Even More Islands and Atolls
Brigham, Temples, and $100 Billion @ Sit At Cit
- Yeah, the Church has a lot of money, but that's OK.
Kolob: The Fartherest Star Ever Discovered @ Sit At Cit
- In 1835, Joseph Smith said the first star in the universe was also the farthest one away,...
Adam Clarke’s Commentary and the Book of Mormon @ Worlds Without End
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In his most recent podcast episode, Radio Free Mormon spent an hour and a half exploring...
Come Follow Me: Alma 53-63 “Preserved by His Marvelous Power” @ Exponent
- Speaking Truth(?) to Power
The chapters included in this lesson all take place during a...
Practice, Teaching, Community @ Exponent
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Have you ever received excellent advice that rang true immediately and stayed...
The 2020 #LDS Youth Music Festival was delightfully multicultural. @ Exponent
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I watched this 2020 Youth Music Festival of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Winter 2021 Annual Writing Contest @ Exponent
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Dear Creative Reader,
In this time of distance, when travel and...
Guest Post: My Relief Society’s Anti-Racism Discussion @ Exponent
- “The Conversation,” 1963, artist unknown
By Nicole Sbitani
The Relief...
How Shall this Be, Seeing I Know Not a Man? #CopingWithCOVID19 @ Exponent
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When Mary is told that she will give birth to a son, she responds logically with...
Guest Post: Reckoning with the Great Man @ Exponent
- by Anelise Leishman
On July 4, 2020, the Black Student Union at BYU addressed a letter...
What does the Book of Alma mean? @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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I’ve been reflecting on the structure of the Book of Alma1 , as well as what the...
Guest Post: Living School @ Exponent
- by Sara Bybee Fisk
I’m starting a program, it’s called The Living School. The...
Sacred Music Sunday: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross @ Exponent
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wooden cross, Jesus, symbol
Isaac Watts sure knew how to write a hymn. So many...
Blessing for the Undernurtured Child Within @ Exponent
- Dear Sister ______,
I give you a blessing for the undernurtured child inside. For too...
Kolob Might Be Dead @ Sit At Cit
- How the star Kolob may have died billions of years ago to make life as we know it...
“Writing Mormon History” is an emotional roller coaster ride @ Worlds Without End
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A review of Joseph W. Geisner, ed., Writing Mormon History: Historians and Their Books...
The Greatest of All the Stars @ Sit At Cit
- Joseph Smith taught that the first star was also the greatest star--and he might have...
The First Creation @ Sit At Cit
- In 1842 Joseph Smith taught that the first thing created in the universe was a star....
Stars are Creators @ Sit At Cit
- The most beautiful symbol for Christ in the universe is a star.
3rd Father’s Day Without Dad @ Mormon Heretic
- This is my 3rd Father’s Day since my dad passed away. It feels a little weird...
Review: The Writings of Oliver H. Olney: April 1842 to February 1843 – Nauvoo, Illinois @ Worlds Without End
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The Writings of Oliver H. Olney: April 1842 to February 1843 – Nauvoo,...
A Timeless God @ Sit At Cit
- A lot of things make a lot more sense when we think of God as a Being who is not bound by...
Book Review: Mercy without End: Toward a More Inclusive Church @ Worlds Without End
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Title: Mercy without End: Toward a More Inclusive Church, by: Lavina Fielding...
Noah’s Flood: The Sea East (Moses 6:42) @ Sit At Cit
- Some say that Noah's pre-Flood world was like Pangaea. The Book of Moses seems to say...
Book Review: Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon @ Worlds Without End
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Title: Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon by...
Be Ye Therefore Perfect @ Sit At Cit
- A commandment to be whole.
Book Review: Kingdom of Nauvoo @ Worlds Without End
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Title: Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American...
Mormon Political Trilogy: A Brief Book Review @ Worlds Without End
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Utah, the Murder Hornet, err, Beehive State!
It was not a planned, coordinated...
Adam: The Grammar Strikes Back @ Sit At Cit
- Grammar in the Book of Moses may imply that Adam had cousins.
Interpreting Scripture, Unity, and Charity @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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I spent part of the morning reading Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?: Three Views...
Meaning, Significance, and Silencing the Prophets @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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This week, the Bible Project podcast finished their series on parables. On the most...
A Reign of Dangerous Lunacy @ kiwimormon
- In 2016, when Donald Trump was elected to be President of the United States, I was...
REVIEW: Pacific Apostle: The 1920-21 Diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-day Saint Island Missions @ Worlds Without End
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Pacific Apostle: The 1920-21 Diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-day Saint Island...
Book Review: “Please, Please Call Me to the Bishopric!” @ Worlds Without End
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Title: Please, Please Call Me to the Bishopric! BY Jett AtwoodPublished: 2019,...
Read, Read, Read @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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Reading is obviously where our scripture study must begin. We cannot study and come to...
A Review of “1st Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction” @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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Joseph Spencer is very good at reading. And the Church is better for it.
You learn...
