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General Conference Archive
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Does it Get Better?
Posted on October 28, 2013 | 15 CommentsToday’s guest post comes to us from Brad Jones. Heather’s post the other day on the allocation of time between men and women is a stark portrayal of one form of gender inequality in the Church. Without question, women speak less frequently then men in […] -
Grondahl Restored 58
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsThis cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl. -
What to Do with Regret
Posted on October 28, 2012 | 3 CommentsI believe that as we spend quality time with love ones, stretch ourselves to live up to our potential, and allow ourselves to be happier, we may not have zero regrets, but we will certainly have fewer of them. -
Grondahl 15, Conference
Posted on April 1, 2012 | 2 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. Sorry about the quality of this image. My copy of this book is pretty yellowed and brittle. -
The Feast of St. Francis
Posted on November 10, 2011 | 7 CommentsThis year, our family observed General Conference by attending the local Episcopal church. -
15 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The BEST Talks Ever
Posted on October 22, 2011 | 14 CommentsBased on an informal poll of cheap seaters, these are the 10 BEST talks ever. -
General Conference Word Clouds 2.0
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 11 CommentsThanks to fab commenter geoffsn, we now have four additional word clouds to compare to my original post from this morning. Please forgive the formatting until I can get it fixed . . . Word Cloud One: just the four general sessions (two from […] -
General Conference Word Cloud
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 33 CommentsFor starters, a definition of “General Conference” for our non-Mormon readers. General Conference occurs once in April and once in November–and it’s a series of meetings that occur on Saturday and Sunday in lieu of our regular local church services. The meetings take place […] -
Mormon Matters Podcast 27: Mormons and their Leaders
Posted on April 14, 2011 | 4 CommentsI really enjoyed getting to be a part of this dialogue with Joanna Brooks, Dan Wotherspoon, and Charles Randall Paul regarding the way Mormons regard our church leaders. It gave me a lot to think about. Come take a listen and weigh in on the […]