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Archive for September, 2012
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Iraq, Integrity, and Anti-malarials
This guest post comes to us today from Nik Rasheta. In January 2003 I was deployed to the Middle East for Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was going to war. One... -
Grondahl Restored 38
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. -
Leaving The Paved Road
I have a seemingly insignificant memory from my early teenage years of walking through the grocery store and spying the front cover of TEEN magazine with Lindsay Lohan on the... -
17 Psaltery & Lyre: Sarah Dunster, “Recovery”
“You’ve kissed a / wolf before; his black lips curled . . .” -
I’m Hanging On . . .
A high school friend recently messaged me to say that—after reading my Facebook posts and my blog posts (as well as other Doves and Serpents posts)—she wondered why I stay... -
Mutual Improvement Associations: Pinewood Derby
Here is an example of just how swell my post-divorce home teachers were. During one Sunday afternoon visit, they asked for and each ate a large bowl of spaghetti and... -
Grondahl Restored 37
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. -
Diversify your Spiritual Identity Portfolio
Today’s guest post comes to us from Nik Rasheta: About a year ago I read a book that helped me gain some needed insight in order to survive my career... -
16 Psaltery & Lyre: M. Brett Gaffney, “Communion”
M. Brett Gaffney graduated with a BA in English from Stephen F. Austin University and is currently pursuing an MFA in poetry at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. -
Don’t You Want Muffins?
I was born with a seemingly infinite number of machine parts in my head – springs and sprockets and gears and levers and wires and nuts and bolts. They were... -
Driver’s Ed
Our oldest daughter is approaching the magical age of 16. When I was her age, I took a semester-long course at school during which we learned all the rules and... -
40 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: “A Public Meeting, or Feast”
Brigham Young later removed this passage. A combined wedding and sealing, apparently, had certain operational advantages when it came to keeping early polygamous marriages a secret. -
Choosing Faith in the Face of Doubt
The truth is that some things will hurt and be difficult. The truth is that some questions will never be fully resolved. Part of a mature faith is... -
Ride to Holy Places in Sarnath and Varnasi, India
Today’s amazing Ride to Church comes to us from Angela Clayton and Ken Clayton (who took the stunning pictures). Angie writes: “Varanasi is considered a holy city by Hindus (as... -
Richard Dawkins, you’re an ass. Brandon Flowers, you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
When we hear that a belief is ridiculous, the first thing we should ask ourselves is: ridiculous to whom? -
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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. -
15 Psaltery & Lyre: Christine Butterworth-McDermott, “Holding Anna”
Christine Butterworth-McDermott is an associate professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she teaches creative writing, fairy tales, and act as the poetry editor of REAL: Regarding... -
Unyielding: It’s How We Operate
During my ex-boyfriend’s honeymoon, I sent him a dozen red roses, along with three singing telegrams, which I had delivered three days in a row. The girl paid to sing... -
A Record Keeping People
For me, writing both requires that I feel centered within myself as well as helps me to get to that centered place. It’s almost a form of meditation. -
Shielding Children from our Emotions
I’ve read some really sad things lately and have been experiencing some of my own sad moments (hey, I’m 39, so it’s time, no?), so I’ve been thinking a good... -
Walk to the World Trade Center Memorial Site
Today’s installment of our Ride to Church feature that we usually run on Sundays is a Walk to the World Trade Center Memorial site, which my family visited in June... -
Powerful
Where does your head go when you want to channel some power? -
Guest Post Invitation: Single Experiences
We want to hear your personal stories about why there is less than a perfect fit between your spiritual needs and what the church offers. -
Ride to Church in Silver Gate, Montana
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Carole (who has also graciously shared her Rides to Church in Avon and Paradise, Utah and a last Ride to Church in... -
“Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself!”
I learned this saying a number of years ago after I’d burned bridges with half of my family, lost a close friend, and found myself kneeling by the bed, pleading... -
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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. -
The Pillars of Love, Part 1: Authenticity
To be pure, love must be authentic. This is much more than saying that love must be authentically felt. What I mean is that pure love must come... -
Confronting the “Fine Tuning” Argument
Given a pragmatic view of science, fine tuning ceases to be a problem. Scientific models are remarkable, but human, efforts at reverse-engineering the universe. We can’t expect them to be... -
14 Psaltery & Lyre: Christine Butterworth-McDermott, “Wedding Cake”
Christine Butterworth-McDermott is an associate professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she teaches creative writing, fairy tales, and act as the poetry editor of REAL: Regarding... -
Hankerin’ for a Spankerin’
I would like to preface this story with the statement that I love both my parents deeply. In my home growing up, Mom was the disciplinarian. Dad worked graveyard shift... -
To Read or Not to Read (Your Teenager’s Private Business)
When I was a teenager, I kept a journal. I wrote in it a lot. I sometimes worried about my parents reading it, so I hid it—in various places, to... -
A Whole Lot of Craziness
It’s funny how one story can take on different meanings, reveal different themes, and speak to us in new ways depending on who we are during the time of reading.... -
Grondahl Restored 32
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.
