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49: A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: What’s Real, Deconstructing John Dehlin, and My Thoughts on Religion, Part II
The first challenge is an exercise in epistemology; The second is an exercise in phenomenology. The first asks what is “true,” while the second focuses on what is “real.” -
Parenthood Juggle: I Never Had to Ask For Permission
My dad got teary with pride every time; my mom sported her corsage in the colors of whatever institution I was graduating from at the moment. -
52 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “There is a certain comfort”
“There is a certain peace / to feel your feet planted / in the place where they will stop / the hop skip jump of life . . . “ -
A Screed: Random Drug Testing for High School Students
I learned a painful civics lesson tonight: go to school board meetings. I went to a meeting tonight to sign a mandatory “consent” form that will allow my daughter to... -
48: A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: What’s Real, Deconstructing John Dehlin, and My Thoughts on Religion, Part I
I sometimes wonder, if given the opportunity, whether my 40-year-old self could talk any sense into my 19-year-old self. I don’t know the answer to that. -
I am the Law, and the Law is not Mocked
Last night I saw Les Miserables. Hugo’s work has endured because ideas and principles pulled from the story still apply today. This movie made me think. This movie made me... -
Parenthood Juggle: How I Became a (Mormon) Female Executive
When I was nine years old, I decided that the most important things to me were figuring out how the world worked, and developing true self-awareness (figuring out how I worked). ... -
Ride to Church in Parker, CO
Today’s snowy Ride to Church comes to us from Tiffany and Michael in Denver, CO: When I visited Denver for the first time one of the things that stood out... -
Thanks (but no thanks) for the Sabbath School
I’m halfhearted about Sunday School. Okay, less than half. I feel like a boy who’s been held back in, say, fourth grade. A year goes by, then two, then three,... -
Parenthood Juggle: Piano Lessons are Worth It
I didn’t yearn for a career. Sometimes it feels like—looking back—that I just fell into it. I was an excellent student in high school, but never felt like I knew... -
51 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, Two Poems
“She stood short of the ford, / dainty footed, silken kimono / splashed red against the mud and autumn dun.” -
Our Nonstandard Work: Falling in Love with the Old Testament
Ever since I took Steve Walker’s Bible as Literature class at BYU in the early 80s, I have been smitten with the Old Testament (OT). Here at D&S I’ll be starting a... -
Parenthood Juggle: Only One Body
If I’m honest, I was more ecstatically happy the day I found out I was accepted to school than the day I found out I was pregnant. -
Rain or Shine
When my then six year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six years ago, I heard someone close to me asking the question, “Why him? Why us? Why... -
Parenthood Juggle: I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
Now it’s time to stop waiting and get to work. -
50 Psaltery & Lyre: Ed Snow, “On Hearing ‘God Willing’ by the Dropkick Murphys for the First Time”
“Twelve Irishmen scream / from gastrointestinal pain, / thrash splintered guitars, / race headlong down dark stairs . . .” -
Parenthood juggle: A view from 50 years out…
My mother and I started school in 1965. I went off to 1st grade at our little town’s three room elementary school, and my mother went off to college, at... -
Parenthood Juggle: It Takes a Village…
Perhaps it was my cheerless state of mind that caused the tone of quiet desperation in The Feminine Mystique to stick with me -
Ride to Church in Montreal
Last month, my husband and I visited our son, who’s a PhD student at the University of Montreal. We’ve visited him twice now, and both times we’ve stayed the Pavilion... -
Parenthood Juggle: Of Dreams and Reality
When I was eighteen, I awoke from my beautiful dream with a harsh reality. I was going to be a mother. -
49 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “The Laying On of Hands”
“Tonight, in this chair / you bow your head / as if being crowned, / the tiara of my fingers / settling on your hair.” -
Parenthood Juggle: Full-time mom/part-time rocket scientist?
