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Whilst I have lived in England I have been struck by the cross pollination of many musical genres under the guise of indie. What is indie? It’s exactly what it...
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If only we could work out what Elder Uchtdorf was thinking about… aha!
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For three-year-old Wally, the cast had been a nuisance standing between him and a pirate ship in the bathtub, an everyday accessory of his favorite color, and a hindrance to...
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Real. It’s one of my favorite four letter words. I can’t think of any better criteria for a friend — just be real. Satya is the Sanskrit word for truthfulness....
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A ‘High Dynamic Range’ vision of Limes, grass and sky.
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Some films leave you with a feeling that you have experienced something solid and illuminating that will stay with you. A Christmas Tale (released in 2008), with its...
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‘The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.’ -Mahatma Ghandi
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“Nobody means what they say on Thanksgiving, Mom. That’s what the holiday is all about. Torture.” — Claudia I know I’m not supposed to talk about movies on Knit Together....
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My iTunes library is an autobiography of all my relationships. There is the musical theater from my parents, the Tori Amos and Ani DiFranco from one of my oldest...
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I thought about God asking me the same question one day and decided I don’t want to be left offering excuses about why I didn’t follow up on my dreams...
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A friend of mine recently said, “None of us gets the luxury of being independent of our context.” As much as I try not to be a victim to my...
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Birthdays are a natural time to put one’s current moment into the perspective of history. This past week I’m realizing just how much history has slipped by in so little time. I...
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What does it mean to be a woman?
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We try to equalize as much as possible, because I know that’s how God sees us. There is not a difference in God’s eyes. And you’d be surprised...
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Tommy’s always been a one for cheerful status updates.
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“Aren’t you afraid you’re going to turn him gay?” I’ve been asked this question many times. The first few times, I was speechless (which pretty much never happens to me)....
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This meditative novel is an examination of faith, humanity and the unbearable beauty of everyday life; it is impossible to overstate the spare, lyrical beauty of Robinson’s prose or the...
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Elijah Abel sees something unexpected on Brigham’s ‘feed’…
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I’ve come to believe I must be half Mormon-girl, half rebel. I’m a sucker for a theme, a central idea to focus my efforts, yet the traditional “charity never faileth”...
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“Confess your hidden faults. Approach what you find repulsive. Help those you think you cannot help. Anything you are attached to, let it go. Go to the places that scare...
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The opposite of life is not death, rather never knowing. Yet knowledge has been called a forbidden fruit and a poison … the root of all evil … a bitter...
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We all occasionally construct protective layers around our emotions, convinced that forgetting will negate the trouble of pain, the complications of connecting. But is that how we want to live?
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It’s an apostle. It’s a vegetable. It’s a heavenly combination!
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Departing from the standard brief personal essay, today I’d like to introduce you all to my friend Allison Mitchell, founder and Executive Director of Lazarus Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia. On...
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But when you have three kids who all have to be in three different places at the same time, the babysitter plus me still doesn’t cut it. I often...
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You cannot try to be awesome, you must be awesome….that is the law of awesome
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William Law is ‘linking’ to the Expositor.
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Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good,...
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1. Don’t believe everything you think. Putting aside all past conditioning – if that’s even possible — ask yourself, “Who am I?” At the core of your human experience, who...
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Everything I have learned about God is written in a book. In fact, it’s difficult to imagine how my worldview might differ had certain ideas not been memorialized, glorified, and...
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Leisure time for the Prez.
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Friedkin’s film is trying to tell us this: decay, ugliness, suffering and evil exist. And they’re not just someone else’s problem.
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These photographs were taken by Amanda Mixon, who is currently studying for an MA in English at Texas State University.
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I was pleased to have given away my fourth lunch, but in retelling the story, I began having doubts. Was this person scamming people?
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Orson Hyde is goin’ on a mission.
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I took a course as a Ph.D. student called “Engendering Curriculum History.” I was 30-something, had three kids (ages 0, 3, and 6), and fancied myself a good feminist (although...
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This photograph was taken by our very own O’Q, whose combination of High Dynamic Range photography with the depth of colour in this image express a both vast and intense...
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Personally, I’m a sucker for these lists. I seem to be constitutionally incapable of resisting them, even though they’re hardly ever revelatory.
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Lorenzo and GBH have crossed wires! :s
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To a recovering claustrophobic , the crowds that day at the national mall were intense, a sea of people so wide you couldn’t see an end to it. Estimates have...
