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Critiquing Women & Priesthood Essay (Part 2 of 9) @ Gospel Tangents
- In our last conversation, Dr. Margaret Toscano explained what she liked about the Gospel...

Compassionate Coercion: Embrace It, or Fight It? @ Millennial Star
- Happy Pioneer Day, everyone! These mighty spiritual forebears of all Latter-day Saints...

Strengths of Women & Priesthood Essay (Part 1 of 9) @ Gospel Tangents
- We’re continuing our series on the “Gospel Topics Series” book, edited by Dr. Matt...

*Further Thoughts on Malay Theory (Part 6 of 6) @ Gospel Tangents
- We got acquainted with the Malay Theory last time, and we’re going to continue on with...

Come Follow Me: D&C 81-83 @ Millennial Star
- My blog post on Come Follow Me: D&C 81-83 Excerpt: D&C 81This revelation was...

Three Other COVID-19 Matters That Could Unite All Believers @ Millennial Star
- Even if we continued to disagree on the reality of what was happening, I proposed last...

Intro to Malay Hypothesis (Part 5 of 6) @ Gospel Tangents
- Where did the Book of Mormon take place? Most people think it is in Central or South...

BYU-Hawaii gets attention for not allowing unvaccinated student with special medical situation to attend @ Millennial Star
- BYU-Hawaii has decided not to allow LDS student Olivia Sandor to attend because she...

Free money!! @ Millennial Star
- If you are a US citizen, and you have children, and you file your taxes electronically,...

Clearing out the Mormon Cave (Part 4 of 6) @ Gospel Tangents
- As you know, KC Kern and Greg Pavone hit pay dirt and found the Mormon Cave. Now...

Come, Follow Me Week 29 – Doctrine and Covenants 77-80 @ FAIR Blog
- “A Place in the Celestial World” By David W. Smith In the early 1830s, Joseph Smith...

The Twitter thread that competently explains Trump supporters’ response to the 2020 election @ Millennial Star
- I think it’s safe to say that most people in the United States, especially...

Come Follow Me: D&C 77-80 @ Millennial Star
- My blog post on Come Follow Me: D&C 77-80 Excerpt:D&C 77This revelation was given...

Hearing Each Other’s Fears about COVID-19 Vaccination @ Millennial Star
- Several years back, I had a life-changing conversation with a woman named Joan Blades....

The Mask Is Off: They Are Coming for Your Children @ Millennial Star
- I bet you thought this was going to be a post about Covid and mask wearing. Sorry to...

Come, Follow Me Week 28 – Doctrine and Covenants 76 @ FAIR Blog
- by Cassandra Hedelius By Joseph Smith’s time, much of Christendom was floundering with...

The battles for Freedom continues @ Millennial Star
- 245 years ago, almost every person on earth was a slave. Only kings and lord’s were...

Come, Follow Me Week 27 – Doctrine and Covenants 71-75 @ FAIR Blog
- Repenting is Ascending By Jeff Markham 3 Verily this is a mission for a season, which I...

“A Life Lived in Crescendo”: Selected Punctuation Marks of Joseph Smith’s Final Years – A “Come, Follow Me” Virtual Fireside Series @ FAIR Blog
- Sponsored by The Interpreter Foundation Book of Mormon Central FAIR Beginning Sunday,...

Come, Follow Me Week 26 – Doctrine and Covenants 67-70 @ FAIR Blog
- D&C 67: Four Steps to Rend the Veil and See God By Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye Doctrine...

What is FAIR? @ FAIR Blog
- by Scott Gordon I find that some people are very confused about what FAIR is and what we...

Come, Follow Me Week 25 – Doctrine and Covenants 64-66 @ FAIR Blog
- Forgiving by Wendy Ulrich Think of someone you might need to forgive. It could be...

Come, Follow Me Week 24 – Doctrine and Covenants 63 @ FAIR Blog
- Adultery, Agency, and Innocence by Jennifer Roach “The two carried on an affair that...

FAIR Voice #34: Witnesses Pt. 1 with Daniel C. Peterson @ FAIR Blog
- Dr. Peterson joins Hanna to talk about the upcoming feature film Witnesses as well as...

FAIR Voice #35: Witnesses pt. 2 with actors for Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery @ FAIR Blog
- Please remember to see the film Witnesses! In this episode, Hanna talks with actors Caleb...

Come, Follow Me Week 23 – Doctrine and Covenants 60-62 @ FAIR Blog
- These words sunk deep into my heart, “But with some I am not well pleased, for they...

Come, Follow Me Week 22 – Doctrine & Covenants 58-59 @ FAIR Blog
- by Amber Rothamer Blessings Come According to God’s Timing and Our...

