More Islands and Atolls
Blind spot: The assumption that all women can use their sexuality to influence others. @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- I was recently listening to the awesome feminist mormon housewives podcast episode in...
My Journey @ Segullah
- The author of today’s guest post has asked to remain anonymous.
I am an almost 20...
The Pope’s Conservative Reasons for Saying Nice Things about Atheists @ Peculiar People
- Every Wednesday morning, the pope celebrates a Mass and holds a public audience. ...
Arabia's Hidden Valley: Guest Post by Warren Aston @ Mormanity
- ARABIA’S HIDDEN VALLEYA strictly scientific look at Khor Kharfotas a...
Alone in the Temple @ Segullah
- My first trip to the temple–June 1999
“Why didn’t you call me? You could have...
Washington, D.C. snacker May 29th @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- I’m going to be in Washington, D.C. next week, and frequent commenter Marta is...
Intent @ Mormon Mentality
- Rob and I have been having a discussion about intent. I used to believe that Intent- the...
His Heroine, Frances @ Segullah
- After leaving for work last Friday, my husband sent me a brief text. “Sister Monson...
It’s That Time of Year @ Peculiar People
- The mulberry tree in my backyard has just blown seedpods all over the grass, but it’s a...
Joseph Smith the Seeker and Same-sex Marriage: The Community of Christ Negotiating Change @ Peculiar People
- The Community of Christ’s April 2013 USA National Conference in Independence,...
Faith and Football with NFL's Harvey Unga @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
You’re the meaning in my life, you’re the inspiration @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- This guest post comes to us from Mike C. See his previous guest posts here and here, and...
Exciting Mormon Women Project events @ Segullah
- We love the thoughtful interviews that the Mormon Women Project publishes every week....
God Be With You Till You Meet Again @ As Sistas in Zion
- This morning Frances B. Monson, wife of LDS church President, Thomas S. Monson...
The passing of Frances B. Monson @ Segullah
- We just read that Frances B. Monson, wife of our beloved prophet, passed away this...
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...
Can Ezekiel Pass the Deuteronomy 18 Test? @ Mormanity
- Some of our critics proclaim that a single apparently failed prophecy is all it takes to...
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...
Kermit Gosnell, Puppy Killer: High-Profile Story from an Alternate Universe @ Mormanity
- In a not-too-distant parallel universe, nearly everyone in America has been following the...
On the Cleveland Kidnapping and Anti-Polygamy Literature @ Peculiar People
- This semester I taught early American religious history. We start with European...
Placement @ Segullah
- I have a thing for place. I’m a bit fastidious about the arrangement of things, and the...
Fallout from Mother’s Day: The Doggerel Challenge of 2013 @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- This comes from a Facebook conversation primarily between me and Melyngoch, with some...
How has Facebook changed Mother’s Day? @ Segullah
- Facebook felt like an unusually busy place yesterday. We were changing our profile...
Mother's Day with NFL Football Player Bryan Kehl @ As Sistas in Zion
- Happy Mother's Day! NFL football player Bryan Kehl is here and chatting with the Sistas...
Variations on a Creepy Theme by Anne Campbell @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- (with no apologies.)
You are the life I threw away,
The happiness I never had;
You’re...
Annual Mother’s Day Report @ Mormon Mentality
- This year we had all female speakers in sacrament and a female duet musical number. We...
Mormons and the Politics of Mother’s Day @ Peculiar People
- Mother’s Day is a big deal in Mormonism. By some measures, Mother’s Day has...
my inner voice: Mother’s Day edition @ Segullah
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“Be careful how you speak to your children. One day it will become their inner...
Women of Faith @ Segullah
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Ever wondered more about the experiences of obscure women in church history? Amber...
Mormon Affect as Seen in Tap Dancing Missionaries and Laughing Robots @ Peculiar People
- “Turn it Off,” one of The Book of Mormon Musical’s most catchy and popular...
An Ode to Mother’s Day – and to keeping it in its place @ Segullah
- from paperdollsforboys.wordpress.com
An Ode to Mother’s Day – and to keeping it in...
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...
Thoughts on “Sexual Purity” @ Peculiar People
- Earlier this week, Elizabeth Smart shared memories of her abduction that sent a powerful...
On “Bracketing” @ Peculiar People
- I’ll begin this post in italics, mostly so that—since this is my first post here...
Surprise Encounter in Australia: Meeting Warren Aston, Author of My Favorite LDS Book @ Mormanity
- Preparing my last post about an article by Warren Aston resulted in two things. One, I...
Loving the Bishop @ Mormon Mentality
- I am privy to an interesting situation at church. We have a ward member who is not...
Chewed up Gum, Elizabeth Smart Gets Real @ Mormon Mentality
- I always disliked those examples to girls (did they do that for boys?) where the leader...
Put Your Mormon Where Your Mouth Is: Gender, Sexuality, and The Second Great Commandment @ Peculiar People
- During Conference in October 2007, at the end of General Relief Society President Julie...
BYU Women's Conference Review + Katrell Redhouse on Bullying @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5pm - 7pm (Mountain Time) Call in at (646)...
