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General Conference Activities for Children @ Times & Seasons
- It’s General Conference weekend! That means ten hours of hearing from prophets and...
A First Vision: A Conference Prep. @ By Common Consent
- Last year President Russell M. Nelson promised that this April church conference would be...
The Eighth Day @ By Common Consent
- Jennifer Champoux is a lecturer in art history at Northeastern University and vice...
The Church under Quarantine: SWOT Analysis @ Times & Seasons
- SWOT analysis seems to be something business majors learn their first semester. I’ve...
The Quarantined Mind @ By Common Consent
- “The Solarians have given up something mankind has had for a million years; something...
Why My Generation is Leaving the Church @ Times & Seasons
- I am saddened by the wickedness of my generation. Three weeks ago – before the...
A Visionary Time @ By Common Consent
- The period during and after the “Raid,” the time when Mormon polygamists were...
The Way and the Ancient Gospel @ Times & Seasons
- Along with “baby Yoda” memes, Disney’s Mandalorian made two phrases trendy: “This...
In (tentative) defense of “translation” (and other conceptual “abuses”) @ Times & Seasons
- “The life of the common law has been in the unceasing abuse of its elementary ideas.”...
Martha’s Sacrament Revisited @ Times & Seasons
- In these challenging times, an experience I posted fourteen years ago on Times and...
The Seventy @ By Common Consent
- My wife and I have been holed up in our house for a week and a half now, so she decided...
Notes on the Book of Abraham @ Times & Seasons
- I’m only a translator in the sense that people keep paying me to translate things for...
The Olive Tree Restoration @ Times & Seasons
- There have been some common underlying themes to several Times and Seasons posts these...
Domestic Violence and Coronavirus @ By Common Consent
- COVID-19 hands the abuser a tool. As public and social services (hospitals, government...
Ordinariness in Exile: Some Thoughts on the Banality of Goodness @ By Common Consent
- In Eichmann in Jerusalem, Hannah Arendt famously examines the “banality of evil.” If...
Shelter-In-Place and the Sacrament @ By Common Consent
- Just over a week ago, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve announced that...
Church Without Churches @ Times & Seasons
- When my bishop announced that we would not be holding usual church services last Sunday,...
What is the right level of panic for the new coronavirus pandemic? @ By Common Consent
- Today’s guest post is courtesy of Rachel H. DeMeester, MPH, a public health expert...
Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death @ By Common Consent
- I’ve been practicing law in the City of Chicago since I graduated from law school...
What are the New Roles for our Latter-day Saint Cultures? @ Times & Seasons
- We’ve all seen the changes. Two hour church. High Priests don’t meet separately. No...
Embracing Jacob’s Sermon @ Times & Seasons
- One of the more awkward moments of my time in graduate school came when I was reading a...
Why We Go to Church @ Times & Seasons
- Some of my friends were elated when they heard that church meetings were canceled because...
Teach me to walk . . . . @ Times & Seasons
- My wife and I held our own service this morning– we read a scripture, listened to...
Home church (part 1/x). Pandemics for kids @ Times & Seasons
- They say novel Coronavirus disease is easier on kids, but I’m not sure that’s the...
When There’s Church At Home @ Times & Seasons
- Our readers will have heard that the First Presidency announced yesterday that all church...
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...
Pop Culture Friday: #WizardTeam @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Today I want to highlight one of my favorite podcasts: #WizardTeam by Black Girls...
Pop Culture Friday: Patina by Jason Reynolds @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
- Patina by Jason Reynolds Middle Grade Realistic Fiction
Patina Jones ain’t no junk....
