Big Islands
Some of my Best Friends Are…, or Representation in our Wards @ Times & Seasons
- I thought it would be interesting to run some basic numbers on how many people from...
Were you “offended” or were you “injured”? @ By Common Consent
- When it comes to expressing how we feel, most people just are not very good at it. I...
Was it the Angel Moroni? @ Times & Seasons
- Today marks the 200th anniversary of the day Joseph Smith said that he saw the golden...
Huntsman and En Banc Review @ By Common Consent
- Exactly a month ago, I wrote about James Huntsman’s success at the 9th Circuit....
Mormons Don’t Ban Books @ By Common Consent
- I remember a small handful of occasions sitting in sacrament meeting as a teenager and...
The ancient owner of the Book of Abraham papyri @ Times & Seasons
- Joseph Smith claimed that the Book of Abraham was a translation of some of the papyri he...
OUR, Tim Ballard, and the Church @ Times & Seasons
- Like many I’ve been recently drawn to the hard-to-look-away car crash that is the Tim...
Ward capacity @ Times & Seasons
- It seems like ‘church capacity’ would be a useful concept. In parallel to ‘state...
From the Email-Bag: Polygamy and Tax Exemption @ By Common Consent
- A reader emailed me today and asked if I could blog about a question: “Would the...
Do People “Follow the Prophet” When it Goes Against Their Ideology? A Quantitative Analysis of Vaccines in Utah @ Times & Seasons
- I’ve had a sense for a while now that people tend to exaggerate the influence of...
Inouye, Sacred Struggle @ By Common Consent
- When the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews presents his litany of the faithful, he...
Harold B. Lee: Life and Thought: A Review @ Times & Seasons
- Harold B. Lee: Life and Thought by Newell G. Bringhurst (Signature Books, 2021) is a...
Mormonism in Mexico, Part 17: Sans Anglo-American Leadership @ Times & Seasons
- While Mexico had stabilized from the Revolution, the 1920s saw continuing strains for The...
Top Gospel-Related Songs and Some Top Renditions @ Times & Seasons
- Orchestra of Angels I’m not a musical person. I was started on the classical guitar...
Discussion on Scripture with the Community of Christ @ Times & Seasons
- The Community of Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sibling...
Eve and Charlotte Lucas @ By Common Consent
- I attended the Feather River Temple open house this weekend. It was beautiful in a way...
Mormonism in Mexico, Part 16: Colonial Decimation @ Times & Seasons
- The Latter-day Saint colonies in Mexico were becoming successful after years of effort....
Latter-day Saint Book Review: Saqiyuq, Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women @ Times & Seasons
- Saqiyuq is an oral history of three generations of Inuit women who lived on Baffin Island...
Christology from Below and “The Chosen” @ By Common Consent
- Even if you have never watched it, if you have attended an LDS church service or social...
Hymnal Watch: August 2023 @ Times & Seasons
- It’s been a bit since we last had an update on the new hymnbook and children’s...
Racial Diversity, the Supreme Court, and BYU @ By Common Consent
- Chicago Public Schools are made up of four types of schools: neighborhood schools, magnet...
Meditation and the Gospel @ Times & Seasons
- The Listener, by James Christensen Meditation is one of those practices with religious...
Mormonism in Mexico, Part 15: War @ Times & Seasons
- The Mexican Revolution impacted every Mexican, and that included the Mexican Latter-day...
Take up your cross daily @ By Common Consent
- If every Christian tried to pursue their calling and use their unique skills to help just...
My Sacred Foyer @ By Common Consent
- The chapel doors seem to say to me… come unto Christ, but don’t come alone. And yet I...
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...