i was reading a post at times and seasons today and several people were commenting on how they believed that the war chapters were placed there for our own needs specifically saying that they thought they would come in handy in the next few years. apparently these folks are reading the book of mormon for military tactics. this strikes me as a particularly bad way to read it. few characters are ...
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as activities go i usually find reading the letters to the editor found in the daily universe both entertaining and educational. as an example in the most recent batch theyre on page 4 you will find two letters written in response to an earlier letter that expressed some form of disagreement with the churchs public stance on ssm. in both letters the obedience of the author of the original letter...
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just in case you didnt already read about this here here or here. call for papers more......
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this week brad amri and cynthia on the horrors of domestic violence the value of reality tv the fun of speculating about plural marriage and the sheer rapturous joy of mormon blogging. a fork and a frozen chicken. 30 days to wreck a train. so blessed seriously julies pm musings. brother husbands for brotherblah2.......
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a partial list of things the old testament teaches or suggests about sex marriage and relationships 1. kidnapping and rape are perfectly acceptable ways to find a wife. judges 21 1623 deut. 222829 2. dont underestimate the benefits of visiting prostitutes. joshua 2 3. use sex to get power. entire book of esther see discussion here. 4. women make yourselves sexually available to powerful m...
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this post started life as a comment at chino blancos tpmcafe blog. however the comment never cleared moderation there clear evidence of a conspiracy to keep mormons out of the discussion wacky technical glitch. given the conspiracy glitch i thought id post a slightly modified version of the comment here. in it i try to address jasons suggestion at tpmcafe that the churchs published statements a...
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this week steve and ronan dream dreams sever feet and peddle beer. feet. elder heyborne commits the unpardonable sin. i absolve me.......
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last month seth godin wrote a post that both illuminates and complicates the realities for mormon arts and culture. he outlines what he calls the passionpop curve make sure you click on the figure in the post to make it bigger so you can actually read it. the curves live on two axes the first is the number of userscustomersfans. the second relates to content and brand. one one end you have edgyob...
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bccs weekly romp through the best of the bloggernacle hosted this week by ronan amri and brad. posts belgian sabbath breaking. playing on your psp at the pub. huzzah 1978 stapley and petersen. outro portishead threads.......
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do you ever find yourself away from a computer with a lot of time on your handsa maybe your eyes are just tired from reading too much from the computer screen.a jott networks has just recently introduced a new service called jott feeds that allows any rss feed to be read to you over your phone.a its very simple sign up for a free account with jott. walk through the simple steps of adding an rss f...
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patricias excellent series of posts about her experiences with her daughter mattea over at ts have got me thinking again about ignorance and offense. i dont want to presume to compare patricias experiences which she rightly terms unbelievable with my own but i suspect all of us have experienced the hurt and frustration of blithely presumptuous wellmeaning driveby comments on our lives sometimes in...
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42 mothers milk stopping private pray captive flds children dot org dnd on g4 the creation argument america the beautiful orbital sacrament cyril of jerusalem child abuse in the name of child protection legality the dm of the rings inside the prison pot and kettle what the book of mormon says about the bible pg13 honest college ad monster mormons modern review of the bom dinosaur...
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the apple i the lies of texas are upon us free the innocent flds dont mess with texas the legal side oots 34 40 93 339 utah names chi ldlessness hearing underway jotto is fiction inherently immoral custody hearing day 1 economic policy for humans links from friday more on prank caller ha goth booo marriage ideals in islam king charlemagne in royal apparel i email the aclu three da...
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joseph smith the prophet not as good as libby except prohibition was good for bootleggers see here the hidden assumption military mormons emma smith i thought it was awesome. whats a mormon noahs flood negative probabilities ash countries are fake. body image not as tough as libby expect an extermination order soon jewish in modernity surprising fashion statements richards story mon...
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...ans no 605 views adventures in apostasy 508 views why i am not a disaffected mormon 377 views reflections on my first sunstone symposium 373 views rewriting my testimony rules 331 views top referrers timesandse asons.org mormonblog s.org asof tanswer.co m thanks to everyone who ever bothered to stop by burning bosom to check out our twocents on whatever random mormonrelated topics werea on our minds. hop...
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we were given this set by the primary a couple years ago and im sure they got the idea from somewhere else id give credit but i just dont know the original source. theyre plastic easter eggs with little props in them that go with scriptures. some of the scriptures in our set had typos and were a little garbled so ive been meaning to redo it and finally got around to it well use this tonight for ...
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let me be clear about a few things. first i have been diagnosed as a liberal mormon. second liberal mormonism has been discussed before in the bloggernacle with one site devoted entirely to it. third im not talking about politics. finally this means some mormons have problems with me. more......
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toys will be our downfall in perpetuum well written post about the absurd overpursuit of entertainment in our modern world. dwellings of prophets adventures in mormonism cites a great article from the salt lake tribune about the living arrangement president monson will inherit as the latest president of the lds church. not quite as glamorous as the vatican. enoch journeys in between any...
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here is a great game that ive played with my kids to help teach them the real meaning of easter that its about more than just the yellow peeps and cadbury eggs. follow the directions from the website time and seasons to play this fun egg game. we have fun every year opening these eggs and learning about jesus christ. it is a great family night activity. share this......
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a ts post today reminded me that a while back i went to the doc for depression.a he knew i was a medical student at the time and therefore knew all the screening questions and the answers that would land me the diagnosis.a our conversation was nice regardless and can kind of be summed up as so do you want some drugsa i decided to give it a shot.a truth is theres more to taking such a prescription ...
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hey all... while i havent been exactly the most prolific blogger of late i did start guest blogging over at the mormon blog times seasons this past week. ill post links here to whatever i throw up over there in case youre interestedthe marc of the beastrevisiting the church stance on immigration rockbottom losera sample of mormon donorsmormons and evolution missionary photos the secular as sacred...
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today there was a great post on times seasons about president becks talk at the last general conference called mothers who know and specifically focusing on how to make our homes as a temple. julie smith makes some good points about how we can integrate temple teachings into our home environment. but i also thought a comment from anita made an interesting point about how the temple can be a mode...
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not only do the graduation ceremonies of universities have interesting ritual qualities but the matriculation ceremonies do also. the commentor jonovitch on the times and seasons blog also made a reference to one of the opening scenes from the movie mona lisa smile. this scene is from a 1953 matriculation ceremony or a type of induction or initiation of wellesley college a conservative womens pr...
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