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- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
- 122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
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Columns Archive
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49 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “The Laying On of Hands”
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 5 Comments"Tonight, in this chair / you bow your head / as if being crowned, / the tiara of my fingers / settling on your hair." -
Parenthood Juggle: Full-time mom/part-time rocket scientist?
Posted on March 6, 2013 | 3 CommentsOnly since September, when I participated in measuring the noise from a solid rocket motor, have I been able to claim the “rocket scientist” title, but it’s been almost 13 years since I got my Ph.D. in physics and watched my path to part-time physicist […] -
Our Favorite Mormons: Edwin Woolley, Outspoken Bishop of the 13th Ward
Posted on March 5, 2013 | 3 CommentsWhen once described as outspoken, Dorothy Parker quipped: “Outspoken … by whom?” When historians suggest that Edwin Woolley was an outspoken Mormon bishop, I have the same reply. If you don’t know about this interesting favorite Mormon of ours, it’s my pleasure to introduce him […] -
Grondahl Restored 55
Posted on March 2, 2013 | 1 Comment -
Parenthood Juggle: Every Step Felt Necessary and Right
Posted on March 1, 2013 | 1 CommentAt the end of my senior year of college, I got married. My husband and I talked extensively about our hopes for the future. He wanted to go into teaching. I still hadn’t determined a career path. We both wanted to […] -
48 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “The pivot”
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments"And would I not feel diminished / a little, were that plant to die? ~ / just as I sense concern to see / the leaves on three or four twig-clusters / lately turned from green to dun? / I am already lessened." -
Parenthood Juggle: Doing What I Was Meant to Do
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 8 CommentsWhen I was just a young girl, I remember my parents getting ready to go to the church to make posters about the ERA. I was happy to go along, knowing I would have many friends there to play with and knowing I would […] -
Parenthood Juggle: Twists and Turns
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 4 CommentsAs I was graduating from BYU with my MBA I got a piece of advice from the assistant dean, herself a single mom whose husband left after she put him through medical school. She was meeting with the women in our graduating class (all 13 […] -
Parenthood Juggle: “One Step Enough for Me”
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 6 CommentsThe funny thing about planning the course of your life is that as much as you think you know what you want, you really have no idea. I decided to become a physician and married my husband during my first year of medical school. […] -
Letter to a Missionary: On Questions and Faith
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 9 CommentsIt's possible that just as Christ was, as Christian theologians say, "Fully Human and Fully Divine," so are our interactions with God. -
47 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Skull-locked”
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 1 Comment"o quiet indweller / can we ever / know if you / be more / than skull-locked?" -
Parenthood Juggle: Because my Career Matters to Me
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 2 CommentsI had big plans as a young girl. I was going to help cure cancer. Or become a chemist. Or maybe a physicist. I made good marks in school, especially math and science. My parents, strict adherents of traditional Mormon gender roles, were very supportive […] -
Parenthood Juggle: Rice and Beans
Posted on February 18, 2013 | 5 CommentsI always knew that I would be a work-outside-the-home mom. The working part came first, as I trekked through college, grad school, med school, residency, and fellowship on my path to becoming a radiologist. During part of med school and most of residency, […] -
Grondahl 54
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Parenthood Juggle: Academic Freedom
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 3 CommentsDuring these first few years of adjuncting and mothering, my favorite time of day was the afternoon nap. Both of my babies took naps at the same time and sometimes they would both be asleep for several hours. -
46 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “Ciggy”
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 1 Comment"Smoldering and cold, my little cigarette, / empty and old, my little smoke stick." -
Parenthood Juggle: “The Smart Girl”
Posted on February 13, 2013 | 2 CommentsIn my family, we were taught that education was the most important thing to pursue. My parents did not complete their college degrees and always struggled to make ends meet. I knew I never wanted to be in that position and that education was my […] -
Nearly True: A Thong Discovered in the Laundry
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 9 Comments[This is a guest post from the man known to us as “Smooth Operator”] Recently I came across a Sweetheart Candy(T)–pink thong in the laundry. As I held it up, my wife said it was my 14-year-old daughter’s. “She got it for her birthday,” […] -
Parenthood Juggle: Working-Mostly-at-Home-Mostly-for-Free Mom
