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To my Children’s Other-Mothers
Mother’s Day is not my favorite for a number of reasons. Sometimes I wish that Mother’s Day meant I could hole up in my bedroom in my PJs, a couple good books, and a continuous...Staff Stacks
What we’re into now.Better Safe than Sorry
Last week our little town had a kerfuffle (although some would say it was much more than a kerfuffle). Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together. (Please recall that I’m not an investigative journalist.)...Sanctus
It’s the blessings in life, not in self, that they mean to express.Mutual Improvement Associations: Moving Day
This is the first of at least four pieces in a Sanctuary series — Mutual Improvement Associations — wherein I try to describe the bonds that exist between members of the church/a ward. Being a...Jog to Churches in Vancouver, BC
In late April, I went to Vancouver, BC for a work conference. As I was packing, I briefly considered NOT taking my running clothes (because they definitely take up room), but decided if I brought...
29 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: David Foster Wallace, Cement Mixers, and Mormonism
We get to grapple with our own spiritual ineptness, sling it over our shoulders, cart it home, and store it under our beds.Sunday takes a mallet to my head
Usually a very confident person, I avoided their eyes, smiled at their foreheads, and slunk behind the piano. The chorister introduced two visitors and announced that we would be singing a welcome song. I didn’t...Stuart, Swimming Upstream
Two dumb things happened to Stuart this week. Exhibit A: Stuart and Marin participated in a dance competition in Dallas (3+ hours away). [Brent took the kids because I was out of town for the...Our Favorite Mormons: Alice Louise Reynolds, Our Absent-Minded Professor
If you haven’t met her, I’d like to introduce you to Alice Louise Reynolds, a “founder” of The Lord’s University, a beloved BYU professor and one of our favorite Mormons. It is estimated that Reynolds...Grondahl 18
For other cartoons in this series, click here. This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation and Calvin Grondahl.