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Grondahl19FPRfeaturedimage Grondahl 19 Sorry for the lag in posts. It’s been a lousy few weeks at my house the last month or so.  Here’s the cover of Faith Promoting Rumors in all its orange glory. I decided it was worth seeing even with the stain on the left…
side by side On immodest angels . . . I’m not a fan of censorship.  Don’t even get me started on book banning.  So when I saw these two pictures side by side, my censorship flag went up!  The image on the left is “The Resurrection” (1873) by Carl Heinrich Bloch.  What a beautiful…
George A Banner Our Favorite Mormons: “Man-Who-Takes-Himself-Apart” Generally, we’ll try to avoid showcasing General Authorities of the LDS Church as a part of this series, not because GAs are not our favorite Mormons, but because we like to celebrate lesser-known LDS figures, the rank and file members, the common Mormon.  Today, however,…
  • babysitter wanted4May 13, 2012

    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...
  • Stacks4May 11, 2012

    Staff Stacks

    What we’re into now.
  • gun safety8May 9, 2012

    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.)...
  • Dies Irae2May 7, 2012

    Sanctus

    It’s the blessings in life, not in self, that they mean to express.
  • 1085026May 7, 2012

    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...
  • 100_21140May 6, 2012

    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...
  • davidfosterwallace2May 5, 2012

    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.
  • mallet17May 4, 2012

    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...
  • IMG_01833May 2, 2012

    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...
  • OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA8May 1, 2012

    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...
  • Grondahl18stillburntfeaturedimage0May 1, 2012

    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.
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