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Resources for Come, Follow Me, 2025 @ Times & Seasons
  -  Four years ago, I brought up resources to assist in study of the Doctrine and Covenants....

Why Plato? Part 2 @ Times & Seasons
  -  I put up part one a while back (sorry, many life distractions in the meantime) and am...

In Defense of Gender Segregation of Certain Callings @ Times & Seasons
  -  So I asked Chat-GPT to show two middle aged people…and this is what a middle-aged...

Christmas Program @ By Common Consent
  -  This Sunday (December 8) is our ward Christmas program. Christmas will come two and a...

Weekly Observance of the Sacrament @ Times & Seasons
  -  The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is one the most common ritual and use of set...

A Sample Christmas Program @ Times & Seasons
  -  As a musician in the Church, I’ve organized several Christmas programs for...

Cutting-Edge Latter-day Saint Research, November 2024 @ Times & Seasons
  -  Hinderaker, Amorette. ““It was Nothing That was Super Subversive”: Resistance...

Pablo and the Stairs @ By Common Consent
  -  Pablo came into my family’s life about a year ago. Pablo is a 4 lb. Chihuahua.[1] We...

The Restored Gospel, the Great Apostasy, and St. Clement @ Times & Seasons
  -  I finally got around to reading the Epistle of 1st Clement. Written by Clement of Rome...

Monogamy is the Rule, Part 2: Celestial Marriage and Plural Marriage @ Times & Seasons
  -  The process of coming to understand how sealing created kinship networks was complicated,...

Book Update – Fragments of Revelation @ Times & Seasons
  -  Back in February, I announced that I have a book about the Doctrine and Covenants that...

Rowdy Children, Judgment, and the Foyer @ Times & Seasons
  -  I try to avoid having too many “pet peeve” posts that focus on the negative, but...

EAT ME! Or, the Perils and Possibilities of Hierophagy @ By Common Consent
  -  Alice probably did not know that she avoided the mistake of Adapa, the great sage of...

Senior Missionary @ By Common Consent
  -  About a year ago my wife was off to attend a concert in Chicago with one of her guy...

Book of Mormon Art Catalog Expands to Include Restoration History and Scripture @ By Common Consent
  -  The world’s largest database of Latter-day Saint art just got bigger. The Book of...

“Insufficiently curious”: a church’s child protection failure @ By Common Consent
  -  It's time to admit that churches have failed to police themselves.

The Whole Armor of God and the Era of Trump @ By Common Consent
  -  I remember, during my high school seminary days, talking about Ephesians 6:11-18. The...

I for one welcome our new insect overlords @ By Common Consent
  -  Dueling pieces in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News feature Latter-day Saints...

1992’s Best Albums @ By Common Consent
  -  I think everyone has a year when music suddenly mattered. For me, that year was 1992.

Nathan Kitchen on The Boughs of Love: Navigating the Queer Latter-day Saint Experience During an Ongoing Restoration @ By Common Consent
  -  I am one of the last members of the generation of Latter-day Saint young men officially...

fMh Anniversary @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  It’s been 19 years ago today that I founded fMh and started this wild beautiful ride. ...

Mental Health Professionals in Support of Natasha Helfer @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
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Come Follow Me “correction” As Harmful As Before @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  Dear Latter-day Saints, The latest online correction to the Come Follow Me manual has me...

Authority, Scripture, and Social Location @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  By Margaret Olsen Hemming Over the last couple of years, I’ve described The Book of...

Pop Culture Friday: Justice In America @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  It’s been awhile since I promo-ed a podcast.  Today I’m spotlighting a more serious...

Pop Culture Friday: Jane the Virgin @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  If you are looking for a binge-worthy TV show with fantastic characters, great acting, a...

Pop Culture Friday: Dread Nation @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  Today’s (slightly late, sorry, the school year just started and my brain is mostly...

Pop Culture Friday: The Memory of Light and Disappeared @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  I have a 2-in-1 recommendation for you today, two excellent books by Francisco X....

Pop Culture Friday: The Poet X @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  I love a good slam poem, one full of emotion and power and truth.  One of the great...

Pop Culture Friday: The Witch Boy @ Feminist Mormon Housewives
  -  Aster’s family keeps to themselves.  They live in the woods outside of town and have...