Defending Agency @ FAIR Blog
- Every church leader or parent has been confronted with the same basic...

Come, Follow Me Week 21 – Doctrine & Covenants 51-57 @ FAIR Blog
- by Hanna E. Seariac One of the amazing elements of the Doctrine and Covenants is the way...

FAIR Voice #33: Dan Ellsworth on Fowler’s stages @ FAIR Blog
- See his article here: https://publicsquaremag.org/faith/easter-is-reality/ Dan Ellsworth...

Come, Follow Me Week 20 – Doctrine & Covenants 49-50 @ FAIR Blog
- The Story Behind the Revelations: Using the Joseph Smith Papers to Better Understand the...

Kindling the Fire of Faith @ FAIR Blog
- As anyone knows who has been camping, it takes a lot of work to kindle a fire and to keep...

A Skeptical Believer @ FAIR Blog
- [Cross-posted from Mike Ash’s personal blog.] Why my skeptical nature doesn’t...

Come, Follow Me Week 19 – Doctrine & Covenants 46-48 @ FAIR Blog
- by Dell Blair How is it that a dark and formless void ends up as a holy and glorious...

FAIR Voice Podcast #32: Mission Stories @ FAIR Blog
- This week, I briefly talk about the upcoming podcast episodes on the Witnesses film...

Shaken Faith Syndrome: Early to the Party, But Still Relevant @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FAIR bookstore [Cross-posted from Mike Ash’s personal...

Come, Follow Me Week 18 – Doctrine & Covenants 45 @ FAIR Blog
- A House of Order, a House of God: Recycled Challenges to the Legitimacy of the Church by...

Watch the 2021 Interpreter Conference @ FAIR Blog
- Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Live Streaming of the Conference April...

The 2021 Interpreter Conference, “Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses,” is coming up this weekend! @ FAIR Blog
- April 23-24, 2021 Presented by The Interpreter Foundation, Brigham Young University...

Come, Follow Me Week 17 – Doctrine & Covenants 41-44 @ FAIR Blog
- “Gladly” receiving God’s law by Jeff Markham The restoration of the Gospel...

David Whitmer, Misinformation, and COVID @ FAIR Blog
- David Whitmer was instrumental in helping Joseph Smith during the translation and...

Come, Follow Me Week 16 – Doctrine & Covenants 37-40 @ FAIR Blog
- God gathers us to bless us The Lord instructed Joseph, “Behold, I say unto you that...

Come, Follow Me Week 15 – Doctrine & Covenants 30-36 @ FAIR Blog
- Thomas Marsh and the Individualized Instructions of Doctrine & Covenants 30-36 by...

Come, Follow Me Week 14 – Easter @ FAIR Blog
- I was raised by two parents who loved science. My father was a biology teacher. He was a...

FAIR Voice Podcast #31: Murder Among the Mormons with Richard Turley @ FAIR Blog
- Richard E. Turley Jr. was named as the new managing director of the Public Affairs...

Come, Follow Me Week 13 – Doctrine and Covenants 29 @ FAIR Blog
- The Blessing of Living Prophets By David W. Smith Doctrine and Covenants 29 contains...

New Name and New Directions @ FAIR Blog
- In 1997 a small group of Internet message board warriors started an organization named...

Come, Follow Me Week 12 – Doctrine and Covenants 27-28 @ FAIR Blog
- The Ongoing Restoration of the Sacrament By Nick Galieti Among the many ordinances of...

Come, Follow Me Week 11 – Doctrine and Covenants 23-26 @ FAIR Blog
- “Be Patient in Afflictions, for Thou Shalt Have Many”: Finding Christ Again (and...

FAIR Conference Podcast #62 – Steve Mayfield & George Throckmorton, “Salamander Letters” @ FAIR Blog
- This series features presentations from our past conferences. This presentation is from...

Come, Follow Me Week 10 – Doctrine and Covenants 20–22 @ FAIR Blog
- “Proving to the World”: The Unique Declaration in Doctrine and Covenants Section...

FAIR Voice Podcast #30: Come Follow Me with Brent Top @ FAIR Blog
- Brent L. Top is a professor of Church history and doctrine and former dean of Religious...

BYU New Testament Commentary Online Conference March 6, 2021 @ FAIR Blog
- The Epistle to the Hebrews: Radiating the Great Principles of the Restored Gospel We...

Come Follow Me Week 9 – Doctrine and Covenants 18–19 “The Worth of Souls Is Great” @ FAIR Blog
- by Mike Parker D&C 18:10–16 ¹⁰Remember the worth of souls is great...

FAIR Voice Podcast #29: Don Bradley on The Lost 116 Pages @ FAIR Blog
- Don Bradley, is an author and independent historian of religion specializing in the...

