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Making Peace with Missionary Work

By Russell Arben Fox

Tweny years ago today, June 15, 1988, I entered the Missionary Training Center and began my 24 months as a missionary assigned to the Korea Seoul West Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’d like to take this moment to offer all my mission companions, every missionary I knew, both... Read More »

“Told you I did…

By Frank McIntyre

Reckless are . Now… matters are worse.” “That was our last hope.” “No…. There is another.” 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Remembering the Blog

By Adam Greenwood

Blogs have archives but no memory. Perhaps our Very Special Anniversary Announcement will be special enough to change even that. I’m not taking any chances. I’ve decided to revive a few old posts from the first half of the blog. I’ve enjoyed doing it. “Time,” as James Lileks says,... Read More »

Bloggernacle Notes, October 8, 2004

By Kaimi Wenger

A few goings-on in the bloggernacle of late: I just found two new Mormon blogs (via Grasshopper, the creator of the bloggernacle). One is Outer Boroughs, written by a bishop in Brooklyn. (Side note: There are sure a lot of New York bloggernackers. There’s me (Bronx), Logan (Bronx), Nine... Read More »

What is With the Bloggernacle?

By Nate Oman

I am not proud of this, but I have to confess that a very substantial part of my entire self-worth is tied up with how many comments my posts get on Times and Seasons. Unfortunately, I just don’t get it. By what criteria do the commenting bloggernaclites choose one post over another.... Read More »

The largest Mormon (et al.) group blog in history?

By Adam Greenwood

I’ve just found out about the launch of www.Missionstories.org. It’s a blog, I guess, though anyone who wants to is allowed to become a contributor and post their own mission stories. Read all about it here. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Praxy and Doxy

By Kaimi Wenger

John Hatch continues his coup over at the liberalmediablog, with an interesting post on whether the church values orthodoxy (right belief) over orthopraxy (right action). John notes: If I don’t show up to help someone in Elder’s Quorum move, no one says a word. If I miss my home teaching, no one calls to... Read More »

Notes

By Kaimi Wenger

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And yet another new bloggernacker

By Kaimi Wenger

New additions to the bloggernacle continue to proliferate. I imagine at some point we’ll have to find some new taskmasters and start forcing new bloggernackers to make bricks without straw. But for the moment, we’re happy to welcome them to the bloggernacle. On that note: Rusty Clifton, over at his new blog,... Read More »

Fellowship of the (Blog) Ring

By Kaimi Wenger

I just noticed that a “BYU blogs” blog ring has been established by Nate Cardon. It’s currently a rather small blog ring, with three member blogs, but likely to grow (it’s only a few days old) and it sounds like a potentially interesting development in the bloggernacle. 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

Politics Redux

By Kaimi Wenger

Davis Bell has posted a political breakdown of frequent bloggernackers. (Along with a few remarks about how T & S used to gross him out, but we’ll let those pass). Davis’s assessment is in, and it may (or may not) surprise anyone: I’m a liberal; Matt is a conservative; Nate is a... Read More »

Link to a Sunstone Report

By Kaimi Wenger

Over in a galaxy far, far away, rumor has it that a strange woman* has posted a brief report of her activities at the Sunstone symposium, along with sundry thoughts about Sunday School and correlation. Just in case anyone was wondering. *Not necessarily in the scriptural sense, but more in the sense of (to... Read More »

New Bloggernackers

By Kaimi Wenger

I should note a few recent additions to the bloggernacle. -Frequent commenter John Fowles recently started a blog, which so far has mostly dealt with politics and religion. I disagree with John sometimes, but his blog is definitely not uninteresting. Check out A Birds Eye View. -Another new addition is Ebeneezer Orthodoxy, a blog... Read More »

New Blog Announcement

By Kaimi Wenger

I know that we’re all in the middle of something here, but I thought that I should interrupt everything in mid-action to announce that T & S blogger Russell Arben Fox has moved his solo blogging from his old digs at Waldchem vom Philosophenweg to a spiffy new place called: In Medias Res. That’s... Read More »

A detour to St. Blogs Parish

By Adam Greenwood

St. Blog’s Parish, the all and sundry Catholosphere, and assorted RC hangers-on have missed the happy visitors from the Bloggernacle bus (7-day tour to Nauvoo, the Sacred Grove, and Nate Oman’s study! Bonus trip to the Holy Land!). So here goes (be sure to return to the bus in 3 hours, or... Read More »

Blogroll update

By Kaimi Wenger

I’ve gotten a complaint that our blogroll is full of blogs that haven’t been updated in months or are now defunct. That’s a definite possibility, alas. I haven’t been keeping up the blogroll particularly well. I’m going to do a little bit of pruning over the next week or so. I’ll be... Read More »

