mormon Archive

Trek

Posted on July 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
Mormons all over the U.S. (and elsewhere, perhaps) gathered yesterday to celebrate Pioneer Day–commemorating the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. Our ward (= congregation) had a picnic and potluck […]
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A Mormon/Muslim wedding

Posted on July 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
I loved this article by Elna Baker, author of The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. It was published in O magazine in July 2011. A Mormon and a Muslim walk into a wedding . . . Have you been to a cross-cultural wedding?
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Heroic Aspirations, Gay Marriage, and the Mormon Church

Posted on February 23, 2011 | 73 Comments
This guest post is written by Brent D. Beal, whose marriage to Heather Olson Beal is not at all threatened by the idea of same-sex marriage. My name is Brent Beal. I’ve been married for eighteen years. My wife and I have three […]
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Blood of Eden – Part 1, Metaphor

Posted on February 8, 2011 | 3 Comments
Madame Curie engages with the Garden of Eden story over on Sapphic Soliloquies, exploring a role-reversal where Adam stands as a mother figure to Eve that came from his side. The myth of Adam and Eve has always seemed to me to be one of […]
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