Love Thy Neighbor (from a distance) @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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Female Anointings and Women’s Prayer @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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My friend Marissa is going to Harvard Divinity School, studying the stories of holy...
Journeys, Feasts, and Predicaments @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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We all use metaphors to describe our lives, things like: “Love is a...
A Case for Reader’s Bibles–and Reader’s Books of Mormon @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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1.
Back in 2008, as the Amazon Kindle e-reader was coming-of-age and people...
Teaching Sunday School How to Read Biblical Poetry @ Stagger Onward Rejoicing
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This past Sunday, I subbed for our Sunday School class. Much as I love teaching...
Book Review: The Ancient Order of Things: Essays on the Mormon Temple @ Worlds Without End
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Title: The Ancient Order of Things: Essays on the Mormon TempleEditor: Christian Larsen...
Hoarding the Sacrifices of Ordinary People: A Question of Ethics @ kiwimormon
- “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and...
A Year After a Church Discipline and I’m Still Mormon! @ kiwimormon
- I would be remiss if I didn’t give a huge shout-out to President Russell Nelson who...
A post about charity vs. poverty zoo visits @ Ethesis
- https://wheatandtares.org/2019/11/21/charity-or-holiday-entertainment/
It is better than...
Please ignore this post if you are here for actual content. @ Ethesis
- Please ignore this post if you are here for the older content.
The last substantive...
Please ignore this post if you are here for the older content. @ Ethesis
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Please ignore this post if you are here for the older content.
The last substantive...
A Brief Tribute to Clark Goble @ LDS Science Review
- I was saddened to hear of the passing of Clark Goble a week ago. I started this blog in...
Marketing sample @ Ethesis
- Please ignore this post if you are here for the older content.
The last substantive...
Coda on my law practice @ Ethesis
- When I retired, I still had three appeals pending.
The last of them just had an opinion...
Five Days after the Christchurch Shootings: Subversive Compassion @ kiwimormon
- As I read the international response to the Christchurch mosque shootings, I find some...
Matriarchy and Patriarchy at Baptism @ Mormon Heretic
- My brother called me up a few days ago and asked me if I would serve as a witness to his...
From Christchurch: A Critique and a Lament @ kiwimormon
- After gathering in our five sons from their schools where they had been in lockdown for...
A change of pace @ Ethesis
- I think I have said what I have to say about grief, recovery and finding life again.
So,...
On hope @ Ethesis
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Borrowed from Tatiana Boshenka
Thought 1: This post reminds me of what Vaclav Havel...
Grief, recovery and changes @ Ethesis
- One thing that happened, each time a child died, a coping mechanism that I was using...
Father Forgive them…Not in Original Bible? @ Mormon Heretic
- My wife gathered the family together to go over the 1st lesson of the new Home Study...
An Open Letter to the Christchurch Stake on the Day of My Church Discipline @ kiwimormon
- Dear Sisters and Brothers of Christchurch Stake, I recall several years ago talking with...
Why not just resign? @ kiwimormon
- Before I address the concerns of the many, many people who have reached out to me since...
When the LDS Church Disciplines a Woman @ kiwimormon
- Whatever you may think about the soteriology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Mixed Feelings About 2-hour Block/Pageants @ Mormon Heretic
- I am probably in the minority. I think I’m going to miss weekly Sunday School....
Information Terrorism as a Tool of the Far Right @ LDS Science Review
- This article from Wired is worth a read. It shows how the Kavanaugh hearing fit right in...
In the Wake of General Conference: Let’s Talk About Spiritual Abuse @ kiwimormon
- Zina Huntington (1821-1901) was a young woman in her prime when she married Henry...
Is the Church Running Scared? (Plus Elizabeth Smart Notes) @ Mormon Heretic
- The LDS Church has been subject to increasing leaks and protests lately. MormonLeaks...
When Church Leaders are More Important than Church Children @ kiwimormon
- “Some churches, sects, cults or religious movements are basically collective egoic...
Please Give Me Advice for a Calling I Don’t Want @ Mormon Heretic
- After a few pleasantries, including how busy my life is, here’s the gist of a...
Things That Make You Go Hmmm… @ Mormon Heretic
- Fair warning: this post is a downer. But first let me say how blessed I am. I was...
Backpacking shoes @ Ethesis
- I've found that I can't use zero drop (causes me knee problems, probably because of tight...
Elder Oaks: Be One, Unless You’re Gay @ Mormon Heretic
- I attended the “Be One” celebration last night at the Conference Center. It...
Far as the Curse was Found, Farther than We Think @ LDS Science Review
- My ancestry is thoroughly European and Mormon. The ancestors of three of my grandparents...
Would You Buy A Product That Tells You It Doesn't Work? Of Course You Would! @ LDS Science Review
- Whenever I go to a drug store, I feel a renewed sense of amazement. Consider the...
The Creationification of America @ LDS Science Review
- In this strange era of 'fake news,' where truth is discounted as lies, and lies are...
Selling off a now extra tent. @ Ethesis
- Same tent I have listed at Gear Trade, discounted since if I sell direct it will have...
