In a previous post I summarized biblical explanations for the problem of evil or the existence of suffering in the world as presented in Bart Ehrman’s latest book, God’s Problem. In this post I’ll continue with additional explanations from modern and LDS sources. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
LDS Newsroom
- Frances B. Monson, Wife of President Thomas S. Monson, Passes Away May 17, 2013
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks Honored for Championing Religious Freedom May 16, 2013
- Rendering of Meridian Idaho Mormon Temple Now Public May 15, 2013
- Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right| 15 May 2013 May 15, 2013
- Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites |14 May 2013 May 14, 2013
- Mormon Delegation Encourages Religious Dialogue at International Conference May 14, 2013
- Church Donates More Than 1 Million Pounds of Food to Top Hunger-Relief Organization May 9, 2013
- Mormons Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites | May 9 May 9, 2013
- Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 8 May 2013 May 8, 2013
- Angel Moroni Statue Placed on Ogden Temple May 7, 2013
Posts Tagged ‘ LDS ’
Quorum Fun
A few months ago this was the calendar, word for word, sent out to a nearby quorum in a sleepy suburban ward (hint: it’s in the US). March 15th: Concealed Weapons Class, 1pm at the home. Joint activity with the High Priests. Punch and cookies served. (Okay I added the punch and cookies bit.) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Posts You Might Have Missed 4
In case you were too busy celebrating Bastille Day to keep up with your required blog reading, here are a few posts to notice. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Censoring Strict Mormons
J. Max Wilson is a bogeyman. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
When The Prophet Speaks
Dave’s Mormon Inquiry has a post up about a new article in Meridian Magazine today that likens the brewing battle over gay marriage in California to the War in Heaven. The comments of the post link to an editorial from the Daily Universe editorial board this week that I found pretty shocking. The money quote: Consequently, “active Mormons†know that when the prophet speaks, the debate is over. No matter how diligently someone reads their scriptures, attends church or pays a full tithe, unless they sustain President Monson, his counselors and the other 12 apostles, [by supporting the proposed... Read more »
Notes from all over.
Your week in links. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Going for Gold | Olympic Moments
Mormon Times posted a list of LDS athletes who are headed to the Summer Olympics. An impressive group — I hope they all make their respective teams and countries proud in coming weeks. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Posts You Might Have Missed 3
While the Bloggernacle was ablaze with commentary on the June 29 First Presidency letter to California Mormons (see interesting updates here and here) plenty of posts on other timely topics were zipping through cyberspace. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Resurrection B.C.
According to an article in the New York Times today, evidence of Jewish belief in a resurrected Messiah decades before Christ’s birth may have been discovered. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Korihor and the United States Reports
Let’s read the Book of Mormon as a commentary on American constitutional law and vice versa. Alma 30:7-10 reads: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Is There Another Approach?
So asks Ronan. Here’s my polygamy theory–and it is worth every penny you paid for it: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
An Unfortunate Ensign Article
The July 2008 Ensign has an article titled “Cancer, Nutrition, and the Word of Wisdom.” I think it is ill-advised for several reasons. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Notes from all over.
Here’s your chance to discuss the week’s links. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
3:10 to Salt Lake City
They still make Westerns because the harsh, unforgiving West of the 19th century was a land of stark moral choices. 3:10 to Yuma is just the latest example. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
McCain and the Revelatory Economist
Bloomberg reports the following from McCain about economists who criticized his (lunatic) summer gas plan: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Revelation 2:1-11
Read the previous post in this series here. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Posts You Might Have Missed 2
From the hundreds of posts that flow through the Bloggernacle each week, here are a couple of recent gems you ought to read. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Alyssa Peterson
I kinda vaguely remember hearing about that LDS woman who was killed in Iraq awhile back. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Notes from all over
Here’s your chance to comment on the week in sidebar links. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Mississippi Rising
CNN reported yesterday that 83 out of 99 counties in Iowa have been declared disaster areas — the scale of the flooding is tough to grasp. Those flood waters are now spilling into the Mississippi and moving south. Another service opportunity for the MIY (missionaries in yellow), who are out filling sandbags in Quincy, Illinois. Our sympathy and support to all of those struggling against the waters. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Searching for a Sense of Place in Viriginia (a bleg)
I am at a stage in life when I think a lot about place. After a decade or so of moving every 1 to 3 years, our family has arrived on the banks of the James and there is a very good chance that this is where my children will grow up. My interest in place is heightened of course that I live a mile from the site of Jamestown — first English settlement in America — and work in Williamsburg — colonial capital of Virginia and, as one acquaintance put it to me “Disney Land for history major.”... Read more »
The One True Church of God’s Love
In Fuchuu, Japan, I taught a young woman who had attended a Christian school and church for some years, but had become a bit turned off. She asked us why we were out trying to teach the gospel. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Last Night in Suwon
I wrote this–the only sustained essay I’ve ever produced about my mission–about seven or eight months after I came home, while I was a student at BYU. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Making Peace with Missionary Work
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 my mission presidents, all the people I ever taught, all the members I ever interacted with, the Korean people as a whole, and the church my deepest apologies, and ask for their forgiveness…because, as a missionary, I really sucked. 2 people like this post. Like... Read more »
Notes from all over.
Here’s your chance to discusss the week in links. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Posts You Might Have Missed
If you have been too busy with real life to do more than your required online reading here at T&S, here are a few posts you might have missed. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Growing Up in Utah
I didn’t. But if you read “The Skeleton in Grandpa’s Barn” and Other Stories of Growing Up in Utah (Signature, 2008) you’ll get an informative glimpse of what it was like. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Mormons: Director’s Cut
Heads up for those in the D.C. area. Greg Prince, co-author of David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, hosts a great series of events at his house in Potomac, Maryland, the next of which is coming up on Sunday, June 8th. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Institutional obsolescence, and other tales of romance and intrigue from the history book
Last week Adam cited a widely-shared “conservative case for gay marriage.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Rock bottom
Today’s Gospel Doctrine lesson: the conversion of Alma the Younger. Be the first to like. 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