Just drop in….. @ Mormon Mentality
- When I was a young visiting teacher and hardly any mom worked in our neighborhood, we...
Biodiversity at Khor Kharfot, a Leading Candidate for Ancient Bountiful in the Arabian Peninsula @ Mormanity
- I think the average LDS person still has little appreciation for recent discoveries in...
And the Children Shall Lead Them @ Mormon Mentality
- So. Just to warn you, I am going to go all personal here today. If you don’t want to...
“I never noticed women weren’t praying in Conference” @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- In the discussion of the Let Women Pray movement, one of the comments I heard most...
How often are men and women quoted in General Conference? @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- Soon after I finished my most recent post, I realized that it would be fairly easy to...
What?!?!?! @ Mormon Mentality
- http://makeyourgarments.com/faqs/
Help me understand this website.
Apparently Make Your...
How often are men and women quoted in church? @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- I have heard anecdotal evidence that men are much more likely than women to be quoted...
Heavenly Parents, are we really talking about you more? @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- After April Conference, I was asked by someone in the fMh Facebook group to check whether...
A Time of War, a Time of Peace @ Peculiar People
- This past weekend I was in Washington, DC, attending the third decennial symposium...
BYU Athletic Director, Tom Holmoe + Miss Africa Utah @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Thoughts on Jerusalem from a New Acquaintance, Matisyahu @ Mormanity
- On a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Chicago that landed a couple of hours ago, I found...
A Woman’s Priesthood Duty @ Mormon Mentality
- EmJen’s latest at BCC, the recent prominence of Ordain Women, and my having just...
Why Me, Lord? @ Mormon Mentality
- I was recently talking on the phone to a friend about my troubles. She is a great friend...
Top Ten Reasons I’m Grateful for My Mission: 4 @ Zelophehad's Daughters
- You can find the earlier posts in this series here, here, and here.
4) Class Awareness
I...
"Not to Excess, Neither by Extortion": Kiss Foie Gras Good-Bye @ Mormanity
- While randomly reading a legal blog, I read a rather disturbing description of the...
Jesus Take The Wheel! @ As Sistas in Zion
- When we invite Jesus to take the wheel, the ride isn't always smooth and easy but the end...
The Spoken Word @ Mormon Mentality
- Years ago we lived in a ward with Deaf members. They required sign language interpreters...
Xiamen, China - Some Photos @ Mormanity
- Below are some of the photos from my recent collection of photos from Xiamen, China, one...
Praise or Prozac? @ As Sistas in Zion
- This past month has been an emotional roller coaster ride. In the past instead of...
SiZ Radio: It Just Gets Stranger with Eli McCann @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Does Grant Palmer Really Claim to Have Rescued a Mormon General Authority Away from the LDS Faith? @ Mormanity
- There's a remarkable story circulating the Net in which a prominent LDS General Authority...
A Fellowship of Doubters @ Mormanity
- Terryl L. Givens' "Letter to a Doubter" at the Mormon Interpreter is definitely worth a...
Thomas Nagel's Apostasy: Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False @ Mormanity
- Some elite circles in the academic world are aflame with anger at the apostasy of one of...
Post LDS General Conference Review {April 2013} @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
What Happens When You Feed The Feminists? @ Small and Simple
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Not Just Imagined: Media Hostility Toward Religion @ Mormanity
- Hopefully you are all catching some sessions of General Conference this weekend. Here in...
Faith, Reason, and the Resurrection @ Mormanity
- Based on a talk given in Hangzhou, China, on Easter Sunday, 2013. Fairly close to the...
Don't Panic, Just Pray @ As Sistas in Zion
- Don't panic, just pray. When we trust instead of think, we'll walk instead of...
Farewell to My New Farmer Friends, For Now @ Mormanity
- As I report in the April 1 update on my story of a boy needing help with surgery on my...
Easter Sunday with Rev. Dr. W.G. Hardy, Jr. @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Plan B for the Farmer's Son @ Mormanity
- I will keep updates on the story of the farmer boy from rural China on my story of Zhiwei...
What They Don't Teach You At The MTC @ As Sistas in Zion
- Not your typical investigators! A few days ago it was brought to our attention...
My Failed Mission: Painful News from the Hospital @ Mormanity
- I'm in shock after my visit to Xinhua Hospital tonight. Disaster. Heart break. As I...
Can a Secular Relief Society Work? @ Mormanity
- For those of you following the story of the young teenage boy, Zhiwei, who has come to...
Death and Resurrection @ Patheos
- I still don't understand this central teaching of Christianity, that Christ suffered...
Shabby Apple Giveaway Winner! {March 2013} @ As Sistas in Zion
- DRUM ROLL PLEASE...The winner of the March 2013 Shabby Apple Giveaway is:Susan...
Confessions of a Cereal Mother with Rachel McClellan + Hot Topics @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Raising Funds for Surgery for an Impoverished Teenage Boy in China @ Mormanity
- A young 13-year-old boy named Zhiwei (sounds like "Jurway") is about to begin surgery...
Easter Sunday Style {Shabby Apple Giveaway} @ As Sistas in Zion
- --- THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED ---CONGRATULATIONS: Susan AndersonWith Easter just around...