Mules: On Confusing Outcomes with Inputs @ LDS Science Review
- While surfing the Internet I came across a new scientific article describing progress in...
A Couple of Interesting Sacrament Meetings @ Mormon Heretic
- I’ve attended a couple of interesting Sacrament Meetings the past 2 weeks. In...
We All Fall @ LDS Science Review
- We each had our own fall.The first, almost immediate condition the fall introduced was a...
How the Creation Accounts Differ @ LDS Science Review
- One of the first questions in Lesson 3 (The Creation) of the Sunday school Old Testament...
Conspiracy Theories are Sweatpants of the Mind @ LDS Science Review
- There's a classic scene in Seinfeld where Jerry admonishes George for wearing...
Remember Planet Nibiru? It's (Not) Back! @ LDS Science Review
- Some people never learn. The Washington Post reports that a poor NASA scientist is having...
Why It's Hard for Me to Get On Board with the Pro-Life Movement @ LDS Science Review
- Few topics in politics get as heated as abortion, and the Church is pretty clear about...
On Temples (a religious post) @ Ethesis
- I wrote this:
https://wheatandtares.org/2017/09/07/asking-about-the-temple/
It follows...
Losing a Lost Tribe @ Mormon Heretic
- The 2nd post ever on this blog was Why are the 12 Tribes of Israel important? ...
President Erying, His Father, and the Letter @ LDS Science Review
- In two different General Conference addresses, President Henry B. Eyring has briefly...
Donald Trump is Nothing If Not Meticulous About Facts @ LDS Science Review
- At yesterday's press conference, when asked why he didn't condemn the hate groups...
On Paris and Tribal Politics @ LDS Science Review
- I don't have much to say about President Trump's announcement today that the U.S. will...
FIRM: The Misleading of Latter-day Saints by Latter-day Saints @ LDS Science Review
- Last week, while on vacation, my attention was called to an article in the Salt Lake...
Lesson in church today @ Ethesis
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-Women need to be faithful to themselves.:how do they do that?:how do...
Bible Lessons @ Ethesis
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May you be like Ruth and like Esther,
Marry someone of a different race,
All will...
Mitt Romney Supports A Carbon Tax / Dividend @ LDS Science Review
- Earlier this month, Mitt Romney posted the following message on Twitter:Thought-provoking...
The day my dad got arrested @ Ethesis
- In the hospital.
While donating blood.
There was a police officer bleeding out, and...
BYU and the Reconstruction of the Legend of the First Vision @ LDS Science Review
- Last year Richard Bushman generated a bit of a stir when he said,I think that for the...
Day 1: Official Propaganda Begins @ LDS Science Review
- On the first day of his presidency, Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, called a...
Obama Did a Really Crappy Job.... @ LDS Science Review
- ...of taking away our guns....of setting up death panels....of instituting Sharia...
Joseph Fielding Smith and the Milk Mystery @ LDS Science Review
- I have a collection of draft posts in various phases of completion, most of which will...
Shaping History: Joseph Fielding Smith Milks a Cow @ LDS Science Review
- I have a collection of draft posts in various phases of completion, most of which will...
Glenn Beck is Sorry for Paving the Way for Trump @ LDS Science Review
- In case you missed it, after years of stoking the paranoia of the right about Barack...
My Post-Election Takeaway @ LDS Science Review
- Like just over half of Americans, I am quite distressed and disturbed by the election of...
The Church Has No Official Position on Evolution - New Era @ LDS Science Review
- The Church's October 2016 issue of the New Era magazine says the following about...
Joseph Fielding Smith: Time Will Level All Things @ LDS Science Review
- In the October 1952 General Conference, Joseph Fielding Smith, then President of the...
@ Ethesis
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Most organizations face a dilemma. On the one hand, too much factionalism and...
@ Ethesis
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Getting Involved
Wondering how to get involved? These resources can help you and
your...
At the last day the King shall come ... @ Ethesis
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This moment does not define the refugees, but our response will
help define...
Lesson 12, Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson @ Ethesis
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Chapter 12: “Seek the Spirit in
All You Do”
Teachings of Presidents of the Church:...
Working on a rough draft @ Ethesis
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Changes.
Introduction
There have been four changes in the Church in the last fifty...
Lesson Eight -- Overcoming the Walls of our Minds. @ Ethesis
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“The purpose of the gospel of Jesus Christ is to bring about love, unity,...
Memory, Simplification and Lies @ Ethesis
- I realized recently that by the standards of some people who insist that all...
Rough Draft Interview of Jerilyn Hassell Pool @ Ethesis
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Welcome to the interview series Ms. Jerilyn Hassell Pool. You are famous in some...
Finding Faith in Jesus Christ -- January 10th lesson @ Ethesis
- When you think about how Howard W. Hunter lost his job about seven months after getting...
On the passing of my father-in-law @ Ethesis
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In
the end it comes to three things.
Did
we accept that we needed a Savior?
Did
we...
Why didn't anyone tell me -- about literal interpretation vs. allegory @ Ethesis
- Many people claim to believe "literally" in the Bible. More or less. They read it as...
