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Contemplating Missionary Work in Cuba

April 14, 2009 | 47 comments
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The Obama administration announced yesterday that it is easing a handful of restrictions imposed by the U.S. embargo against Cuba. Among other things, Cuban-Americans will now be allowed to travel to Cuba as much as they like and will be free to send money and gifts to friends and relatives without securing travel or export licenses from the Treasury or the Commerce Department. 3 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

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Notes from All Over

  • Sister Monson passed away.(Julie)
  • “The Book of Mormon” musical scores a baptism. (Frank)
  • Spencer shines some light on “bracketing” – long live Husserl! (Adam)
  • Branch of Mormonism ready to endorse same-sex marriage(Wilfried)
  • Mormon novelist is subject of academic panel at SASS(Kent)
  • Why no one should ever use the “chewed gum” analogy again.(Julie)
  • Romney’s SVU commencement advice looks suspiciously anti-birth control (Kent)
  • WSJ looks at case of missing returned LDS missionary, feared abducted by North Korea (Kent)
  • “In order to approach the scriptures from a realistic perspective we need to take a side trip into the secular world of science and scholarship.” (Dave)
  • Hear Gilgamesh recited in Akkadian! (Ben S.)
  • Why recommending McDonald’s for lunch is a great idea (Ben S.)
  • Jenny Webb @ The Mormon Book Review (Adam)
  • Hate your garments? Maybe this is the answer (Kent)
  • Nihilism, absolutism, and Mormonism (Dave)
  • It’s like a folk doctrine time capsule! (Julie)
  • Mormon face (Julie)
  • From Jana Riess: The Mormon Reinvention of Emma Smith (Dave)
  • Remember my “Thomas Jefferson Education” post?(Julie)
  • “I followed the crowd until I ended up in Relief Society, where all eyes trained on me, immediately recognizable as an outsider.” (Dave)
  • Square Two Symposium on “Rube Goldberg Machines” (Adam)

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