The Plight of Mormon Women, as (Accurately?) Described by Non-Mormon Women

By Kaimi Wenger

I’ve noticed two different posts recently in the bloggernacle that touch on the same theme: Non-Mormon women think that Mormon women are repressed and considered inferior to men, while educated and articulate (and believing) Mormon women are horrified at these broad characterizations. Janelle at Let Your Mind Alone writes of a conversation with a... Read More »

Bloggernacle Notes: Clark’s Reading Club

By Kaimi Wenger

We’ve probably been remiss not to note this new bloggernacle development: Blogger and uber-commenter Clark Goble has started a reading club. He’s working through chapters of McMurrin and Ostler at the moment. He’s given these works a nicely detailed discussion so far. Clark’s first installment, covering pages from McMurrin, is... Read More »

Zelph Examined

By Kaimi Wenger

John Hatch has a not-to-be-missed examination of Zelph over at By Common Consent. (For those not familiar with Zelph, the very short version is that Joseph Smith, on finding a burial mound in Illinois, stated that the remains were of Zelph, a great Nephite general, and scholars, critics, and apologists have been... Read More »

My False Dichotomy is Better than Your False Dichotomy

By Kaimi Wenger

Over at Sons of Mosiah, Bob Caswell criticizes the popular labeling dichotomy of “Chapel Mormons versus Internet Mormons.” (Which, by the way, is the topic of an upcoming Sunstone symposium panel reputed to include at least one dazzlingly brilliant bloggernacker). To replace that outmoded framework, Bob suggests using his own recently invented... Read More »

Highway Bloggery

By Kaimi Wenger

“Highway bloggery” is just another way of saying “Around the Blogs” since the same title gets old after a while. (It does sound vaguely immoral, but I’ll stick with it rather than repeat myself yet again in a title.) So: -Jan Lynn puts her own unique spin on foreordination, predestination, and why God... Read More »

Thoughts on the Sunstone Symposium

By Nate Oman

There is an interesting exchange of ideas about the Sunstone Symposium happening at various other blogs. John Hatch, a Sunstone mucky-muck, has a shameless plug over at some other blog. Dallas Robbins, a vetern Sunstone Symposia attender, has a good rant on what’s wrong with the symposium, viz it’s too expensive, has... Read More »

Recent Happenings in the Bloggernacle

By Kaimi Wenger

The bloggernacle is buzzing. Over at Wump Blog, frequent commenter and bloggernacle evaluator Danithew (also our resident chupa-cabra specialist) has created a list of the top ten Mormon blogs. (Full disclosure: His assessment is that T & S is number one; and yes, I should really be trying for a tone... Read More »

It’s not easy being wearing green

By Kaimi Wenger

Over the the-blog-that-dare-not-speak-its-name, Aaron B. has some interesting observations about the (lack of) righteousness of green-wearing missionaries. Straight from the mouth of his mission president, we have it: Elders who wore dark pants were “dignos de ser representantes de Cristo.” . Elders who... Read More »

Still More “Around the Blogs”

By Kaimi Wenger

Jeff Lindsay is up to it again, explaining about the use of occult symbols (or are they? cue scary music) in LDS temples. (Next up: Do church members really sacrifice goats inside the temple? Or is that only done in stake centers?). Mormon Wasp has some interesting history about church statements on... Read More »

Around the Blogs, July 7

By Kaimi Wenger

I’ve noticed a few items recently: The Baron has a series of posts explaining why you don’t really have to burn all of your Metallica CD’s (or tapes, as the case may be) to prove that you’re a good Mormon. Can Mormons really listen to (gasp!) “heavy metal”? Read the Baron’s post on... Read More »

Around the Blogs

By Julie M. Smith

(Note to Kaimi–I hope I am allowed to do this without starting a turf war.) 0 people like this post.Like  Read More »

This and that

By Kaimi Wenger

I just have a few minutes today, but there are some fun happenings in the bloggernacle: Ryan Bell asks if the system of church leadership and callings creates “limited spiritual jurisdiction” (and why we should care); Bob Caswell is blogging about Sex in the City (and maybe it’s just my observation, but I always thought that... Read More »

Singles?

By Kaimi Wenger

Over at his blog, Davis Bell is wondering who the single bloggernackers are. Now I’m not going to harrass LDS singles for not being married yet — I’ll leave that to your meddling Aunt Melba. But if you’re a single bloggernacker or reader and want to let Davis know, drop him a... Read More »

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