Mormon Culture
Is John going down?
John Dehlin has posted an update to his discussions with his Stake President. The stake president has asked John several things in regards to his Mormon Stories and Facebook groups. There is one item that John has agreed to do. He was asked to “Resign my status as an ordained minister in another faith” (I signed up […]
Does Pres Monson Have Dementia?
I was listening to John Dehlin’s interview of Kate Kelly this past week, and they brought up an interesting point that I wanted to discuss more openly. In the last 5 minutes of part 2, John, “Some people are speculating that there’s a power vacuum in the Church right now, that….” Kate Kelly interrupts, “Some people […]
Thoughts on Sunstone, MHA, and FAIR
From Thursday to Saturday is the Sunstone Conference in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah, and here is the conference program. Sunstone, Mormon History Association, and the FAIR Conference have always been very interesting to me because it is a time to get more serious discussions that you get in Sunday School. As […]
The Frustration of Temple Symbolism
I’ve really enjoyed the past few posts by Guy Templeton over at Wheat and Tares regarding some topics of the temple. I’ve also enjoyed the interactions with Jettboy and Forgetting here at by blog. Guy has discussed temple symbolism. I have expressed frustration at this symbolism, because to me it seems just like a puzzle […]
Female Priesthood would Require Changes in the Temple Ceremony
There is an interesting post over at Wheat and Tares by Guy Templeton. He first asks about whether female temple workers hold priesthood, writing In nearly all blessings and ordinances, priesthood members perform the blessing or ordinance under the “authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood.” I noticed recently at the temple that the ordinances are performed […]
Parker on Excommunication
Natasha Parker, who blogs at the Mormon Therapist has written several Facebook posts that I think are spot on.
Kirby on Kate
I stayed up really late trying to find out what would happen to Kate Kelly, and now we’re told that a decision will come Monday or Tuesday. Hmmm, I need a humor break. So here are some of Robert Kirby’s words from the Salt Lake Tribune.
San Antonio MHA 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed MHA 2014 here in San Antonio, and getting to meet some other bloggers like Clean Cut and Matt W from New Cool Thang. I didn’t live blog MHA like Kevin Barney did at By Common Consent, but thought I’d give a “quick” recap of the happenings there. (Kevin and I obviously overlapped […]
Alternative Feminist Approaches to Ordain Women—Part 2
Here is Part 2 of the Mormon Stories podcast from John Dehlin, Margaret Young, Fiona Givens, Maxine Hanks, and Neylan McBaine. This comes from episode 444 posted on 10/16/2013. The transcript to Part 1 is found here. Maxine, “It really is. Fiona and I are on the same wavelength in many ways. We both have […]
Mormon Heretic 