Men, Sex, and Modesty
The following are a few thoughts about discourses involving sex, modesty, and power in the LDS universe, obviously from a male perspective. That part is important. Here, I want to write as...
View ArticleHighlights from Upcoming Papers of the 2013 Sunstone Salt Lake Symposium
HIGHLIGHTS FROM UPCOMING PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE 2013 SUNSTONE SALT LAKE SYMPOSIUM, JULY 31-AUGUST 3, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH STUDENT UNION SALT LAKE CITY (Mormon Newswire) In the tradition of...
View ArticleGospel Doctrine Lesson 27: “They Must Needs Be Chastened and Tried, Even as...
Notes, commentary, and questions for LDS Sunday School teachers using the ‘Doctrine & Covenants and Church History’ manual. Feel free to share your thoughts or ideas regarding the lesson in the...
View ArticleOn Privileged Bodies: Men, the Weight of the World, and Their Stories
Originally posted at Letters from the Vineyard. When Hannah Rosin writes about the “end of men,” it’s not hard to use her literary assist to conclude that the writing is on the wall for how men...
View ArticleI’m More Than Just Another Pretty Stone
A Seer Stone [Cross Posted from Mormentum] Even though I retired quite a long time ago, I’ve gotten a lot of attention recently. I’ve heard it all before–you’re impossibly smooth,...
View ArticleBehold, Your Little Ones
[Cross-posted from Letters from the Vineyard] We set great wreaths of brightness on the graves of the passionate who required tribute of hot July flowers— for you, O brittle-hearted, we bring offering...
View ArticleOn the CES Letter
A handful of people have asked me over the last few months about the infamous CES Letter, which is purportedly responsible for assisting thousands of people to leave the LDS Church. What do I think...
View Article4 Poems For Mourning
“This Wounded Geometry” What is this wounded geometry circumscribing the earth? This scarred ecology? This shattered geography? This grieving anthropology? This biology of barrenness, encircled by...
View ArticleScrooge and Marley
The first film adaptation of A Christmas Carol was a 1901 British silent film entitled, Scrooge; or, Marley’s Ghost. The film’s director, Walter R. Booth, based the film largely on the playwright J.C....
View ArticleThe Struggle for Goodness, Truth, and Belonging in a Haunted Age
Contents Part One: Ecclesial Secularism, New Atheism, and the Supposed Impossibility of Religious Moderate 1.1 Ecclesial Secularism 1.2 New Atheism 1.3 The Impossible...
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