Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met here on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we... Read more »
LDS Newsroom
- Family and Church Leaders Eulogize Frances J. Monson as One Who “Deeply Loved” May 23, 2013
- Church Responds to Boy Scouts Policy Vote May 23, 2013
- Bible Brought to Life on Ancient Jerusalem Set May 22, 2013
- Church Working With Oklahoma Officials to Provide Support in Wake of Tornadoes May 21, 2013
- Funeral Services for Frances J. Monson Announced May 20, 2013
- Frances J. Monson, Wife of President Thomas S. Monson, Passes Away May 17, 2013
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks Honored for Championing Religious Freedom May 16, 2013
- Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right| 15 May 2013 May 15, 2013
- Rendering of Meridian Idaho Mormon Temple Now Public May 15, 2013
- Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites |14 May 2013 May 14, 2013
Blog Archives
Are Ordinances Retroactive?
If I am baptized on July 11, 2006, is that the effective date of my baptism, or is my baptism effective as of an earlier date? You may think the question is bizarre and the answer obvious, but stick with me. I think you’ll find there’s something to it. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Your Help on When Life Begins
I need your help on when the Church thinks life begins. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
It is worth doing badly
“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” –G.K Chesterton Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Grand Ol’ Utah War
When I was young teenager I read a lot of military science fiction, including Jerry Pournelle’s popular There Will Be War anthologies. Good times, those. Saving up money from my (largely unprofitable) paper route, then the long, slow bike rides to the used book store. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Fourth of July!
Abraham Lincoln famously compared America to “apples of gold in pictures of silver.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Perfecting the Saints in utero
Commenter Mark IV asks an interesting question: IF we determine that homosexuality is genetic, and IF we figure out how to manipulate the fetus in utero to “fixâ€? the homosexuality, would it be morally wrong to do so? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Last Man in the Bloggernacle
I’m thinking of starting a series to document all the insights I get that, on reflection, I realize everyone else in the Bloggernacle already knew. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
True Philosophies of Men
“We are commanded to reject the philosophies of men (sometimes expressed as the commandments of men) in favor of messages from messengers from God. I had always thought this just meant rejecting false philosophies. But now I wonder. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Cowpies in the Funeral Home
We held a small viewing in Eagar, Arizona, the morning before we buried Betsey in the cemetery there. We were a little irritated by two prints in the funeral home, one a painting of a grossly fat cowboy trying to hit a golfball off a cowpie, called ‘Chip Shot,’ and the other of two cowboys playing golf about to be startled by a rattlesnake. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Mormon/American Model for Changing Structures
I can think of four different ways to change the structures we’ve been talking about. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
On the Sweetness of Mormon Life: One Face
The face I have in mind is not the face of the young man (from the Two Faces post), who was to be ordained a teacher today and was instead initially pronounced a deacon instead. ‘Teacher!’ someone whispered, his face remained calm (I peeked), and it all got fixed. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Father’s Day
LET us now praise our fathers that begat us. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Cars
I can recommend Pixar’s Cars. The beginning short was fantastic and the movie was very good, falling just short of the mark reached by The Incredibles and Toy Story II. But the best part was the epilogue, which contained a very funny and moving tribute to a Pixar man who died in a car wreck. R.I.P. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Marital Zoning
Ross Douthat– What I’m Thinking Right Now: That the pro- family movement might be better served defending laws like this one – and the broader right of local housing codes to discriminate based on marital status where children are involved Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Raise up seed unto me
I have a couple of theological and historical/statistical questions about the reasons for polygamy. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Why Bread and Water in the Sacrament?
In the sacrament we experience, as the hymn would have it, “communion sweet.” Why does that communion require bread and water, or analogs to them? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Homosexual genes
It would be wicked to kill an unborn baby because that baby has genes for homosexuality. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Double X Syndrome
It is wicked to kill an unborn baby because she is female. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Down’s Syndrome
It is wicked to kill an unborn baby because the baby has Down’s Syndrome. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Non-LDS Support for Mitt Romney
An email from a reader, Jeff Fuller.* Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Prestige of Parenting and Childlessness
Glenn Reynolds has written us an essay on childlessness in the USA. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Tupperware: on the Sweetness of Mormon Life
On Mother’s day, it fell to me to clean up the kitchen. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Credentialism is Cruelty
I’ve complained before about credentialism. Now it turns out that top experts, credible men with Ph.D’s in their field, agree with me. My friends think I must be some kind of genius, and, yeah, they’re probably right. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Three meanings of weak things made strong
I’ve just read a book on Washington and heard a couple of talks in Church that got me thinking about weak things being made strong. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
From the Archives: Happy Birthday, Betsey Pearl
I first posted this one year ago today. (more . . .) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Without Hesitation
I just read a story in the Church News that I can’t make out. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A Most Mormon Story
Nate Oman’s link to the art show from the Kingdom’s latest international competition puts me in mind of a story, most Mormon story, that I read recently in the Ensign. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
We are conquered, we are free
On Friday (Good Friday). I drove slowly to work. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Morality of Using Affirmative Action
We have had arguments before about whether college students (training for high-income professions) can morally take advantage of welfare. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Conferences and Events
- American Society of Church History Annual Meeting
- American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
- Communal Studies Association Annual Meeting
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association
- Western History Association Annual Conference
- Utah State Historical Society Annual Meeting
- Center for Studies on New Religions
- Mormon History Association
- European Mormon Studies Association Conference
- Sunstone Symposium