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- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
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- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
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- 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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mormon Archive
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Cost of Scouting (Equality is not a Feeling, 25.0)
Today’s guest post is by Nate Curtis, an endowed member with a current temple recommend. He is currently serving as... -
Unglorifying Motherhood
April showers are over and May flowers are starting to bloom. This beautiful time of year has many people... -
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... -
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... -
Paying it Forward
by Gabrielle Crowley Like many Americans, the day-to-day grind has taken a financial toll on our household. We have had... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 19.0
Today’s Equality is not a Feeling post comes to us from a Mormon mother of 11 children who compiled this... -
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... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 12.0
The Equality is not a Feeling, 10.0 post teased out some data about the doctrinal density of General Conference talks... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 11.0
Today’s Equality is not a Feeling post takes a quick look at the 2014 Primary Sharing Time outline. I... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 5.0
–From Laura C. This week’s “Equality is not a Feeling” post is an illustration of the people needed–according to the... -
Ride to Priesthood Session with Ordain Women
A couple weeks ago, I flew to Salt Lake City to attend the all-male priesthood session of the General Conference... -
80 Psaltery & Lyre: Deja Earley, “And I Remember He’s My Father”
“I’m Mormon, and as such, long / to scrub babies in sinks, / deliver vegetable casseroles to wakes, / find... -
Equality is not a Feeling, 3.0
Here’s another installment in my series, Equality is not a Feeling–in which I am trying to illustrate, visually, numerous ways... -
Eshet Chayil
Earlier this year, I read Rachel Held Evans’s book A Year of Biblical Womanhood and hosted a Mormon Stories Book... -
An Economic Perspective on Female Ordination
Today’s guest post is by S. Mark Barnes, an attorney and a university law and economics instructor. He served a... -
Equality is Not a Feeling, 2.0
I have “equality” on the brain these days. What does it mean? What does it look like? How... -
Ordain Mormon Women
Doves and Serpents just received word that the fantabulous Cate has penned a song for the women (and men) of... -
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... -
Ride/Walk to the Tokyo Temple
Okay, so I’m a bit behind on this ride/walk to church that I’ve been meaning to do since we got... -
June: A Tough Pull
The June lesson line-up for the Young Women and Young Men of the church is a tough pull. First, 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... -
Parenthood Juggle: Academic Freedom
During these first few years of adjuncting and mothering, my favorite time of day was the afternoon nap. Both of... -
Parenthood Juggle: “The Smart Girl”
In my family, we were taught that education was the most important thing to pursue. My parents did not complete... -
Ride to Church in Antigua, Guatemala
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Emily (a “veteran” Ride to Church-er). In an interesting twist of life,... -
Parenthood Juggle: Musings on Gender Roles in Mormonism
So if you’re a stay at home dad, awesome. I salute you as a brother. If you’re a... -
Parenthood Juggle: Figuring It Out As You Go Along
How have we taken care of our little ones? The first year of my son’s life was a complicated,... -
Parenthood Juggle: A Crooked and Twisting Path
And this is where I am now. I work part-time in my son’s school and next year our youngest will... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Pantsgate 2012: There Is Room Enough for All of Us
There is room enough in Christ for all of us. -
Heather Wears Pants
I was pregnant with Stuart, my third (and last) child when I decided I wanted to get a Ph.D. ... -
Friendless in East Texas
I was born and raised in East Texas and have spent most of my adult life living here or Louisiana.... -
Three Things
We have two children together, ages 4 and 7, and they spend most of their time with me. Except... -
Single Experiences: I, Me, Who is That? Identity and Emancipation as a Single Mormon
Occasionally older married folks attempt to throw lifesavers, but their attempts at rescue simply don’t work, because the reality is,... -
An Outsider’s View of the US Election
Today’s guest post comes to us from Geoff in Australia. Many Americans live in isolation from the world because your... -
Though Hard to you, this Journey may Appear. . ..
Today’s guest post is written by Marilyn Mehr. One year ago today, I stood on the steps of the Bronx... -
Why This Mormon Woman is Voting for Barack Obama
Today’s guest post comes to us from Karin Olson of Huntsville, Texas. Yesterday I cast my vote for Barack Obama... -
Single Experiences: Cost-Benefit Analysis from a Single Gay Mormon
Of course, there is a third way, which is to stay single and celibate forever. Here again, I’m fulfilling my... -
Richard Dawkins, you’re an ass. Brandon Flowers, you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
When we hear that a belief is ridiculous, the first thing we should ask ourselves is: ridiculous to whom? -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Sacred Artifacts and Rituals
I’m a faithful skeptic, a doubting believer; this is why these spiritual experiences were so unexpected. -
Ride to Church (History Sites in Palmyra, New York)
In June, we took a family vacation to New York. We spent 6 days in New York City and... -
37 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The 1800s Called
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Teaching Sex: It Seemed Terrifying
When dating I thoroughly enjoyed cuddling, holding hands, and kissing. I felt guilty for just how much I enjoyed kissing... -
35 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: A Visit to the Grandin Printing Shop on E. Main
I’m in the Grandin Printing Shop on E. Main in Palmyra. An affable guide is doing his best to impose... -
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... -
Ride to Pride
Today’s Ride to Pride is a slideshow of pictures from last week’s Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, UT in... -
Teaching Sex: On Reframing Negative Assumptions
It’s time to get rid of the “sin next to murder” rhetoric: a closer reading of the text in Alma... -
Teaching Sex: Two Tables?
He walked forward and thrust in his hand. He pulled it back out to reveal . . . the centerfold... -
Sunday Morning
Today’s guest post was originally published by Marion Jensen on his personal blog: The Open Author. Our gratitude to...