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 3 CommentsAfter BYU graduation, I worked full-time, putting my husband through his last few months of classes and his internship, right up until my first baby came. Then I quit everything. I even abandoned my hobbies. -
What We Talk About When We Talk About Culturally Constructed Holidays
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 5 CommentsFive out of six dentists agree that five out of the last six Valentine’s Days I’ve lived through have mostly sucked. The one in the middle was swell, though, since a wonderful friend was at my house to visit and she generously shared the roses […] -
Ride to Church in Antigua, Guatemala
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Emily (a “veteran” Ride to Church-er). In an interesting twist of life, I went on a mission trip with a group of Baptists this summer. We travelled to Antigua, Guatemala to spend a day preparing before […] -
Parenthood Juggle: Musings on Gender Roles in Mormonism
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 4 CommentsSo if you're a stay at home dad, awesome. I salute you as a brother. If you're a full time, cookie baking, stay at home Mom with a Master's degree? Very cool. I love white chocolate with macadamia nut cookies. -
45 Psaltery & Lyre: Poet Laureate Highlight
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 2 CommentsDo you know who the current Poet Laureate of Utah is? Watch this video! -
Morally “Straight”
Posted on February 6, 2013 | 3 CommentsI’ve been following the Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy . . . and then their almost-change-in-policy . . . and then their non-decision. The BSA suggested today that, “due to the complexity of the issue,” they have decided to postpone the decision to […] -
Parenthood Juggle: Picking Up Where the Other One Leaves Off
Posted on February 6, 2013 | 6 CommentsWe make this work for us, and appreciate that it is a balancing act. Since we did it this way, I was able to breastfeed and mother my very little children. -
Parenthood Juggle: F**k
Posted on February 4, 2013 | 12 CommentsTruth is, I don't know. The past is set and I can't change it. All I can do is look at where I am right now and move forward from there. -
‘Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 2 Comments-Submitted by Michael Hicks I got choked up when I played that sacrament song today. It takes awhile to explain why. But please stay with me as I try. Our hymnbook has two settings of “‘Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love” (nos. 176 and […] -
Grondahl Restored 51
Posted on February 3, 2013 | No Comments -
One Word
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 5 CommentsI am a recovering perfectionist wannabe. Sometimes when I think about who I used to be, I marvel that I could have gotten so flustered about so many things, but that version of me wanted everything to be perfect (everything being defined as those things […] -
Ride to Mosque in Istanbul
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Michael Nielsen (a Ride to Church veteran: see here). Michael writes: We spent this Christmas in Istanbul, visiting our friend Metin who stayed with us when he was studying in Georgia. He was an excellent […] -
Parenthood Juggle: On Path Renovations
Posted on February 1, 2013 | 9 CommentsI've also realized that while my life hasn't followed the path I thought it would, or any of the path renovations I imagined along the way, I have been blessed with the ability to be flexible and accommodate the needs of my family while still carving out some pieces of my life for my own personal growth. -
44 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Clumps”
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 1 Comment"Cloudy, he recalls / his late night study of it, in the liquid / too liquid there were little jelly clumps / like the half-dried hair gel that clung to the / lid back before his hair graduated / with honors." -
Parenthood Juggle: Figuring It Out As You Go Along
Posted on January 30, 2013 | 7 CommentsHow have we taken care of our little ones? The first year of my son's life was a complicated, sleep-deprived blur, and I'll spare you the details. -
Boy Scouts of America Changes Direction?
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 7 CommentsWow. I just read this article that says the national Boy Scouts of America organization is considering ending its ban on gay Boy Scouts and gay leaders. This would be huge–especially since they appeared to be digging in their heels on this just […] -
Parenthood Juggle: To Put Off School or To Not Put Off School
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 5 CommentsI really wish that someone had told me that marriage does not always change your life plans, but having children does. I wish that I had not had a baby at 20. I wish that I had grown up a bit more and really realized how the world worked and networked better in college. -
Ride to Church in Nairobi, Kenya
Posted on January 27, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s ride to church comes to us from Lori P., who writes: These are from a trip to Nairobi, Kenya to visit my brother and sister-in-law and their family. We attended church on two different Sundays. We also spent three days on a […] -
Grondahl 50
Posted on January 26, 2013 | No CommentsFor other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
D’Arcy’s Sundance Reviews: The East
Posted on January 26, 2013 | No CommentsD’Arcy is busy attending the Sundance Film Festival and agreed to let us post an excerpt of her movie reviews on Doves and Serpents (thanks, D’Arcy). Her third review covers the movie The East. Stay tuned for other Sundance Film Festival movie reviews. […] -