“How to respond to a loved one” – German version for FAIR Newsletter 2021 0220 @ FAIR Blog
- by René A. Krywult Nach meinem Vortrag bei der FairMormon Konferenz 2019 haben mich...

Come Follow Me Week 8 – Doctrine and Covenants 14–17 (additional post) @ FAIR Blog
- by Mike Hickenbotham I developed a testimony that Jesus Christ was our Savior and...

Exceptions to Dress Standards Announced for Young Male Missionaries @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 12 June 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

Reassigned Missionaries Travel to New Missions @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 11 June 2020 | Thousands of reassigned missionaries of The...

Tabernacle Choir to Launch Streamed Organ Recitals @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 10 June 2020 | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square will...

As COVID-19 Restrictions Ease, Here's How the Church Is Reintegrating @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 08 June 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

Prophet Joins NAACP Leaders in Call for Racial Harmony in America @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 08 June 2020 | In a joint op-ed published Friday in the Deseret...

Groundbreaking Date Announced for Salta Argentina Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 05 June 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

October 2020 General Conference Will Be Virtual Only @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 04 June 2020 | The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus...

Deseret Industries Begins Phased Reopening @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 02 June 2020 | Deseret Industries, a nonprofit business...

Church Participates in Sheep Donation on Navajo Reservation @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Monument Valley, Utah | Monday, 01 June 2020 | Food and supplies from the Bishops’...

President Nelson Shares Social Post about Racism and Calls for Respect for Human Dignity @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 01 June 2020 |

News of the Church Is Now Merged at Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 01 June 2020 | Official announcements, news and events of The...

Church Breaks Ground for Layton Utah Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 30 May 2020 | A small handful of members of The Church of...

President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy W. Nelson Share a Message about the Sacrament @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 28 May 2020 | On President Russell M. Nelson’s social media...

Young Women Organization Celebrates 150 Years in 2020 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 27 May 2020 | The Young Women organization of The Church of...

See What the New Temples in Guatemala and Japan Will Look Like @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 25 May 2020 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

Small-Scale Groundbreaking Held for Layton Utah Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 23 May 2020 | Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the...

Latter-day Saints Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites, May 22, 2020 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 22 May 2020 |

Global Sacred Clothing Production Facilities Temporarily Produce Masks and Gowns @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 20 May 2020 | Hundreds of thousands of cloth face masks and...

First Presidency Provides Guidelines for Safely Returning to Church Meetings and Activities @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 19 May 2020 | The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve...

Angel Moroni Statue and Capstone Removed from Salt Lake Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 18 May 2020 | Crews on Temple Square began the process of...

Young Missionary Passes Away in Georgia @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Sunday, 17 May 2020 | A missionary serving for The Church of Jesus...

Church Service Missionaries and Employees Work on Family History During Pandemic @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 15 May 2020 | More than 1,500 employees and service missionaries...

Sister Bingham Shares How She Hears Christ in #HearHim Video Series @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 14 May 2020 | Relief Society General President Jean B. Bingham...

Church Names Native Hawaiian as New President of Brigham Young University–Hawaii @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 12 May 2020 | The Board of Trustees of Brigham Young...

Art in Meetinghouse Foyers and Entryways to Reflect a Deeper Reverence for Jesus Christ @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 11 May 2020 | The First Presidency is asking local leaders to...

New Content at Joseph Smith Papers @ BOAP.org Blog
- The JSP has announced some new content at their web site. All annotation for Documents...

Conference Notice: John Whitmer Historical Association 2019 Annual Conference @ BOAP.org Blog
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Kindle Version of Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants for cheap @ BOAP.org Blog
- If you purchased your hard copy of Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The...

Job Announcement: Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, Editorial Assistant @ BOAP.org Blog
- Editorial Assistant Vacancy — Closes Feb. 8, 2019 The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS)...

Job Announcement: Associate Editor, Publications Department, Massachusetts Historical Society @ BOAP.org Blog
- The Massachusetts Historical Society seeks a full-time Associate Editor to work in its...

Here it is: Greg Kofford Ebook Sale. Plural Marriage Revelation Book @ BOAP.org Blog
- TSDC:PMR ebook along with ALL 2018 Kofford ebook titles is on sale until the end of the...

The Church History Library Goes Viral! @ BOAP.org Blog
- See for yourself.

Job Announcement: Einstein Papers @ BOAP.org Blog
- The Einstein Papers Project is engaged in one of the most ambitious scholarly publishing...

Book sale. 30% off. @ BOAP.org Blog
- I know you’ve all be waiting to buy my book on D&C 132 because you believe...

New Joseph Smith Papers Bulletin @ BOAP.org Blog
- Latest from the Joseph Smith Papers here:...

