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Religious Freedom vs. Public Interest (Working Women) @ By Common Consent
- I dissent. Let me start off by being clear that I am not a lawyer (on a blog with many...
Newly available shorthand transcriptions of nineteenth-century sermon texts @ By Common Consent
- More than a few Latter-day Saints grew up in homes with one complete shelf full with the...
It Matters Why the Church is Pro-Life @ Times & Seasons
- Abortion is a hot-button issue. Maybe the hot-button issue. That’s why–after...
Memory and the First Vision @ Times & Seasons
- How do we account for differences between the various accounts we have on record of the...
Journal of Mormon History, July 2020 Issue Synopsis. @ By Common Consent
- Vol. 46, no. 3 of JMH recently arrived in my mailbox. It has some fine articles and I...
Our Own Vines and Our Own Fig Trees: a Post-Independence Day, Post-Hamilton-Watching Sermon @ By Common Consent
- [Cross-posted to In Medias Res] Like plenty of other Americans (and, given likely...
Quotes to accompany your Come Follow Me study – Alma 30-31 @ Times & Seasons
- This coming week’s Come, Follow Me lesson covers Alma 30-31. Here are a collection...
Notes on Book of Mormon Philology. Vb4. The utility of philology: Jacob and Sherem @ Times & Seasons
- Imagining the Book of Mormon as a complex work reflecting numerous steps of compilation...
July 4th, Amulek Day, and a Mighty Change of Heart @ By Common Consent
- Lori Thompson Forsyth is a long-time New Englander, a part-time aspirational Spaniard,...
All Are Alike Unto God @ Times & Seasons
- I’ve been thinking about the issue of race in the Church (and the history of the...
Notes on Book of Mormon Philology. Vb2-3. The utility of philology: Nephite origins @ Times & Seasons
- Thinking of the Book of Mormon as the result of a series of textual accretions and...
The KJV in the BoM @ By Common Consent
- Review of Royal Skousen, The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon, Part Five: The...
I Even Remain Alone: LDS Men sans Families @ Times & Seasons
- I wrote this in over three years ago in response to a call for personal essays on LDS...
Internet Videos, The Second Coming, and Conspiracy Theory @ By Common Consent
- Recently, a YouTube video called “7 Year Tribulation in the SEVENTH Seal Timeline”...
Sunday Sermon: “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More” @ By Common Consent
- Gonna lay down my burden / Down by the riverside / Ain’t gonna study war no more....
Covid-19 and religious freedom? @ Times & Seasons
- This is a comment and reflection on David Bednar’s speech on corona and religious...
Fundamental Principles of Mormonism @ Times & Seasons
- Today marks the 176th anniversary of the day that Joseph Smith died in an untimely...
In Defense of Iconoclasm @ By Common Consent
- I hate statues. Not just Confederate statues. Not just slave trader statues. All...
Faculty Demographics at BYU @ By Common Consent
- A couple weeks ago, President Nelson issued a joint statement with the NAACP condemning...
Notes on Book of Mormon Philology. V.The permissibility and utility of philology for studying the Book of Mormon @ Times & Seasons
- Is philological deliberation useful for studying the Book of Mormon? Is it even...
Touring the Kirtland Temple… In Utah @ Times & Seasons
- I finally achieved a long-term goal of mine. For years, I’ve been trying to talk my...
Notes on Book of Mormon Philology. IV. The Puzzle of 3 Nephi @ Times & Seasons
- Why is 3 Nephi, which records the central event in the history of Nephite salvation and...
Statues in the Balance @ Times & Seasons
- One of my favorite episodes of the science fiction TV series Firefly is the...
Notes on Book of Mormon Philology. IIIc. The source structure of the Book of Mormon @ Times & Seasons
- If you trace the history of a text from earlier manuscripts to later ones, it’s not...
A Lake of Fire and the Problem of Evil @ Times & Seasons
- I remember talking to an atheist on the riverfront walk in Dubuque, Iowa one day while...
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....
