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I have remarked more than once that Mormons are often able to juggle contradictory ideas without, apparently, even being aware of the internal tensions. . . .
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We bought a new (to us) house in March and thus had to pack up all of our belongings. While unpacking, I discovered an old disposable camera and had no...
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This is a pretty tired subject, I realize. I’m a professor in a teacher education program, so we talk about No Child Left Behind and its consequences a good bit. ...
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Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Carole, who documented the last Sunday meetings were held in the LDS chapel in Paradise. The original part of this building was...
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There are ideals that can point us toward a more enlightened way of being and behaving, but there is no gospel that exists in perfect form outside our lived experience....
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Sometimes, in our pursuit of service, we are asked to do strange things. Today’s guest post from Terry chronicles one such act of service. One night on my mission, my...
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Stealing a line from my high school friend, Jeremy, who posted this video gem on Facebook today, along with this status update: “We’ve officially jumped the shark as a society.”...
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CLEANFLIX raises provocative questions about censorship and consumer rights as well as Mormon approaches to art and sex. . . .
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Doves & Serpents is initiating a new feature we call “Our Favorite Mormons.” Consider it a biographical and uncorrelated version of Mormon.org, where we will tell the stories of Latter-day...
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Lately, I have been spending a portion of nearly every evening stargazing in my backyard. There is a beautiful quality of light that graces the Texas sky come 8 p.m....
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Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Alex in Bowling Green, Ohio. Alex writes: “My Ride to Church is to the Unitarian Universalist church in Bowling Green, Ohio. My...
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One of my (many) favorites: 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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Many Mormons (adults included) don’t watch R-rated movies. The oft-cited rationale is that once you see those images (“those images” = depictions of violence or sexuality), you’ll never get them...
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What was the line Adrian used to quote? ‘History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.’
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We had a beautiful Easter weekend that included a blissful day of cousin-ing with two out of my three siblings (we definitely missed our oldest sister and her gang!) and...
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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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Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Elissa in Staffordshire, England. Elissa writes: Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England; about midway between Manchester and Birmingham. It’s part...
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As parents, what do we value more from our four-year-olds? A paint-by-the-numbers portrait identical to what’s on the box, or a free-spirited “look, Mom, this is you and Dad...
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I’ll walk around for a while, mesmerized by scale and luster of it, and then I’ll remember that the development—everything, including the fountains, the retractable roof, and $20k Rolexes—are a...
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I’ve been thinking lately about how interesting it is that Mormon church leaders place such high priority on getting married and having children. I mean, if you’re a Mormon girl,...
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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. Sorry about the quality of this image. My copy of this...
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Here’s a twist on our usual Ride to Church. These pictures were taken at a nearby drive-thru animal safari by Rhonda Nasuta Swanson, an amazing photographer. You can see more...
