April 19, 2015, marks exactly 30 years since Bruce R. McConkie, of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died. I realize that he […]
“In a coming day…” Remembering Bruce R McConkie
The First Actual Women’s Session of Conference
The Approaching Justice liveblog for the first official Women’s Session of General Conference begins here with the session at 6:00 pm MDT. All women age 8 and older are invited to watch […]
Building Rameumptons: Mormons and Pride
An acquaintance of mine recently shared the following nightmare: “I had gone to the stake centre because I was supposed to teach the youth a folk dance at their leadership conference. But […]
BOOK REVIEW: Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve
This is an adaptation of the Book Review that I wrote of the Signature Books title “Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of Twelve” for the Association for Mormon Letters […]
Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Interpreting Ordain Women’s Motivation
It has been a rough week for many church members in the Mormon community. Even attempts to control my passion when posting links to articles seem to have failed. One person […]
Why Don’t We Follow the Instructions?
I can’t help it. I cannot keep quiet. But I should preface this post with something reaffirming in an attempt to protect myself from some kind of backlash. I have a solid […]
Where Do the Tyler Glenns Go?
I am an emotional person. In fact, I sometimes allow my emotions to control me, and that often leads me in the wrong direction, leaving me with regrets great and small. One […]
Oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do?
This Hymns of Social Justice post is a companion piece to Chris Henrichsen’s post “Should Mormons Give Money to Panhandlers?” found here In the fall of 1990 I started my senior year at […]
Book Review: “Cowboy Apostle:The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins, 1875-1932”
In December 2013 Signature Books released the latest volume in their important “Significant Mormon Diaries” series. The title is “Cowboy Apostle:The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins, 1875-1932”. Ivins, who is almost unknown […]
This Girl is Excited about Saturday’s General Women’s Meeting
Geneva is 8. Oh, and she is super excited about the General Women’s meeting. Why? Because it is for her! If she is invited, she is going. And she will not let […]
Daily Video: A Place At the Table #hymnsofsocialjustice
The Jesus Christ that I read about in the scriptures always taught a doctrine of inclusion. Here are some of the things that He said or that were said about Him: Suffer […]
Another Liberal at Church!! (Adventures in Sunday School)
We are loving our time here in Las Vegas. In addition to the abundance of In-N-Out Hamburger locations, we are very much loving our LDS congregation here in Vegas. They turned out […]