Parenthood Juggle: I Wanted to be a Mother, so I Needed a Good Job
Posted on January 25, 2013 | 24 CommentsThere are distinct benefits to the academic path I chose. Being in constant need of money is the way of life for many students. Being surrounded by impoverished students helped me to remained focused on saving money for yet another adoption application, surrogacy contract or otherwise. -
43 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Skin Dive”
Posted on January 24, 2013 | 1 Comment"We are not furred like dogs / or feathered like ducks, no / rows of scales clog our touch / like tree bark . . . " -
D’arcy’s Sundance Reviews: Stoker
Posted on January 23, 2013 | No CommentsD’Arcy is busy attending the Sundance Film Festival and agreed to let us post an excerpt of her movie reviews on Doves and Serpents (thanks, D’Arcy). Her second review covers the movie Stoker. Stay tuned for other Sundance Film Festival movie reviews. As […] -
Parenthood Juggle: A Crooked and Twisting Path
Posted on January 23, 2013 | 2 CommentsAnd this is where I am now. I work part-time in my son's school and next year our youngest will join us for part-day kindergarten. The year after that, they will both be at school for six hours a day and I will have enough experience behind me to qualify for tuition support if I decide to earn a teaching certificate. -
The False Gods We Worship
Posted on January 22, 2013 | 22 CommentsAs I've reflected, I've come to believe that one of the reasons the pants initiative and the letter-writing campaign have struck such a nerve is because they threaten cherished narratives that have become, in many people's minds, the gospel itself. -
Finding Common Variables in Parallel Struggles for Change
Posted on January 21, 2013 | 4 CommentsI envision a Church that publicly recognizes that, like its own history, healthy gender roles and healthy sexuality are also not as simple as the Church has taught. -
D’Arcy’s Sundance Reviews: Kill Your Darlings
Posted on January 20, 2013 | 2 CommentsWhen Michael C. Hall walked into the Eccles Center for his Sundance Premiere of Kill Your Darlings, he was dressed in monochromatic gray sweater and pants, and had a very unassuming nature. -
42 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Prince of Peace”
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No Comments"Plucked and torn / and capped in thorn / that sprig was hung / from cross bar slung / with ache of nails." -
Grondahl 49
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No CommentsFor other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
Parenthood Juggle: Reflections of a Career-Oriented Mormon Mommy
Posted on January 18, 2013 | 16 CommentsMy career aspirations, even my choice of career, have been with me from the beginning, an integral part of me, coded in the DNA in every cell in my body. -
41 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “Sons”
Posted on January 17, 2013 | 3 Comments"I believe / you put the compass in me, / you are the needle / that directs us on the / path to godhood; . . . " -
Parenthood Juggle: This American Life
Posted on January 16, 2013 | 5 CommentsShould we all move to Sweden? I hope that we won't need to. My hope is that America will begin to adopt these notions of equality, flexible roles, and support for the family unit. -
Parenthood Juggle: The Provider, the Bacon Bringer-Homer, the Winner of Bread
Posted on January 14, 2013 | 9 CommentsWe need to be there through the good and bad, thick and thin, silly times and serious times. -
Grondahl 48
Posted on January 13, 2013 | No CommentsI love the mix of corny cartoons along with some that sting. Obviously one of the corny ones here.For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
40 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “From Zina to Henry”
Posted on January 13, 2013 | 8 Comments"Miles away my lips / taste the prophet's skin / moist with salt . . . " -
Parenthood Juggle: The Most Important Thing is to Have Options
Posted on January 11, 2013 | 7 CommentsThe other thing is that there's really no such thing as "having it all." At least, not for me. -
39 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “To a Black Velvet Jesus”
Posted on January 10, 2013 | 5 Comments"At the flea market today I called You Lord of the Fleas / and my lover laughed . . . " -
Parenthood Juggle: The Blessings of Both Worlds
Posted on January 9, 2013 | 3 CommentsMy job provides a different type of stimulation, adult conversation and a sense of pride since I am good at what I do. -
How Much Does a Mormon Apostle Make?
Posted on January 8, 2013 | 178 CommentsFor the time being, I believe it is literally impossible to answer these questions appropriately, especially because the Church is far from transparent with its financial information. . . . -
Parenthood Juggle: Just as Valuable
Posted on January 7, 2013 | 7 CommentsAs a woman, I wasn't supposed to be actively seeking someone to marry, right? -
Grondahl 47
Posted on January 6, 2013 | No Comments1980. Not sure we’ve made any progress.For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
Ride to Church in Loudoun County, Virginia
Posted on January 6, 2013 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Chelsea in Virginia. We live in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 50 miles west of Washington, DC. My family moved here in 1989 and my husband’s came a few years later. After going to BYU, getting married, and […]