Big Islands
Kingdoms of Glory and Astronomical Apparent Magnitude @ Times & Seasons
- How much more glorious is the celestial kingdom than the terrestrial? D&C 76 likens...
Constructing in our Meetings (Or What Did Church Lead You to Think About Yesterday), 9/6 @ Times & Seasons
- What are we building in Church, and why? This past week, in one of the Maxwell...
CFM 9/14-9/20: Thoughts and Poetry for “God Is My Salvation” @ Times & Seasons
- What is the source of Salvation? We look, of course, to Christ and his atonement for...
New Schedule: Return and Report @ By Common Consent
- Well, I went to church with the new schedule. Here are some impressions from my...
The Spiritual and Social Goals of the Deseret Alphabet @ Times & Seasons
- The Deseret Alphabet is often dismissed today as a quirky historical footnote, a strange...
What Kind of Mormon Are You? @ By Common Consent
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Taking a break from our usual deep thoughts, let’s laugh a little at ourselves. ...
The Kids are All Right: Church Activity, the Youth, and the Best and the Brightest @ Times & Seasons
- Note: recently there’s been a lot of hullabaloo in various fora about the results...
Cutting Edge Latter-day Saint Research, August 2026 @ Times & Seasons
- Lefevor, G. Tyler, Eleanor Standifird, Everett J. Peterson, Zachary EZ Hall, Samuel J....
Tithing, Fraud, and the Church, One Last Time @ By Common Consent
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Honestly, I thought my last post about James Huntsman losing his suit would be...
Seeing Responsibility in our Meetings (Or What Did Church Lead You to Think About Yesterday), 8/30 @ Times & Seasons
- If we don’t get what we need out of our church meetings, who is responsible?...
CFM 9/7-9/13: Thoughts and Poetry for “He Shall Direct Thy Paths” @ Times & Seasons
- What is wisdom exactly? Is it the ability to think clearly in a moral context? Is it...
“Secular” Sacred Music @ By Common Consent
- In the introduction the LDS hymn book, it notes that “Sacred music can bring joy,...
Everything wrong with the new hymn book (1799 edition, colorized) @ Times & Seasons
- From the anonymous Kritik des neuen Dresdnischen Gesangbuchs (“Critique of the new...
Anti-Mormon Depictions So Bad They’re Good @ Times & Seasons
- I finally got around to watching American Primeval. To be honest, I kind of enjoyed it....
On Different Bible Translations @ By Common Consent
- The Policy Change and Some Reflections on It
In December 2025, the Church updated the...
The Parable of the Color Wheel @ By Common Consent
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The Setting: A small lecture hall. Laptops snap shut, backpacks are zipped, and...
25-Minute Sunday School: An Opportunity @ By Common Consent
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Over the last few days, MDH has posted an excellent series thinking carefully...
New Sunday Schedule, Part 3: 5 Minutes to Move @ By Common Consent
- [This is third (probably last) post where I discuss the new Sunday schedule.]
In the...
New Sunday Schedule, Part 2: 25 Minutes in Gospel Doctrine @ By Common Consent
- [This is the second post where I discuss the new Sunday schedule.]
Whether shortening...
New Sunday Schedule, Part 1: 25 Minutes in EQ (and RS) @ By Common Consent
- [This is the first post where I discuss the new Sunday schedule. “New Sunday Schedule,...
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...