Book of Abraham Manuscripts. Revelations and Translations Vol. 4 of the Joseph Smith Papers on the shelf. @ BOAP.org Blog
- [Cross-posted at By Common Consent] A permanent identical “I” is a...

A Short History of D&C 132 @ BOAP.org Blog
- I composed this short reception/textual history of D&C 132 when my book Textual...

Featherston Family, Erstwhile Emigrants @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- One of the frustrating things about tracking emigrating members is the increasing...

Papers of Jonathan Edwards flyer @ BOAP.org Blog
- JEC Call for Support

Papers of Martin Van Buren, Series 1. @ BOAP.org Blog
- Association for Documentary Editing has posted a note on the Cumberland University Martin...

John & Rebecca Denton: Repeated Returnees @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- John & Rebecca Denton Family: Back - L to R: Ezekiel, Robert, Sam, Alma From - L to R:...

Katherine Alexander and Her Return from Gathering @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- There were a number of people who joined the LDS Church that decided to go west....

The Returnees: A Project to Identify Why Some Converts Wanted to Return Home @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Sometimes when a convert moves west to join the saints, something changes their mind and...

Weller’s Book Works April 14, 2018 Conversation about “The Plural Marriage Revelation” (D&C 132) @ BOAP.org Blog
- I’ll be at Weller’s Book Works at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City tonight at 7pm...

Middle Tennessee Baptismal Record - Lessons Learned @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Nestled in the family search catalog is something called the Record of Members. It is a...

Baptisms in 1918 by County @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- It may not look like a lot, but baptisms in Tennessee were picking up. Yes, there was...

Alfred Douglas Young - Part 5 Leaving Tennessee @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, quoted and...

Alfred Douglas Young - Part 4 Seeds of Misunderstanding @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, quoted and...

Alfred Douglas Young - Part 3 Raised from the Dead @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, summarized from his...

Alfred Douglas Young - Part 2 Evil Spirits @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young. Written from his...

Alfred Douglas Young - Part 1 Conversion @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is an excerpt from the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young. Written from his...

On the Problem and Promise of Alex Caldiero’s Sonosophy @ A Motley Vision
- In January of 2011, I shared my dissertation proposal on Alex Caldiero’s sonosophy...

George W Brandon writes a Letter. @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- On July 6, 1842, George wrote the following letter in Nauvoo. George was an early...

You’re looking for a book @ A Motley Vision
- . Two Sundays ago, a member of my ward engaged me on the old question of the Great Mormon...

An conversation with Melissa Leilani Larson about Third Wheel and the writer’s life @ A Motley Vision
- William Morris and Melissa Leilani Larson discuss her two peculiar plays of women in...

“An Open Palm and a Consecrated Life” @ A Motley Vision
- When I don’t have other things occupying my mind (and often when I do), I think a...

Mother’s Milk @ A Motley Vision
- . The first impression Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s Mother’s Milk gave...

Claire Åkebrand’s What Was Left of the Stars @ A Motley Vision
- . You likely remember Claire Åkebrand from your studious rerereading of Fire in the...

Names You Can't Read: The Badam Family @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- I can't say I found the Badam family. As far as the Church is concerned, that happened...

Sundry Moldy Solecisms #5 The Drown’ed Book by Mahonri Stewart, (play review) @ A Motley Vision
- A few weeks ago our son told us one of his co-workers was performing in Annie at the...

The Lost Records of Mary E Dukes @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- While transcribing an old baptismal record I happened across a cryptic entry...

Slate Springs Tennessee Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- I won't go into a full history of the Slate Springs branch here, but I came across some...

Speedwell Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Speedwell Tennessee entered Mormon history in 1908 with the baptism of Josiah & Harriet...

Artists and Doctrine & Covenants section 58 @ A Motley Vision
- What D&C 58 means in relation to Mormon artists when it chastises Martin Harris and...

Short Creek Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Short Creek is a unassuming place along the east side of the Tennessee river in south...

Remembering Jonathan Langford the critic @ A Motley Vision
- It’s been almost three months since Jonathan died. I miss him very much. This is...

News from Tennessee Conferences 19 Jun 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 12 Jun 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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Nashville Chapel circa 1959 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- In 1959 the Nashville branch of the LDS Church met in this building. For those who know...

A Place for the Un-Gathered: The Home of Abraham and Mary Church of Hickman County Tennessee @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [Below is an abridged version of my presentation at the 2017 Mormon History Association...

States of Deseret is now available @ A Motley Vision
- Peculiar Pages in collaboration with A Motley Vision is pleased to announce the release...

News from Tennessee Conferences 29 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 22 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 15 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 1 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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