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Misquoting the Book of Mormon is Bad Enough; Don't Misquote Science As Well @ Mormanity
- The use of DNA evidence to attack the Book of Mormon often involves multiple errors, such...
Prickly love @ Segullah
- I just finished listening to Ann Patchett’s memoir Truth and Beauty. The story...
Every Bloggernacle Argument About Feminism, As Told in GIFs @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- Trigger warning: feminism.
Sometimes the piece is so dense that no one actually reads...
When Goats Fly @ Mormanity
- One of the Young Single Adults in Shanghai recently talked about her experiences in...
Sabbath Revival: Remembering Chieko Okazaki @ Segullah
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I know this may seem like a strange choice of revival posts for today–Angela...
Does General Conference Talk Complexity Vary by Session Type? @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- Back in November, the Church announced a new General Women’s Meeting that will...
Dumb things I’ve said from the pulpit @ Mormon Mentality
- One of the most amazing things about our church is that we are expected to preach to each...
Visiting the Lands of the Bible: Temples, Tels, Towers, and Tunnels @ Benjamin the Scribe
- Six months after I returned home from my mission to France, I stepped off a plane in Tel...
Lesson 10- Genesis 24-29 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- One of the aspects of scripture study as commonly practiced by LDS is the idea of...
We're Not in Provo Anymore @ Patheos
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We all know that stereotypes are dangerous to those who don't fit them, yet we...
Take Carol Lynn Pearson’s Survey on Sealing Inequality and Eternal Polygamy @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- ETERNAL POLYGAMY AND SEALING INEQUALITY OF LDS WOMEN AND MEN—A SURVEY. Carol...
On religious freedom and discrimination @ Peculiar People
- With the recent proposed amendment to Arizona’s religious freedom law, Facebook has fed...
Sin is Waste? @ Segullah
- Hugh Nibley, image from rickety.us
I dislike throwing things away: Instead of throwing...
The Lamest Calling @ Segullah
- It seems like a million years ago when I went to my first Relief Society meeting as a...
A Follow-Up to Abraham and Isaac @ Benjamin the Scribe
- I ended up teaching the Gospel Doctrine class on Sunday after the scheduled teacher was...
Whitney Finalists: Young Adult General Round-Up @ Segullah
- If the Whitney young adult speculative category had a strong showing from male writers...
Worship 101 @ Segullah
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“May the odds be ever in your favor,” she leaned over and whispered in my ear. I...
Charity on the Rocks @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- This is a talk I gave in my ward at the end of January.
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My husband grew up...
Being a member is like taking chemotherapy @ Mormon Mentality
- A friend of mine started her conversation with me by saying, “Being a member of...
The Standard of Liberty in the Book of Mormon: Just Another Anachronism and Evidence of Plagiarism? @ Mormanity
- The list of works that Joseph Smith allegedly plagiarized or drew upon to produce the...
Lesson 09- Abraham 1:1, 5-20; Genesis 15-17; 21-22 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- This weeks’s chapters are difficult and socially significant like last...
The River is Always Waiting: Read an Excerpt @ Patheos
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"It's not the presence of same-sex attraction that's in question, Dana...
About the Book and Author @ Patheos
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The story of a man who refuses to believe that his attraction dictates who he...
Are We Listening to Each Other? @ Patheos
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I have a story I'd like you to read. I'd like you to hear about Simon. I'd like...
The Larger Complexities of Poverty @ Patheos
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Let us not ignore the complexities of addiction, shame those who are victim to...
New Gospel Topic at LDS.org – Becoming Like God @ Small and Simple
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Whitney Finalists: General Fiction Round-up @ Segullah
- The General fiction category for the Whitney Awards has always been one that seems to...
The Decline of Something Called “Religion” @ Peculiar People
- Stories of Decline Perry Miller’s exhaustive intellectual histories of Puritan...
Turn the “but” around……. @ Mormon Mentality
- I taught RS a couple of weeks ago for a friend who was out of town. I used this from...
Ghosts of Me Then, Now and Yet To Be @ Segullah
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It must have been how high above the world I was sitting. One minute I’m in my...
Taking Exception to Exceptionalism @ Segullah
- As a student of rhetoric and an aspiring writer, I worry about words. I worry about the...
Mormons and Basketball in the Philippines @ Peculiar People
- “There are good Mormons, rogue Mormons, drunk Mormons, polygamy Mormons. But one thing...
Counting My Blessings @ Mormon Mentality
- In general, I like to think of myself as a positive person. I am all about “Count...
