Category: Cornucopia

  • Notes from All Over thru April 25th – Comments

    Here’s the place to make your comments on our ‘Notes from All Over’ for last week.

  • The Future of Religious Liberty

    Does it have a future? Some people view religious liberty as a civil and constitutional right; increasingly, others see it as a problem to be dealt with. The Mirror of Justice post “Securing Religious Liberty in an Age of Growing Intolerance” is a short reflection on what this means for the future of religious liberty.

  • DIY Mormon Art

    DIY Mormon Art

    Step One: Be nice to Ardis so that she’ll send you high-resolution files of art that you have fallen in love with.

  • Effective parenting

    Me: Have you practiced piano today? Son2: I just finished. Me: But you only did your exercises. You need to practice your songs, too.

  • Memories of Bill Orton

    Presidential campaigns aside, one of the first political races I can remember paying attention to growing up was the 1990 congressional race between Karl Snow and new comer Bill Orton to fill retiring Rep. Howard C. Nielson’s 3rd District congressional seat. I was 12 at the time and delivered the Utah County Journal, a free…

  • Notes from All Over to April 19 – Comments

    Here’s the place to make your comments on our ‘Notes from All Over’ for last week.

  • This I Believe

    Sunstone West included a panel titled This I Believe, where panelists presented short pieces (3-5 minutes) about their beliefs. My talk is here.

  • FHE Lesson #3

    Lesson #3: Our Savior

  • Too Easy, Too Soon

    This morning I woke up to find my youngest child wearing accurately-buttoned church clothes and eating a hot breakfast that he had made without help. He might as well have handed me a pink slip.

  • Times & Seasons Welcomes Rory Swensen

    We’d like to give a warm, hearty welcome to Rory Swensen, who has agreed to guest blog here for a week or two.

  • Thank you, Valerie Hudson

    For the first time ever, I’ve read a defense of the anti-same-sex-marriage movement that didn’t make me cringe. HT: Nate Oman.

  • Contemplating Missionary Work in Cuba

    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…

  • An Apostle’s Easter Thoughts on Christ

    This past weekend, the Church posted an Easter Video on its Youtube page, which it prominently plugged on the LDS.org front page.

  • Hallelujah

  • Breathing the Breath of God

    Genesis (2:7) says that God breathed life into Adam’s nostrils. Is our life a portion of God’s? Jesus quoted a Psalm (82:6) that said, “Ye are gods,” when confronted about his claims to divinity. Mormons are usually not so bold, but there is certainly an element in our tradition that states that humans are children…

  • FHE: Proverbs 15:1

    I’m taking a break from the Gospel Fundamentals FHEs this week; if you’re really clever, you’ll be able to reverse engineer what kind of problems are plaguing the Smith household this week.

  • Whence Our Open Conference Thread?

    Times and Seasons has historically hosted an open thread for comments on each session of conference as that session was being broadcast. We’re trying something new this year. I’m posting this as a bit of notice to our readers, and in an unofficial attempt to explain.

  • FHE–Easter

    I’m taking a break from the Gospel Fundamentals FHEs to do an Easter FHE next week and I’m posting this early because it requires a little prep work.

  • April Fool’s at the Newsroom

    So the LDS Newsroom‘s April Fool’s day joke about President Eyring’s singlehanded dismantling of CES is a little weird…

  • Santa Biblia

    A few years ago, as I was waiting for a temple session to begin, I began flipping the pages of the Spanish language Bible in front of me.

  • Dow 6,000

    One of the things people find odd about Mormons is our claim to be led by a prophet.

  • FHE Lesson #2

    Lesson #2: Our Life in Heaven

  • England Lecture: “The Prehistory of the Soul”

    Terryl L. Givens, James A. Bostwick Professor of English at the University of Richmond will give the Eighth Annual Eugene England Lecture at 7pm next Thursday, April 2nd in the Lakeview Room of the UVU Library

  • Mormonism in the Public Mind at UVU

    Richard and Claudia Bushman, Jana Riess, Terryl Givens, and Michael Paulson are among the speakers at Utah Valley University’s conference next Thursday and Friday (April 2-3) on “Mormonism in the Public Mind,” addressing public perceptions of Mormonism and LDS efforts to shape those public perceptions.

  • The Problem with the Unwritten Order of Things

    Can women offer the opening prayer in sacrament meeting?

  • Mormons Take over the World!

    Or, at least, most of Amazon’s best seller list.

  • FHE Lesson #1

    I’ve decided to start a new series of FHE lessons based on the Gospel Fundamentals book.

  • When Woman Means Man

    When I was growing up, “woman” meant “woman” and “man” meant “human.” Or “man.” Depending on the context.

  • I challenge you . . . I promise you

    I challenge you — all of you, collectively — to match up your bracket against mine. (And, well, everyone else who is also matching up their bracket against mine.)