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The real test of love is not if we can love and appreciate people who agree with us…but if we can honor and respect people who don’t.
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[This is me sighing.] I’ve written a few times here about modesty. Some might think I sound like a broken record. There is some truth to that claim. However, in...
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This is a guest post by Mark B (aka, Mark Mighty And Strong) about an early Mormon feminist and her husband, who is the most effective Mormon missionary you’ve never...
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Groups like Evergreen International only practice science when it’s convenient. Like my grandma, when presented with contradictory evidence, they simply turn off the TV, insisting that their answer is...
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A Mormon in the Cheap Seats blog post referenced an email exchange between Rob Lauer and David C. Pruden, the director of Evergreen International, Inc. (http://evergreeninternational.org/, http://www.thessavoice.com/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_International). The entire exchange appears...
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Aah, yes, the “don’t sweat the small stuff” argument. It’s as familiar as Wonder bread in a sacrament tray.
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If we approach the question of sex from the perspective that it is our responsibility as parents to teach our kids how TO HAVE sex, how does that change things?
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I’m nearly 20 years removed from the dating scene, so it goes without saying that I do not have my finger on the pulse of the dating world these days. ...
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My son is a bit of a puppy dog, though more bounding Great Dane than docile lap dog. He is tall with shaggy-ish hair and size nearly-9 feet and a...
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Grondahl explains the wing issue. 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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Harvard Business School has its issues, as does any organization. But I believe that its values of openness, tentativeness, intellectual honesty, democratic knowledge, and informed dissent are indeed worthy...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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What we’re into now.
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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...
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It’s the blessings in life, not in self, that they mean to express.
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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...
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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),...
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We get to grapple with our own spiritual ineptness, sling it over our shoulders, cart it home, and store it under our beds.
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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.
