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Conflict over Baby Names
Once my sister gathered all of us siblings around a table and pronounced that we were going to decide on the spot who gets dibs on various names for our upcoming babies. By “upcoming,” I mean...
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A Chieko Okazaki Sharing Time Lesson
Continuing with the theme of how awesome I am at my callings, I thought I would share one of the more successful Sharing Time lessons I’ve done in my current calling in the Primary presidency. The...
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James Adams, a Remarkable Mormon, and the Subject of a Remarkable Sermon....
This may be boring, but it has mass. Joseph Smith was an intensely loyal family man and that attachment was mirrored in Church structure. Family members played important roles in the LDS hierarchy. His...
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Elder Perry: World Religion vs. Religion of “The World”
Elder Perry’s talk reflects on his visit to the Colloquium on Marriage and Family held at the Vatican last November. This event gathered representatives of 14 different faiths—and as such, the...
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Of One Body: The State of Mormon Singledom
We’re pleased to promote this event planned by friends of the blog Sharon Harris and Matt Bowman (bios below), and featuring our own Kristine Haglund. This is not your regular singles conference. While...
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MHA Preview: Notes toward Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s Presidential Address
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has kindly shared with us a preview of her Presidential Address, “Runaway Wives 1840-60,” to be delivered next weekend at the Mormon History Association conference in Provo. In...
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Mormons in a Post-Obergefell World
A few thoughts I’ve had about living in a post-Obergefell world: The first thing: the decision, on a practical level, doesn’t change anything for most of us. It certainly doesn’t for me. And I don’t...
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The Psychology of the Good Samaritan
O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8). While attending a legal ethics seminar last Saturday, I...
View ArticleBuilding Zion. In Two Hours Per Week.
We’re weeks away from the end of the three-hour block. Implemented in 1980, the three-hour block was, in part, a response to the energy crisis, in part a recognition that as the church expanded, the...
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Let Love be Love
Nicole is a mother, feminist, and activist living in the Salt Lake Valley with her partner Kerstin and blended family of seven. She credits the women in her life for shaping her values and her hope...
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I’m terrified about having kids.
I just spent the holidays with family. I’ve been married a year. I’m approaching my mid-30s. And due to an unrelenting year at work, I’ve gained some weight. So perhaps unsurprisingly, the last few...
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The Meetinghouse and the Temple
Michael Haycock has a bachelor’s from Yale and a master’s in religion from Claremont Graduate University. He currently serves as the Ecumenical/Christian Life Coordinator at Georgetown. Views are, of...
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Parenting, faith and vomit
Rachel Allred lives in California and loves her husband, her two young kids, and ice cream (not necessarily in that order). She generally tries to make the world a more empathetic place. I read...
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On (Not) Blogging Through a Pandemic
Photo by CDC on Unsplash Monday starts my family’s fifth week of staying home (and fourth week under a formal stay-at-home order). Other than daily walks and occasional (rare) trips to the store to...
View ArticleResources for My Mixed Faith Marriage
Rachael lives in Arizona with her husband and three kiddos. They moved to the desert from the green hills of Virginia where she did a PhD in religious history and gender. Early in our marriage, my...
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