Louisiana Archive

  • Why don’t Mormons celebrate Lent?

    Today is Ash Wednesday.   Before I spent eight years in Louisiana, I would not even have known what Ash Wednesday was.   I grew up in the Bible belt, so I knew plenty of Baptists, a few Methodists and Presbyterians, perhaps, but not many […]

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  • Christmas Eve on the Mighty Mississipp’

    We spent eight really fun years in Louisiana (2000-2008). It’s a pretty unique place. The people there know how to enjoy life. Every time I turned around, there was a school holiday for something-and an extra spring break for Mardi Gras. Louisianians have the work/play […]

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  • Walk to Church in New Orleans

    In early April, I had to (got to?) to a conference in New Orleans for work. So on Sunday morning, I threw on my tennis shoes, grabbed my camera, and headed towards St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square. As you know if you’ve ever been […]

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  • Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana

    Alina Taylor writes: These images were taken on Bayou Courtableau in St Landry Parish, Louisiana near Port Barre right off 190. It is a town steeped in Louisiana bayou charm where Cajun French meets English to create a language known to the locals and seems […]

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