Lesson 08- Genesis 13; 14:1-2, 8-24; 18:16-33; 19:1-29 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- I’ve had this written for several days, kept making changes, and frankly, I’m...
Pray for Ukraine @ Mormanity
- A friend of ours, a brave, faithful, and well educated businessman from Ukraine, has...
Un-Freezing @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- When it comes to navigating the gay Mormon thing, I’ve been in many ways incredibly...
The Sister, the Beast, and the Invitation to Love @ Segullah
- Teresa Bruce edits and writes as a freelancer. For fun (and food) she gardens year-round...
Thought's New Regime @ Patheos
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How do we translate Christianity for the world in which transcendence makes no s
Missionary Work in the Pre-Correlation Age, My Grandfather’s “Mormon Doctrine,” and Mormonism’s (Un)Systematic Theology @ Peculiar People
- My grandfather took a train to Toronto, Canada, to start his LDS mission in 1948. After a...
Mormons in Space @ Mormon Mentality
- This came up, in a round-about way, on a sci-fi discussion list I’m on.
Now,...
An Ethnographic Examination of the Representation of Women’s Bodies in a Religious Publication (Running Title: Boobs in the Ensign) @ Zelophehad's Daughters
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In a conversation among some of the permabloggers, we started talking about modesty...
Who is Speaking for Me? @ Peculiar People
- In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon famously faced each other in the first...
Why Wait for the Fruit of the Tree of Life When You Can Eat the Biscuit of Omnipotence Now? @ Mormanity
- Adam and Eve had their temptation in the form of the fruit of knowledge. Mine came in the...
We are Weird @ Mormon Mentality
- While sitting in Sunday School this morning as my class discussed the prophet Abraham, it...
Answering the Temple Recommend Interview Questions, Part 2 @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- This the second part of a series in which my friend ajbc gives her personal, long-winded,...
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7- Abraham 1:1-4; 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; 17:1-9 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- First, here’s a Spotify playlist of mine to put you in mind to read the Old...
From the Nauvoo Times: I Survived Switzerland (Mission Reminiscences) @ Mormanity
- This is a recent post from the Nauvoo Times:This week I had to dig into some information...
Expanding Our Languages of Religious Experience @ Peculiar People
- “I can imagine Jesus befriending my grandfather, too, frying up some breakfast for him,...
The Value of the Creation Stories @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- One of my friends has been asking me questions about the Creation stories lately....
Let’s Make the Hymnbook More of a His and Hers Book @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- This Sunday in sacrament meeting we sang the hymn O God, the Eternal Father. I noticed...
The Confessions of Saint Andrew @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- This guest post is brought to us by my brother, Andrew C.
I tell a story about my...
On Mormon Marriage Anxiety @ Peculiar People
- I was 27 when I got married. That was well after most of my friends, whose wedding...
Quick Follow-up to Lesson 6 and the Flood @ Benjamin the Scribe
- I’ve posted a Follow-up at Times&Seasons, here. I address the Ensign article on...
RootsTech 2014 Review and The Hipster RM @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Listen live HERE and call in at (646)...
More Progress: A New Seminary Manual that Addresses Complex and Sensitive Issues @ Mormanity
- "A New Church History Seminary Manual" by Steven Densley at the FAIRMormon Blog discusses...
Scrap It: An Historian Contemplates Her Imaginary Photo Albums @ Peculiar People
- People approach personal recording keeping in different ways. Historian Rachel Cope, who...
“We Were Not Lucky Children” @ Mormon Mentality
- Heather Young, aka our LIZ has written and self published her memoirs—–only...
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6- Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- Reading: Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10 Lesson manual (link) The first week of...
A Significant and Scientifically Oriented New Statement from the Church on DNA and the Book of Mormon @ Mormanity
- For some of us who love science and our faith, the new statement from the Church on "Book...
Law & Order, Book of Mormon Style @ Mormon Mentality
- As a teenager, I had no interest in reading the Book of Mormon, which was silly because I...
Community of Christ Sings: A New Hymnal for a Divided Global Church @ Peculiar People
- “You hold in your hands a vital mission tool!” proclaims the foreword of the...
Senior Missionary Couples @ Mormon Mentality
- I have a friend who hates tithing settlement with her bishop because every year he asks...
How Old Almanacs Help to Explain the “Nones” @ Peculiar People
- A couple of weeks ago, I was at the Huntington Library looking at almanacs from the...
Drama in the Temple: Thumbs Down @ Mormon Mentality
- I’m probably a day late and a dollar short with this; oh, well. Bill and I...
