Big Islands
Why Plato? Part 2 @ Times & Seasons
- I put up part one a while back (sorry, many life distractions in the meantime) and am...
In Defense of Gender Segregation of Certain Callings @ Times & Seasons
- So I asked Chat-GPT to show two middle aged people…and this is what a middle-aged...
Christmas Program @ By Common Consent
- This Sunday (December 8) is our ward Christmas program. Christmas will come two and a...
Weekly Observance of the Sacrament @ Times & Seasons
- The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is one the most common ritual and use of set...
A Sample Christmas Program @ Times & Seasons
- As a musician in the Church, I’ve organized several Christmas programs for...
Cutting-Edge Latter-day Saint Research, November 2024 @ Times & Seasons
- Hinderaker, Amorette. ““It was Nothing That was Super Subversive”: Resistance...
Pablo and the Stairs @ By Common Consent
- Pablo came into my family’s life about a year ago. Pablo is a 4 lb. Chihuahua.[1] We...
The Restored Gospel, the Great Apostasy, and St. Clement @ Times & Seasons
- I finally got around to reading the Epistle of 1st Clement. Written by Clement of Rome...
Monogamy is the Rule, Part 2: Celestial Marriage and Plural Marriage @ Times & Seasons
- The process of coming to understand how sealing created kinship networks was complicated,...
Book Update – Fragments of Revelation @ Times & Seasons
- Back in February, I announced that I have a book about the Doctrine and Covenants that...
Rowdy Children, Judgment, and the Foyer @ Times & Seasons
- I try to avoid having too many “pet peeve” posts that focus on the negative, but...
EAT ME! Or, the Perils and Possibilities of Hierophagy @ By Common Consent
- Alice probably did not know that she avoided the mistake of Adapa, the great sage of...
Senior Missionary @ By Common Consent
- About a year ago my wife was off to attend a concert in Chicago with one of her guy...
The Cinematic Sexualization and Romanticization of Missionaries @ Times & Seasons
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt in one of the bajillion media depictions of gay missionaries No, I...
Book of Mormon Art Catalog Expands to Include Restoration History and Scripture @ By Common Consent
- The world’s largest database of Latter-day Saint art just got bigger. The Book of...
“Insufficiently curious”: a church’s child protection failure @ By Common Consent
- It's time to admit that churches have failed to police themselves.
The Whole Armor of God and the Era of Trump @ By Common Consent
- I remember, during my high school seminary days, talking about Ephesians 6:11-18. The...
I for one welcome our new insect overlords @ By Common Consent
- Dueling pieces in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News feature Latter-day Saints...
1992’s Best Albums @ By Common Consent
- I think everyone has a year when music suddenly mattered. For me, that year was 1992.
Nathan Kitchen on The Boughs of Love: Navigating the Queer Latter-day Saint Experience During an Ongoing Restoration @ By Common Consent
- I am one of the last members of the generation of Latter-day Saint young men officially...
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...
