Category: Cornucopia

To a large degree Mormonism is about the recapitulation of the past.

How prepared should a person be before being baptized? How long should this preparation take? Recently the permabloggers had a brief e-mail exchange on this topic. The participants found it interesting to submit it to our broader forum.

How do we know that Jael, Heber’s wife, was very righteous?

Maybe it is time to turn correlation over to the market.

Balaam is often mentioned as a fallen prophet, but the main description of him (in Numbers 22-4) doesn’t obviously support this.

Maybe we should spend more time thinking about how the ancient Romans dealt with the problem of globalization.

What is the precise nature of Mormon liberalism?

Consider the following two scriptures about the scriptures:

I’ll admit it: I really am more likely to bring my scriptures to church if I know I’ll get a cookie for it.

I’ve been thinking lately about a few conference talks. For a variety of reasons, Elder Nelson’s talk from last fall, Jesus Christ, the Master Healer, has been especially on my mind this Easter season. Let me share a few snippets.

One of the more interesting pieces that I have read on Mormon intellectual life is Armand Mauss’s essay “Alternate Voices,”Sunstone April 1990. The article was written in response to a General Conference sermon by Elder Oaks of the same name. (Also worth reading here.) Brother Mauss’s article in its entirety is reproduced here with the…

I’ll introduce our newest guest blogger by letting her introduce herself.

As a new member and as a missionary, I usually sat near the back of the chapel.

If I ever to write a country-western song about religious epistemology, I will call it “One afternoon in Amarillo.”

I visited an old love this weekend, almost a year after we parted. I found her more beautiful than ever, and we spent a wonderful few days together before saying goodbye again.

I love the book of Fourth Nephi in the Book of Mormon, especially this verse: “And it came to pass that there was no contention in the land, because of the love of God which did dwell in the hearts of the people.”

Sunday afternoon I found myself reading the Oxford Book of English Verse (the Quiller-Couch edition in honor of a great advocate of the Inner Temple), and I read the following:

Are we losing the battle for Sundays?

Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “as of December 31, 2004, there were 2,267,787 people behind bars in the United States.”

The March 2006 issue of The New Era features an article on the Lord’s prayer, wherein we can read the following:

Check out the new online Mormon-themed narrative arts magazine at popcornpopping.net.

Jane Jacobs passed away today in Toronto. She was 89 years old.

In one of its fitful bursts of faux-oracular prose, the Supreme Court once declared that the U.S. Constitution knows no blasphemy.

Authority is a key concept in Mormonism.

Today is Earth Day. A number of denominations have given their support to environmental issues, encouraging their members to be sensitive to the protection of the environment. This not only pertains to the major (and controversial) topic of climate change and global warming, but to all the small things people can do daily to save…