Greetings from Italy and the Florence 1st Branch; Devotional in Rome on Feb. 2 @ Mormanity
- On Sunday, Feb. 2, I'll have the privilege of speaking at a devotional for LDS single...
Ordain Women {Kate Kelly & Suzette Smith} @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5pm - 7pm (Mountain Time) Listen live HERE and call in...
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5- Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- Text: Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69 As always, time compels us to be...
Lesson 04- Moses 4; 5:1-15; 6:48-62 @ Benjamin the Scribe
- In my experience, lessons on the fall often bring comparisons between “what LDS...
How Much Are We Missing? @ Mormanity
- Seven years ago on a cold January day in Washington, D.C., a man set his open violin case...
Recent Developments in Understanding Polygamy @ Mormanity
- On my LDSFAQ (Mormon Answers) page on polygamy, I mention two important recent...
Cathy Stokes aka MoDea (the Mormon Madea) @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5pm - 7pm (Mountain Time) Listen live HERE and call in...
The Arabian Peninsula Motherlode @ Mormanity
- Perhaps the most interesting single online document for reading about the growing...
An Ancient Tradition of Writing on Metal? Surprise (?) from a Newly Translated Ancient Hebrew Text @ Mormanity
- "Fate of Ark of the Covenant Revealed in Hebrew Text" is the title of an intriguing news...
The Smell of Poverty @ Mormanity
- At work we've got a great charitable foundation, one of the best and perhaps the largest...
What Good Is Socialism? @ Mormanity
- "What good is socialism?" was the frustrated lament I made to myself last night after a...
Faith and Family with Garth Smith and DeAnne Flynn @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5pm - 7pm (Mountain Time) Listen live HERE and call in...
Shall we discuss my story Démodé before computers do it for us? @ Mormon Organon
- Well it’s a new year and my one New Year’s Resolution was to revive this into...
Rickshaw Boy: Messages for Christians (and All of Us) @ Mormanity
- In a previous post about Lao She, I shared a secret about this beloved and famous Chinese...
Finding Faith in 2014 @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5pm - 7pm (Mountain Time) Listen live HERE and call in...
Past Changes and Future Changes Some Hope For @ Small and Simple
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2013 in review @ Small and Simple
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Isis and Maat in Facsimile 3 of the Book of Abraham: A Horrific Blunder by Joseph Smith? @ Mormanity
- A recent post here at Mormanity, "Shulem in the Book of Abraham: Possible Plausibility?,"...
Noham, That’s Not History (Nor Geography, Cartography, or Logic): More on the Recent Attacks on NHM @ Mormanity
- As mentioned in my previous post about the significance of Nahom, in a recent...
Ancient Temple Themes in the Book of Mormon @ Mormanity
- Over at The Nauvoo Times, my latest post, "The Temple in the Book of Mormon," points to...
Race and the Priesthood in the LDS Church @ As Sistas in Zion
- Episode will load below or listen here. Tune in as the Sistas speak with members of The...
Race and the Priesthood: Significant New Statement on the LDS History of Blacks and the Priesthood at LDS.org @ Mormanity
- I'm delighted with the release of a new and thoughtful statement at LDS.org clarifying...
The Significance of Nahom: Just Three Letters? @ Mormanity
- When thoughtfully understood, the evidence for Book of Mormon plausibility and...
Nelson Mandela and Faith-based News + Filmmaker Stephen V. Nelson @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5pm - 7pm (Mountain Time) Listen live HERE and call in...
Thanks for the Advice @ Mormanity
- I appreciate the good perspectives my readers offer. Based on feedback from the proposed...
Sheri Dew - Women and the Priesthood: What One Mormon Woman Believes @ As Sistas in Zion
- Episode will load below or listen here. Sheri Dew stops by SiZ Radio to chat with...
I Need Less Love, Please @ Mormanity
- I need less love. Less love from some of the alleged Christians who passionately love me...
Handel's Messiah Comes to Shanghai: A Majestic Evening @ Mormanity
- Tonight was one of my most memorable evenings in China with a sold-out performance of...
Don't Get Too Excited About the New DNA Evidence Linking Native Americans and the Middle East @ Mormanity
- Some Latter-day Saints might be getting overly excited about a valuable new finding...
Mormon Women Bare, Katrina Barker Anderson + Journalist, Trent Toone @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen live...
Hot Wife, Helpful Husband? @ As Sistas in Zion
- What happened to happy wife, happy life? A new study says husbands are happier in their...
She Said, She Said: Mormon Women Bare @ As Sistas in Zion
- Our girl Jennifer Borget has a blog segment called “He Said, She Said” where she...