RootsTech + America to Africa with Yolande Bouka @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
About That Hong Kong Trip: Another Surprise Encounter @ Mormanity
- As I mentioned in my last post, even getting to Hong Kong yesterday was a huge blessing....
On a Wing and Prayer: How We Got to Hong Kong @ Mormanity
- I'm in Shenzhen, China as I write, about to walk over to the border crossing where we...
Before and After Moses Parted the Red Sea @ As Sistas in Zion
- All is Well,Sista Beehive & Sista Laurel
Happy Pi Day @ Mormanity
- It's pi day here in China, where schools, teachers, and math geeks celebrate the...
The Gift of the Holy Ghost @ Patheos
- Having the Holy Spirit doesn't mean power, will, and vainglory. It means meekness,...
Pray for My Family! - Transitioning into a Stay-at-Home Mom @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sista Beehive confesses her nervousness about transitioning from working...
Clark Monson on Wolves @ Mormon Organon
- President Monson’s son weighed in on the debate about introducing wolves back into...
Was It Something I Said? @ Mormanity
- As this Maori carving at Rotorua, New Zealand (North Island) reminds us, sometimes we can...
Inflation: It Can Be a Killer @ Mormanity
- A little lesson from a dried blowfish photographed on from my last trip to Hong Kong. By...
Mojito Mocktini {Mocktail Monday} @ As Sistas in Zion
- Just in time for St. Patrick's Day we're serving up this refreshing minty-green...
Lorenzo Snow Manual Lesson 5: Long Live the Couplet @ Small and Simple
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SiZ Radio: Finished Being Fat + The Sabre Rattlers @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Book of Mormon Funnies @ As Sistas in Zion
- And let's not forget about 2nd Nephi too! But real talk, the B.O.M. is an awesome...
A Mormon Understanding of Repentance and Baptism @ Patheos
- After repentance and baptism, the world ought to appear to us as a different place.
Newly Revised LDS Scriptures Released with a Few Important Updates @ Mormanity
- "Subtle . . . and Significant! Our New 2013 Edition of the Scriptures Addresses...
Milk n' Cookie Mocktail {Mocktail Monday} @ As Sistas in Zion
- Fun drink that goes with your favorite cookie. Great for baby showers, FHE, dessert...
Stop the Crazy Rumors about China: NO, Missionaries Are Not Being Sent There @ Mormanity
- I've had several people tell me that they heard of someone or even knew someone who had...
SiZ Radio: Gay, Mormon & Celibate + Breastfeeding at Church Creates Stir @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Mormon Breastfeeding Frenzy @ As Sistas in Zion
- Do Mormon girls, the future breast-feeders of tomorrow, want to see their Young...
Faith & Fashion - Jason Dunnigan + Race & Religion - Dr. Darron Smith @ As Sistas in Zion
- Sistas in Zion Radio! Every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time) Listen here and...
Organized Religion ... or Not? @ Patheos
- Despite the risks, the communal nature of life necessitates organization, but we need...
Mastery and Letting Go @ Patheos
- The paradox is that when we give up the desire for mastery we first become slaves and...
The Kingdom of God: Here and Now @ Patheos
- To the degree that Christians postpone the kingdom of God for another world at another...
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...
Review: Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology @ Mormon Metaphysics
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A few years back there was an interesting book called Mormonism in Dialogue with...
Critiquing Rube Goldberg Machines @ Mormon Metaphysics
- I really enjoyed Adam Miller’s Rube Goldberg Machines. I stick with my view that...
SMPT Conference in Logan @ Mormon Metaphysics
- The SMPT Conference is in two weeks up in Logan at Utah State University. It’s on...
Whooping Cough @ Mormon Metaphysics
- Just a heads up to — especially to people with small children. Whooping Cough is...
Thoughts on Being a Ward Clerk @ Small and Simple
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Essential Properties of God: Freedom, Goodness and Necessity @ Small and Simple
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Scott Parkin’s review of my new book, Rifts of Rime @ Mormon Organon
- After all the excitement of this week, I am off on vacation to Maine. But to keep you...
Kim Kierkegaardashian @ Mormon Metaphysics
- If you like some of those often cast under the existentialist net you probably should...
How I teach the ways of science at the Y @ Mormon Organon
- There seems to be a mistake people make about the way that BYU science departments...
On that Businessweek Story… @ Mormon Metaphysics
- I’ve been half-wondering if I should write anything on that Businessweek story...
B. H. Roberts Seminar Video @ Mormon Metaphysics
- A few weeks back there was a seminar at UVU on B. H. Roberts. I uploaded some of the...
Those who are suspicious of science are missing part of the restoration @ Mormon Organon
- Scientific literacy is falling in America. Part of the reason is that its value is being...
Defining Conservativism @ Mormon Metaphysics
- Richard Posner had a controversial interview on NPR recently that engendered quite a bit...
Essential Properties of God: Omnipotent, Omniscient and Eternal @ Small and Simple
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Essential Properties of God: Personal, Incorporeal and Omnipresent @ Small and Simple
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Obama’s Flip-Flop @ Small and Simple
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