Only since September, when I participated in measuring the noise from a solid rocket motor, have I been able to claim the “rocket scientist” title, but it’s been almost 13... -
Our Favorite Mormons: Edwin Woolley, Outspoken Bishop of the 13th Ward
When once described as outspoken, Dorothy Parker quipped: “Outspoken … by whom?” When historians suggest that Edwin Woolley was an outspoken Mormon bishop, I have the same reply. If you... -
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Parenthood Juggle: Every Step Felt Necessary and Right
At the end of my senior year of college, I got married. My husband and I talked extensively about our hopes for the future. He wanted to go into teaching. ... -
48 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “The pivot”
“And would I not feel diminished / a little, were that plant to die? ~ / just as I sense concern to see / the leaves on three or four... -
Parenthood Juggle: Doing What I Was Meant to Do
When I was just a young girl, I remember my parents getting ready to go to the church to make posters about the ERA. I was happy to go along,... -
Parenthood Juggle: Twists and Turns
As I was graduating from BYU with my MBA I got a piece of advice from the assistant dean, herself a single mom whose husband left after she put him... -
Parenthood Juggle: “One Step Enough for Me”
The funny thing about planning the course of your life is that as much as you think you know what you want, you really have no idea. I decided to... -
Letter to a Missionary: On Questions and Faith
It’s possible that just as Christ was, as Christian theologians say, “Fully Human and Fully Divine,” so are our interactions with God. -
47 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Skull-locked”
“o quiet indweller / can we ever / know if you / be more / than skull-locked?” -
Parenthood Juggle: Because my Career Matters to Me
I had big plans as a young girl. I was going to help cure cancer. Or become a chemist. Or maybe a physicist. I made good marks in school, especially... -
Parenthood Juggle: Rice and Beans
I always knew that I would be a work-outside-the-home mom. The working part came first, as I trekked through college, grad school, med school, residency, and fellowship on my path... -
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Parenthood Juggle: Academic Freedom
During these first few years of adjuncting and mothering, my favorite time of day was the afternoon nap. Both of my babies took naps at the same time and sometimes... -
46 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “Ciggy”
“Smoldering and cold, my little cigarette, / empty and old, my little smoke stick.” -
Parenthood Juggle: “The Smart Girl”
In my family, we were taught that education was the most important thing to pursue. My parents did not complete their college degrees and always struggled to make ends meet.... -
Nearly True: A Thong Discovered in the Laundry
[This is a guest post from the man known to us as "Smooth Operator"] Recently I came across a Sweetheart Candy(T)–pink thong in the laundry. As I held it up,... -
Parenthood Juggle: Working-Mostly-at-Home-Mostly-for-Free Mom
After BYU graduation, I worked full-time, putting my husband through his last few months of classes and his internship, right up until my first baby came. Then I quit everything.... -
What We Talk About When We Talk About Culturally Constructed Holidays
Five out of six dentists agree that five out of the last six Valentine’s Days I’ve lived through have mostly sucked. The one in the middle was swell, though, since... -
Ride to Church in Antigua, Guatemala
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Emily (a “veteran” Ride to Church-er). In an interesting twist of life, I went on a mission trip with a group of... -
Parenthood Juggle: Musings on Gender Roles in Mormonism
So if you’re a stay at home dad, awesome. I salute you as a brother. If you’re a full time, cookie baking, stay at home Mom with a... -
45 Psaltery & Lyre: Poet Laureate Highlight
Do you know who the current Poet Laureate of Utah is? Watch this video! -
Morally “Straight”
I’ve been following the Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy . . . and then their almost-change-in-policy . . . and then their non-decision. The BSA suggested today that, “due... -
Parenthood Juggle: Picking Up Where the Other One Leaves Off
We make this work for us, and appreciate that it is a balancing act. Since we did it this way, I was able to breastfeed and mother my very little... -
Parenthood Juggle: F**k
Truth is, I don’t know. The past is set and I can’t change it. All I can do is look at where I am right now and move forward from... -
‘Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love
-Submitted by Michael Hicks I got choked up when I played that sacrament song today. It takes awhile to explain why. But please stay with me as I try. Our... -
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One Word
I am a recovering perfectionist wannabe. Sometimes when I think about who I used to be, I marvel that I could have gotten so flustered about so many things, but... -
Ride to Mosque in Istanbul
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from Michael Nielsen (a Ride to Church veteran: see here). Michael writes: We spent this Christmas in Istanbul, visiting our friend Metin who...