Sunday Best: Saturday is a Special Day @ As Sistas in Zion
- Is Saturday really the day that we get ready for Sunday? Sista Laurel shares her...
Songs for the Soul: He is With Us @ As Sistas in Zion
- Uplifting music has the power to put us in tune with the Spirit of Lord. The Sistas share...
The Unavoidability of Faith @ Mormon Metaphysics
- Miles Kimball on the unavoidability of faith. Part Lectures on Faith and part...
Marriage Ain't for You {Urban Translation of Marriage Isn't for You} @ As Sistas in Zion
- If you tuned in to SiZ Radio last night you heard us talking to Seth Adam Smith author of...
Marriage Isn't For You {Seth Adam Smith & Aesha Adams-Roberts} @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen live...
Luv True Luv... @ As Sistas in Zion
- Do we really "fall" in love or do we accept, allow, and embrace it? There are several...
It Ain't Even Black History Month! @ As Sistas in Zion
- We thought PBS might hold it against us since folks said our Mormon brotha Mitt Romney...
Preachers of L.A. {Is Religion Right for Reality TV?} @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen live...
A Night of Hope with Joel & Victoria Osteen { SLC, Utah Review} @ As Sistas in Zion
- SISTASinZION Radio! Sundays 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen live...
SiZ Radio: 183rd October LDS Conference Review @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Certainty of God @ Mormon Metaphysics
- A pair of interesting posts from The Audacious Epigone. The first notes that certainty of...
Most Generous Cities @ Mormon Metaphysics
- I know these lists are regularly done by magazines as a way of making news. They then...
D&C 107 and Ordaining Women @ Small and Simple
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Thinking Accountability @ Mormon Metaphysics
- Accountability is a weird concept. It’s one of those that seems pretty straightforward...
A Girl's Guide to Football with Jessica Kehl @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
An Ordinary Hero: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and Loki Mulholland @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Tenured Professors Are Worse Teachers? @ Mormon Metaphysics
- Study: Tenured Professors Make Worse Teachers. I do wish more universities made actually...
Mormon Survivor Dawn Meehan + Jack and Sherry Weyland @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Problems with OOO? @ Mormon Metaphysics
- I don’t consider myself well enough versed in Object Oriented Philosophy (sometimes...
How the Mother of Vampiro Rojo de Santanás Died at the Hand of the Ethicless Thing @ Mormon Organon
- I’ve been too busy of late to write any science posts, but here is a little...
Decline of Serial Killers and Rise of Sharing @ Mormon Metaphysics
- Interesting connection between “sharing culture” and the decline in serial...
On Handling Lectures… @ Mormon Metaphysics
- If you have an iPhone or something similar you listen to lectures on and also use iTunes...
SiZ Radio: Be Wise Magazine + Jamaican LDS Pioneer @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Nobody Asked You: A Dose of Unsolicited Christian Advice @ As Sistas in Zion
- Have you ever made a comment only to hear, "Nobody asked you!" Or read an advice column...
40 Answers from a Mormon @ Small and Simple
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Why evolution matters to LDS Theology @ Mormon Organon
- There seems to be a temptation to borrow Christian fundamentalist creationist ideas and...
Death, the Fall, and Darwin: Roman Legions of Death, Part 2 of 7 @ Mormon Organon
- So to begin. Assume that the story that science tells is tout court correct. That humans...
Death, the Fall, and Darwin: A More Harmonious Reading, Part 1 of 7 @ Mormon Organon
- This is being posted semi-concurrently at BCC (Posted there about a week earlier than...
Scholar of Moab makes Ben Park’s ‘Nearly Essential Readings’ in Mormonism for Members! @ Mormon Organon
- Ben Park has compiled a list of Essential Readings in Mormonism that includes both...
What Happens When You Feed The Feminists? @ Small and Simple
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Clark Monson on Wolves @ Mormon Organon
- President Monson’s son weighed in on the debate about introducing wolves back into...
Lorenzo Snow Manual Lesson 5: Long Live the Couplet @ Small and Simple
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2012 in review @ Small and Simple
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On guns @ Mormon Organon
- In silence I’ve watched the splashes of opinion on Facebook and among blogs on gun...
Your Christmas gift guide @ Mormon Organon
- Having trouble picking which of my books you would like to give for Christmas? Here is a...
Dude. You Have the Scriptures on Your IPod?! @ Small and Simple
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The Good News – You are a Child of God. The Bad News – You Were Adopted?! @ Small and Simple
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Wise advice on Sunday School Teaching @ Mormon Organon
- From my friend Blair Hodges:
“Too often, the Sunday School teacher doesn’t...
