As I end my two weeks of guest blogging, I would like to take a look back. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
LDS Newsroom
- Upgrades to the Newsroom Site February 10, 2012
- Elder Maynes Called to Serve in the Presidency of the Seventy February 10, 2012
- 10th Anniversary of 2002 Winter Olympics Remembered February 8, 2012
- Church Representative to Address Affinity Fraud February 7, 2012
- Church Issues Statement on Appeals Court Prop 8 Ruling February 7, 2012
- Religious Freedom Series, Part 3: Why We Need Religious Freedom February 3, 2012
- Traditional Christianity and the Latter-day Saints February 3, 2012
- Mormon Missionary Experience Recounted by Journalist February 1, 2012
- Ancestry Easier to Discover Thanks to Worldwide Genealogy Volunteers January 31, 2012
- Church Representative Speaks at Poynter Institute January 27, 2012
Blog Archives
Relief Society
In my intro bio to T&S I said, “In truth a substantial part of my heart is in Relief Society—not for what it is now but for what I feel it can and must yet become.†1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Angels
I have lived long enough and had such a variety of experiences that I hardly think I can be called naïve on the subject of prayer. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sacred???? Santa
We could hardly we accused of being “Bah, humbug.†We have a holiday season filled with light, music, food, family, gifts and most important love. Also, as far as I can tell, we consistently pass the “grandkid test.†We are just not very traditional in our approach. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Santa
For several years running I submitted some version of the following editorial to the Deseret News. Last year they finally published it. You may well guess it was controversial, as of course I knew it would be. I will have more to say on the subject of Santa, but first I want your initial reaction to this piece. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A History Shall Be Kept
What are the most quoted scriptures in the Church? Check at the end of this post to see if you agree. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A cautionary tale
We had a large garden before we had lawn when we bought our home in the early 1960s. During my “domestic phase†years I felt obligated to preserve—can, freeze, pickle, dry, etc. as much as possible. (We even have a root cellar on our suburban lot.) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Light
I find light in all its iterations compelling. I often sit crossed legged in front of our bedroom fireplace with a fire and/or just a candle on the hearth. Sometimes I listen to music or beat a drum as I watch the flames. Sometimes I just sit. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Holiday Surprises and Flexibility
We have always been clear that that our married children have two sides to their new families and we have also made it clear that while we may invite them to everything we also don’t want to hog their time or force them into difficult choices. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Welcome the Season!
Since we are entering the holiday season I am thinking about building some of my posts around the holidaies and maybe some of my evolving ideas of a personal liturgical calendar. I seem to have needed this calendar all of my life and over the last ten years or so I have been actively and successfully pursuing it, including a thoroughly Mormon Passover and some beginning stabs at celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Muddle
This last week has again brought into sharp focus one of my more important discoveries of the past decade. It is “The Muddle†and I am surprised and appalled that I was so old before I figured it out. On the off chance some of you have not yet figured it out, here is my take on the subject. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Conferences and Events
- Exploring Mormon Conceptions of Apostasy
- Daniel C. Peterson: "Contemporary Connections between Middle Eastern Countries and the Church"
- Tammi J. Schneider: "Women in the Bible: The Past, Present and Future of Biblical Scholarship"
- LDS Tech Conference
- Newell Bringhurst and Craig Foster: "The Mormon Quest for the Presidency"
- Sunstone West
- Sunstone Kirtland
- Mormon Media Studies Symposium
- Untold Nauvoo Stories Symposium
- The Mormon Quest for the Presidency Before Romney and Huntsman
Calls for Papers
- Mormon Media Studies Symposium
- Sunstone Kirtland
- Sunstone West
- Sunstone Symposium: MORMONS AND MORMONISM AS A POLITICAL FORCE
- BYU Religious Education Student Symposium
- RESTORATION STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
- Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association
- Mormon History Association
- Church History Symposium
- Conference on the History of Mormonism in Latin America and the US-Mexico Borderlands