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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?
- Book Review: LoterÃa Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
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Grondahl 47
1980. Not sure we’ve made any progress.For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is... -
Ride to Church in Loudoun County, Virginia
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Chelsea in Virginia. We live in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 50 miles... -
January 2013 YM/YW Lesson Comparison
The church has finally updated the curriculum for the YW/YM’s programs. At long last. We published two comparisons... -
38 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “Helen Mar Kimball to Joseph Smith”
“If I were permitted selfishness, I’d ask God to / catch a ram inside a thicket, send an angel down... -
Parenthood Juggle: From SAHM to Single Parent
I couldn’t quite believe my bishop had confidence in my ability to be in charge. “Are you sure about this?”... -
37 Psaltery & Lyre: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, “There Will Be Poetry,” translated by Charles Patterson
“the sun dresses the tattered clouds / in fire and gold . . .” -
Guest Post Invitation: The Parenthood Juggle
I want my daughters (and my son!) to be able to read about other women’s struggles. How did they... -
I Am
“And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children... -
36 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Sometimes I Fear”
“Sometimes I fear a body knows when it’s dying / and relays urgency to the brain / to make a... -
Encounters: Easter Morning
By Jessica This Easter my family and I were visiting London, with the intention of doing tourist stuff and to... -
Encounters: Miraculous Timing
By Karin I work as a nursing home and hospice physician. One day, while travelling to see patients on... -
Encounters: Flat Tires
My tire blew as I crossed a bridge on the way to the St. Louis VA at 5:30 on a... -
Encounters: I Wish I Was Still Young
She looked at me again and seemed almost surprised to find me there holding her hand. She thanked me for... -
The Years of Magical Thinking
“I know the truth about Santa Claus, Mom. I know the answers now, the real answers,” my twelve year old... -
35 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “We Gather Together”
“I’ve practiced this before, like hard dough rolled / in sugar: how we sweeten survival.” -
Encounters: How Great Thou Art
She put her arm around my shoulder, gave me a sisterly hug, and was gone, without saying a word. -
34 Psaltery & Lyre: Sarah Dunster, “Herald”
” . . . bringing sick, / terrible knowledge and that grey uncertainty / of the world at an... -
On Being a Christmasist
In the three years since I lost faith in Mormonism, I’ve tried on more than a few labels to describe... -
Twenty Years
I stumbled across this Facebook meme a couple months ago and sorta fell in love with it. I want... -
Mormonism is a Skirt, Not a Pair of Pants!
Skirtism doesn’t imply that there exists no universal Mormonism — for all we know, One True Mormonism is floating out... -
Behold, the Condescension of God
O Come, all ye faithful. O Come, all ye doubtful. Come, all ye sorrowful and shameful and prideful and... -
47 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: A Faith like Mine
I now admit, somewhat sheepishly, that one of the reasons I voted for Obama is because of his religious beliefs. -
Encounters: Collapsing Inside
Driving by the cemetery that day, I happened to look right and saw an older man with unkempt hair sitting... -
Grondahl Restored 46
If you’d like to see other cartoons in this series go to https://dovesandserpents.org/category/columns/grondahl-restored/ ; This cartoon, as always, is posted... -
33 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Aesthetics Seminar as the Last Supper”
” . . . seconds when we believed our little thoughts / were stars pricking through a black canopy. /... -
Put on Your Pants Uke Song
Every movement needs music. This is a great start. -
Pantsgate 2012: There Is Room Enough for All of Us
There is room enough in Christ for all of us. -
46 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Girls Can Change the World
We’re not just losing the voice of someone who would say the same things as everybody else in the conversation. -
Heather Wears Pants
I was pregnant with Stuart, my third (and last) child when I decided I wanted to get a Ph.D. ... -
32 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “Soft”
“The doctrine is an egg / in its shell / I can’t swallow / God . . . “ -
Encounters: The Power of Empathy
“I found out that there is a point where you might as well be literally drowning in rising water, instead... -
45 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Pants-Wearing Women Running Wild
That, my friends, is how you maintain a cultural norm, and in that context, press releases telling women they can... -
Friendless in East Texas
I was born and raised in East Texas and have spent most of my adult life living here or Louisiana.... -
Encounters: We Are All Beggars
When we see physical need in others, it is merely an external manifestation of an inner need we all carry. -
Grondahl Restored 45
If you’d like to see other cartoons in this series go to https://dovesandserpents.org/category/columns/grondahl-restored/ ; This cartoon, as always, is posted... -
The Church and Homosexuality
I hope that, despite our setbacks, the Church will truly listen to its LGBT members and begin to loosen the... -
Now is the Time
And I hope that all of you who have suffered, if you need to sit it out, that you can... -
31 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Jesus Is Coming Back”
“He is walking home from the church in our skulls / knocking the halo from his head . . .” -
Encounters: I Passed By
I was enjoying the beautiful evening as I crossed the Maeser quad, and I heard her before I saw her.... -
Guest Post Invitation: Encounters
So throughout this busy month, we here at Doves and Serpents would like to share some stories of what we’re... -
Worshipping in Exile
How do I worship in Exile? -
Grondahl Restored 44
If you’d like to see other cartoons in this series go to https://dovesandserpents.org/category/columns/grondahl-restored/ ; This cartoon, as always, is posted... -
Words, Words, Words
Earlier this week, someone I didn’t know, someone I’ve never met, just a woman in pain, mistakenly thought I had... -
30 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “Recantation”
“A wickedness presses / in my breast. I cannot / pluck it out. It is a rolled up / Torah... -
Fish Out of Water
I’m terrified of this new dating scene because everyone is filled with experience and knowledge that I lack. -
Three Things
We have two children together, ages 4 and 7, and they spend most of their time with me. Except... -
Grondahl Restored 43
This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl. -
29 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Cleaning our keyboard”
“It’s weird how we erode. / In the valleys, shed pieces of me / fell from busy fingertips and mingled... -
Soul to Soul Foundation: Supportive Networking for Effective Mental Health Care
Today’s guest post comes to us from Michelle and Cami, who recently launched Soul to Soul Foundation, an organization committed... -
28 Psaltery & Lyre: Kris Bluth, “Truth of Consequences”
“She called me at 11:00 on / Saturday night and asked if / I could have sex with her.”