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- 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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Snippets Archive
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Testimony (Sacrament Meeting Talk, Post at By Common Consent)
http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/11/02/testimony/#comment-238441 -
Mormon Matters Podcast 53: Mormonism and Capital Punishment
After our two posts re: capital punishment last week (The Worth of a Soul and Finding Peace), I asked Dan... -
The Long Goodbye
While I sat in the pediatrician’s office on three different days in the last 10 days, waiting and waiting for... -
Embrace Life on 9/11
I struggle to know what to do/how to handle 9/11 with my kids. They ask a lot of questions, those... -
We Must See Past What it Seems
Stumbled across this blog post somehow on Facebook and was really moved by it. It’s a good reminder that... -
Help Start the Student Review
Ah, seeing this brings me back to the good ole’ BYU days. If you were at BYU in the... -
Mormon Matters 45: The Mormon Practice of Bearing Testimony
As a result of Brent’s latest Mormon in the Cheap Seats posts (Build Out, Not Up and On Testimonies), Mormon... -
A Twist on “Pioneer Day”
When it was announced that gays and lesbians would be allowed to marry in New York beginning on July 24,... -
Mormon Matters 43: Healthy Approaches to Teaching Modesty
Last week I participated in this Mormon Matters podcast regarding modesty and Mormonism with Dan Wotherspoon, Chelsea Robarge Fife, and... -
A Mormon/Muslim wedding
I loved this article by Elna Baker, author of The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. It was published... -
How You Can Keep Your Head Down and Pass as a Mormon While Living in Utah
; ; See this list from the Hairpin. -
Beautiful!
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3,218 Nights of Bedtime Stories
I stumbled across this sweet article about a dad who read to his daughter for 3,218 nights in a row.... -
God is not Christian
I can’t wait to read Desmond Tutu’s newest book, God is not Christian. I read his book Made for... -
LDS at the White House this week
Twenty members of the church discuss civic engagement at the White House. Read about it here. -
Tina Reveals All (and then some) in Bossypants
If you’re a Tina Fey fangirl, this NPR interview with Tina Fey is definitely worth a listen. -
“We are the champions” . . . and now? On Osama Bin Laden and Mexico
My friend Jason sent me this link on Monday that discusses the death of Osama Bin Laden from a perspective... -
Fff… family
I just read this today and loved it: http://www.literarymama.com/columns/perfectlynormal/archives/2011/ffffamily.html A great reminder that not all families look alike (which clearly... -
Helping an Orphanage in Ethiopia
One of my dearest and oldest friends (one of two friends without whom I would not have survived high school)... -
Mormon Matters Podcast 27: Mormons and their Leaders
I really enjoyed getting to be a part of this dialogue with Joanna Brooks, Dan Wotherspoon, and Charles Randall Paul... -
MM 23: The KJV and Changes to Race-Related Book of Mormon Chapter Headings
I spent 15 hours driving this weekend and so had a lot of listening time. I enjoyed this Mormon... -
Woman can’t close eyes due to plastic surgery
I just read this sad article about a woman who can no longer close her eyes due to a plastic... -
More college “hookups” but more virgins
I just read this article re: the sexual behavior of college students. This article reports on research done by Mark... -
An interview with Bobby Lopez, co-creator of the Book of Mormon musical
I thought this was a great interview. I loved it when he said he liked the Mormon practice of... -
Before I Die . . . in NOLA
This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. Candy Chan is a public... -
Mormon Matters Podcast
I don’t know what I was thinking, but I (Heather) accepted John Dehlin’s invitation to participate in his first re-tooled... -
The ‘R’-rating Prohibition and ‘The King’s Speech’
Over on her weekly column ‘Salt and Seed’, Rosalynde Welch discusses the move away from the LDS Church teaching that... -
If Jesus were to write an opinion piece directed at Mormons …
… he’d probably write for The Salt Lake Tribune (and work in community radio): The case for Book of Mormon... -
Hipster or Jesus?
The Eternal Question now has its own website: a place to study whether the wide variety of people who could... -
Allaho: An Afghan Lullaby for Daughters
I just got this video in my inbox from a listserv I’m a member of. I loved seeing all the... -
Joanna Brooks: “Is there a place for individual conscience in contemporary Mormonism?”
Religion Dispatches’ Joanna Brooks reports on events before and since our own “Mel” re-published her earth-shaking Playing Valentine video: Pro-Gay... -
Angela Ellsworth Explores Her Mormon Past at ASU Art Museum
MAN, I wish geography weren’t part of reality because I really want to go see this performance by Angela Ellsworth,... -
Valentine Crush
Valentine’s Day is for amore and what more perfectly embodies amore than a crush? Our friend Course Correction channels the... -
Happy ‘Day of Purity’, Everyone!
Over on the Guardian website, an article tracks the history of Valentine’s Day, from an ancient Roman festival of sexual... -
Elaine Bradley: ‘Marching to the Sound of Her Own Drum’
For the most recent addition to the ‘Mormon Women Project’, Krisanne Hastings has interviewed Elaine Bradley, the drummer and backing... -
Utah Panoramas
The Utah 3D project has a stunning set of panoramic views from different parts of Utah, accessible here. Some of... -
Joanna Brooks, Elder Oaks and the ‘Battle’ for ‘Religious Freedom’
In her post today, Joanna offers an insightful analysis of Elder Oaks’ recent address, in context of the larger campaign... -
The Trouble with Immaculate Contraception …
… is that there are always exceptions. Love to Jesus and Mo. -
An Unlikely Escape
Is meditation ‘unChristian?” I am wholly unconvinced it is. I heard this story of death row inmates engaging... -
Blood of Eden – Part 1, Metaphor
Madame Curie engages with the Garden of Eden story over on Sapphic Soliloquies, exploring a role-reversal where Adam stands as... -
Detroit in Ruins: Urbex
I always love views into the unseen, decaying side of our urban existence. They speak to so much of our...