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Recent Posts
- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
- 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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lds Archive
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Equality is not a Feeling, 23.0
Today’s Equality is not a Feeling post illustrates the gender of the people involved in church discipline processes. For... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 22.0
Today’s Equality is not a Feeling post focuses on the gender of the Commissioner of Education for the entire Church... -
Heber J. Grant, Beer and Sexual Morality
by Greg N. I like reading comments on the bloggernacle. Especially when the discussion gets into “heated” territory. With popcorn... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 17.0
Today’s guest post is a continuation of Equality is not a Feeling 16.0, by Laura C., and depicts references to... -
Ride to the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Growing up, I only learned the “standard” stuff about the Civil Rights movement. Pretty much just what was in... -
Parenthood Juggle: Twists and Turns
As I was graduating from BYU with my MBA I got a piece of advice from the assistant dean, herself... -
How Much Does a Mormon Apostle Make?
For the time being, I believe it is literally impossible to answer these questions appropriately, especially because the Church is... -
Why Language Matters: A Side-by-Side Look at a Lesson from the New YW/YM Manuals
Text in pink is only in the YW version; text in blue is only in the YM version. It’s more... -
37 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The 1800s Called
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34 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Charity by Force?
All those in favor of building a new sports stadium, please bring $100 cash and come down this Saturday and... -
Marshmallows, Obedience and You
In the famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment (1972), Professor Walter Mischel gave four year-old children a marshmallow, and instructed them that... -
The Joys of Parenthood
Why do we have such a hard time admitting to the realities of parenthood? This morning a dear friend of... -
The Good Book
I love getting books in the mail. No seriously: I feel like no one could possibly understand how much I... -
The West
Yesterday on ‘Rogue Cinema’ I wrote about one of my Granddad’s favourite films, the 1955 version of Oklahoma!, and pondered... -
Kids and Calamities
I watched the Twin Towers fall on TV, my oldest child safely ensconced in her kindergarten class. My toddler... -
Jonathan’s Ride to Church(es) in Salt Lake City
I was inspired by Andy’s post of churches around York several weeks back and decided to give it a shot... -
Talents: Addition and Multiplication
This is a guest post from a favorite reader and commenter, Corktree. It may sound simplistic (or just serving of... -
The Fountain
How much recompense can mythology — or even the scientific comforts of persistence of the body — provide in the... -
Playing Valentine
Legend has it that one of the roots of Valentine’s Day stem from a third century ban on marriage passed... -
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... -
Black Swan
Today’s post is from a guest that we’ll call ‘White Cygnet’. I didn’t expect Black Swan to strike at my... -
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... -
What do a burger, a rare steak, and a gift all have in common?
A couple years ago, I sat in a Relief Society lesson at church about modesty. According to the rumor mill,... -
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...