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I always find it interesting to hear what people think of as being central and peripheral to Mormon experience. Take sex for example. Read More
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In the comments to Julie’s dialogue with Randy B. on the meaning of “preside” in Mormon discourse, she issued (and re-issued!) a challenge to any interested reader: find a statement from a 20th-century Church leader showing that our concept of presiding has teeth. Never one to pass up a challenge—particularly one that will allow me to both avoid unpacking my suitcases and escape the frustrations of potty-training my son, at least for a few minutes—I spent some time with my LDS Library 2006 CD-ROM this morning. Read More
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When I was a senior in college, I worked at Seagull Book and Tape, an LDS book and trinket store across the street from the LA Temple. (The pay was lousy, but working with books was fun. So it turned out to be a decent job.) I was amazed by all the stuff that Mormons buy just because it has some sort of Mormon reference or connection. Read More
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I like Michael’s post about seer stones. Read More
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Lesson 28: 1 Kings 17-19 Read More
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Two long-time members of Times and Seasons, Kristine Haglund Harris and Melissa Proctor, have decided that their season with this blog has come to an end, and that it’s time for them to move on. This is our farewell to them. Read More
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. . . because this may be the longest post you’ll read this year. (I want a Niblet!!) Randy wanted me (and Nate) to explore the issue of presiding a little more on the temple thread, but some yahoo cut off comments, so Randy emailed me. Read More
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From its inception, Times and Seasons has been a forum for relatively diverse political, theological, and applied approaches to Mormonism. Read More
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To me, the most interesting thing about the seer stone that Joseph used when translating the BoM is not that he used it but that it is really just a rock. From what I understand, if you or I were to pick it up, we couldn’t tell it apart from any other smooth rock of similar color. Read More
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We are happy to welcome Michael McBride as a guest-blogger. Mike studies happiness, religion, and the politics of development at UC-Irvine. Read More
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whether or not there is love at home. Read More
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If you are an adult, inevitability comes in the form of death and taxes. If you are a child, it comes as the middle school research project. Read More
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Sacrament meeting in a small ward, in a large coastal city. Read More
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It was a long, hot day filled with furniture assembly and nagging ideological frustrations. Read More
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A Rascal By Nature, A Christian by Yearning: A Mormon Autobiography by Levi Peterson. Read More
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Lesson 27: 1 Kings 12-14; 2 Chronicles 17, 20 Read More
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An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. Wells by Carol Cornwall Madsen Read More
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Today I abandon my personal policy of only writing book reviews that are, on balance, positive. Read More
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Lesson 26: 1 Kings 3; 5-11 Read More
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Statistically speaking, males seem to be responsible for the great majority of human-made suffering. Read More
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I’ve already told my story here. But that’s just what happened, and how it happened. Why it happened is a harder story to tell, especially since I don’t know (and may never know, because there may not be) an ending to it, at which point the answer will presumably be made clear. (Or not.) In meantime, however, I do have two Sabbath days to reflect upon. Read More
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If any of you are familiar with the Morgan/Henefer/Coalville area of Utah and could recommend a place where two women, seven kids, and one husband along for the ride could meet up at a playground or similar, please email me. Read More
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-or- What ever happened to the good ol’ last days? -or- Where have all the millennialists gone? Read More
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We sojourned in the wilderness for seven years, spending years of famine and frustration in small apartments. Our children learned to play indoors; our driving skills deteriorated. Worst of all, we neglected our food storage. Read More
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BYU took advantage of me at a time in my life when I would have done almost anything for 10$. Read More
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How seriously ought we to take Satan? Read More
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I posted previously on the women in Jesus’ genealogy but wanted to invite discussion on some other aspects of it. Read More
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A few weeks ago I visited a charming Amish and Mennonite “visitor’s center” in a nearby town. I noticed something I think Mormons can learn from. Read More
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In 1958 a political scientist published a book on the culture of Southern Italy that may have something to say about one of the potential pit falls of Mormonism. Read More