Keep her...

Mormon American Patriotism @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  I grew up in a small town in southern Utah (you haven’t heard of it, trust me)...

Zeitcast #20 @ By Common Consent
  -   This week: Brad, Amri, and Cynthia on the horrors of domestic violence, the value of...

The Little Bird and the Red Rose @ By Common Consent
  -  This story is good. It’s so good that it seems like something Aaron Brown would be...

We’re Back! @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  Everyone, go give John R a great big Cyber Kiss for fixing our database!

How to be American and Mormon @ Times & Seasons
  -   The anniversary of Shelby Foote’s death has just passed us and the Fourth of July...

Education and Class @ By Common Consent
  -  While the Restoration scriptures consistently warn against the stratification of society...

Voting for a “biblically balanced agenda” @ By Common Consent
  -  What happens when, for example, the candidate or party for whom you would like to vote...

Go Ye Up to Mons Olympus and Prepare a Sacrifice There @ Times & Seasons
  -   From the Archives– -more-

The Parables of Jesus: Part 2, The Mustard Seed @ By Common Consent
  -  After a long hiatus… Read here for a refresher on my general analytical approach. ...

Early Mormon Hymn Singing @ By Common Consent
  -  At the Provo MHA in 2004, Michael Hicks, Professor of Music at BYU, gave a terrific...

Korihor and the United States Reports @ Times & Seasons
  -   Let’s read the Book of Mormon as a commentary on American constitutional law and...

Sweatin’ to the Ogles @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  In one of my recent posts, many commenters cited the example of single-sex gyms to...

The Temple in European Mormon Sociality @ Times & Seasons
  -   The temple plays a role in the social life of European Mormons that is significantly...

Send in the Casseroles @ Times & Seasons
  -   On the sweetness of Mormon life, with apologies to Adam: From this post: An...

I Love Being a Girl! . . . and other contemptable problems @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  I have to tell you I’ve been annoyed with the public (read: Male) reaction to the...

You can leave your friends behind @ By Common Consent
  -  Saturday night found me — where else? — on a crowded dance floor, surrounded...

Literally Bearing Another’s Burdens @ Times & Seasons
  -   The Inklings has introduced me to Charles Williams, who was an odd sort of...

No Girls Allowed! @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  Apparently, women are denied full membership privileges at an exclusive country club in...

Just because so many think we hate all men . . . @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  I live on several acres of bushland. Australians hate it when I say this, but most...

Traditional Marriage is Dead (and it’s a good thing too) @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  The bloggernacle is awash with posts on same-sex marriage, the First Presidency’s...

California, Homosexuality and my Baptismal Interview @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  by Ayla I was hoping the church would sit this one out. According to the Salt Lake City...