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- Battle Hymn of My Mormon Mother
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47 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: A Faith like Mine
I now admit, somewhat sheepishly, that one of the reasons I voted for Obama is because of his religious beliefs. -
Encounters: Collapsing Inside
Driving by the cemetery that day, I happened to look right and saw an older man with unkempt hair sitting on a bench outside a gravestone store across from the... -
Grondahl Restored 46
If you’d like to see other cartoons in this series go to http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/category/columns/grondahl-restored/ This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl. -
33 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Aesthetics Seminar as the Last Supper”
” . . . seconds when we believed our little thoughts / were stars pricking through a black canopy. / Stars we thought we could sail by to some new... -
Put on Your Pants Uke Song
Every movement needs music. This is a great start. -
Pantsgate 2012: There Is Room Enough for All of Us
There is room enough in Christ for all of us. -
46 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Girls Can Change the World
We’re not just losing the voice of someone who would say the same things as everybody else in the conversation. -
Heather Wears Pants
I was pregnant with Stuart, my third (and last) child when I decided I wanted to get a Ph.D. By the time he was three months old, I had already... -
32 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “Soft”
“The doctrine is an egg / in its shell / I can’t swallow / God . . . “ -
Encounters: The Power of Empathy
“I found out that there is a point where you might as well be literally drowning in rising water, instead of disconnection bills. And when your kids are hungry, you... -
45 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Pants-Wearing Women Running Wild
That, my friends, is how you maintain a cultural norm, and in that context, press releases telling women they can decide for themselves what to wear are meaningless. -
Friendless in East Texas
I was born and raised in East Texas and have spent most of my adult life living here or Louisiana. But my parents are originally from California, which means that... -
Encounters: We Are All Beggars
When we see physical need in others, it is merely an external manifestation of an inner need we all carry. -
Grondahl Restored 45
If you’d like to see other cartoons in this series go to http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/category/columns/grondahl-restored/ This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl. -
The Church and Homosexuality
I hope that, despite our setbacks, the Church will truly listen to its LGBT members and begin to loosen the reins that it has proverbially set upon our backs for... -
Now is the Time
And I hope that all of you who have suffered, if you need to sit it out, that you can begin to find solace from afar, if that’s what you... -
31 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Jesus Is Coming Back”
“He is walking home from the church in our skulls / knocking the halo from his head . . .” -
Encounters: I Passed By
I was enjoying the beautiful evening as I crossed the Maeser quad, and I heard her before I saw her. I had to look around for the source of the... -
Guest Post Invitation: Encounters
So throughout this busy month, we here at Doves and Serpents would like to share some stories of what we’re calling encounters–moments or exchanges with people, whether strangers, family members,... -
Worshipping in Exile
How do I worship in Exile? -
Grondahl Restored 44
If you’d like to see other cartoons in this series go to http://www.dovesandserpents.org/wp/category/columns/grondahl-restored/ This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl. -
Words, Words, Words
Earlier this week, someone I didn’t know, someone I’ve never met, just a woman in pain, mistakenly thought I had taken something of hers, or rather, someone of hers. In... -
30 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “Recantation”
“A wickedness presses / in my breast. I cannot / pluck it out. It is a rolled up / Torah scroll I cannot read.” -
Fish Out of Water
I’m terrified of this new dating scene because everyone is filled with experience and knowledge that I lack. -
Three Things
We have two children together, ages 4 and 7, and they spend most of their time with me. Except for when I was attending the singles ward. -
Grondahl Restored 43
This cartoon, as always, is posted with the kind permission of The Sunstone Foundation, the publisher, and Calvin Grondahl. -
29 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Cleaning our keyboard”
