Author: Julie M. Smith
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Mormon Site Muzzles Members
ST. GEORGE–AP–August 10, 2010– Verna Watkins sits on her threadbare couch clutching a wrinkled tissue. Between sobs, she says, “I consider it the most sacred spiritual experience of my life . . . when the Three Nephites–divine beings–helped me change the tire on my Suburban. I spent two hours writing the story up to post…
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Scouts, Again
I know the relationship between the Church and BSA has been discussed to death in the bloggernacle, but I want to share two recent experiences anyway.
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More on Social Justice
The Church Newsroom’s blog has a link to a post by Michael Otterson, Head of Public Affairs, on the recent social justice issue.
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David Paulsen’s “I’ve a Mother There”
BYU philosophy professor David Paulsen presented a paper titled “‘I’ve a Mother There’: A Historiographical Study of Portrayals of Heavenly Mother in Mormon Discourse” at the recent BYU Studies Symposium.
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Presidential Inspiration
Were the Founding Fathers inspired? Was Woodrow Wilson inspired? Is Barack Obama inspired?
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Welcome, Angry People
As is usually the case, when Times & Seasons is mentioned by another news outlet (in this case, the Salt Lake Tribune), some of their readers come here. And, today, some of them sound pretty mad. First, I’d like to point out that if you are also visiting us for the first time, the kinds…
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Thank you, Eric Huntsman
We’re very lucky to have had Eric blogging with us for the past few weeks. Thank you, Eric!
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What the Smith Boys Said This Year
This year, Simon turned eleven, Nathan turned eight, Truman turned five, and Julie turned old.
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Naughty and Nice
You know how you can’t swing a dead cat in Church without smacking into someone talking about how wicked our day is?
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The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times®
So the upcoming RS/MP lesson got me thinking: What exactly does the phrase “the dispensation of the fulness of times” actually mean?
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Spare Me, Brigham Young
I wanted to extend the discussion from this post with some thoughts from Brigham Young:
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Revelation Conference Reminder
The Mormon Theology Seminar, in conjunction with BYU’s Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding and the Latter-day Saint Student Association at UT-Austin, is hosting a conference titled “Latter-day Saint Readings of Revelation 21-22.”
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Scenes from Sunday
Because I said something that might possibly have been interpreted as mildly irreverent [1],