“It’s weird how we erode. / In the valleys, shed pieces of me / fell from busy fingertips and mingled / with cracker crumbs, bacon bits, / stranded grains of... -
Soul to Soul Foundation: Supportive Networking for Effective Mental Health Care
Today’s guest post comes to us from Michelle and Cami, who recently launched Soul to Soul Foundation, an organization committed to assisting people suffering directly and indirectly from mental illness.... -
28 Psaltery & Lyre: Kris Bluth, “Truth of Consequences”
“She called me at 11:00 on / Saturday night and asked if / I could have sex with her.” -
Random Snippets From My Own Feminist Journey OR A Few Things I Learned About Being a Woman
Around that time, I also got it into my head that I would like to be President of the United States when I grew up. I sent multiple letters to... -
Nearly True: Man Reading Moran Uncovers Repressed Grooming Memory
Since I had no idea what she was talking about, I assumed her question had to do with fine-tuning the performance of our new house cleaning service by paying for... -
There you are
How old were you when you last felt completely like yourself without checking in with the rest of the world to see if you were “acceptable”? -
27 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “it starts”
Angela Felsted is a musician, poet, and nature lover. Her work has appeared in issue fifteen of Drown in Your Own Fears, in Chantarelle’s Notebook, and on her blog. -
I Don’t Know What to do With my Breasts! And I Think I’ve Experienced Some Sexism
Although it would take a lot more life experience for the lesson to sink in, it was important to have a sense at a young age that I wouldn’t settle... -
“I Hate the Feminists”
I wish 17-year-old me could’ve had a good chat with Caitlin Moran. Perhaps Moran could’ve helped me realize that feminists are on my side, not something scary and Other. -
I Am a (Mormon?) Feminist
My first official introduction to feminism came in an undergraduate class on Feminist Theory at BYU (an idea that now makes me chuckle, it seems like such an oxymoron). -
I’d Rather Pretend I Don’t Have One
Some parts of How to Be a Woman are so funny, they left me in bed, shrieking with laughter. I’m talking about legs sticking up the air, writhing in... -
26 Psaltery & Lyre: Kris Bluth, “What’s Playing on God’s iPod?”
“Falling snow without wind . . .” -
Dudes–How To Be A Woman is a Must-Read!
Feminism can, and should, be explained in a way to men that is not only understandable, but also sympathetic, without making them feel like complicit conspirators in the patriarchal society... -
How to Be a Woman Week
So, here it is, The D&S How to Be a Woman Week, wherein we’ll be discussing our favorite parts of the book and that scariest of all F-words — feminism -
Single Experiences: From Bad to Worse to Epiphany
His name tag said “Ask me about: TAYLOR GUITARS”. Mine said “Ask me about: THE BAND SPOON”, which no one did. Everyone in attendance was wearing an identical preprinted, personalized name... -
Who Voted for Obama? 15 Minutes on Google
Time Limit: 15 minutes (11/9/2012)Tools: Google Voters with at least a college degree—40% of all likely voters—voted for Obama (47% to 39%). 1/3 of voters have an active passport. ... -
Single Experiences: I, Me, Who is That? Identity and Emancipation as a Single Mormon
Occasionally older married folks attempt to throw lifesavers, but their attempts at rescue simply don’t work, because the reality is, we are not drowning. We are not invalids. ... -
25 Psaltery & Lyre: Ed Snow, “By the Relish”
By the relish apparent in the eyes of patrons at Bottega’s pearl café, I expect to see, barely in disguise, a celebrity alight this bright day. . . -
Our Favorite Mormons Show: Empty Chair Without Jon Huntsman
Ed: Um, hi! Welcome to the … um … “Our Favorite Mormons Show.” I’m Ed … and, my guest today is … one of the … greatest musicians, I mean... -
24 Psaltery & Lyre: Kris Bluth, Two Poems
“he likes to say that our heavenly mother is so sacred we shouldn’t even talk about her . . .” -
44 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Mormonism, Utah and Equal Opportunity
Utah is a state where, if you’re poor, your neighbors will bake you cookies, and then cheerfully go the ballot box and vote to take away any hope of your... -
An Outsider’s View of the US Election
Today’s guest post comes to us from Geoff in Australia. Many Americans live in isolation from the world because your media does not cover stories from the rest of the... -
Grondahl Restored 42
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. -
What Teaching Argument Taught Me About Talking Politics
Although I fancy myself an amateur city planner with dreams of working in the professional back-up dancer field, I actually spend ten months of each year teaching writing for a...
