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In our congregation, we wanted to have images from the Christian tradition, while avoiding the literalistic / Romantic era of Anglo-Saxon Jesus paintings. We opted to reproduce the stained glass windows from Chartres Cathedral (one of the standout examples of Medieval Christian art and architecture...

These are interesting observations. I have read that one of the benefits of having two parents is that there is often a parallel of the sort you mention with yours, where one is tender and unconditionally loving while the other is about standards and expectations to be met. Both fill an important ro...

I tuned in briefly Saturday morning because I felt in need of some comfort and inspiration and . . . I couldn't take more than about 90 seconds of whoever-that-was droning on about what-ever-it-was (JS? Restoration?). I think at least a portion of the world is ripe for a prophet right now -- I guess...

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Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:57 am

What would you put on your list?

Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby!

Now that it has registered that GC is this weekend, I find myself really wondering if they will offer anything of value. I remember how eager I was for conference right after 9/11, hoping for inspired guidance -- and how deflated I was when we were basically told to just keep on as usual.

So there have been a lot of references to General Conference in recent posts, and I have been generally aware that it was coming up. But I'm counting it as a real milestone in my post-mormon journey that I didn't realize until a couple of minutes ago (when someone in another thread said "this weeken...

A private ex-Mormon women's group had this entry from one of its members yesterday: My husband is on a ward council Zoom meeting trying to figure out the magic sacrament rules. What if someone went to the church, blessed the sacrament, then people could come and pick up the blessed bread?.....no the...

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Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:21 am

(It makes me think of conditional probability distributions, but that's more geeking out than helping...)

I confess I have no idea what you're talking about . . .

This photo fills me with awe - it makes me feel really small in a way that I like. When I'm the biggest thing in my universe, my problems feel like they're the most important thing in the universe. They don't go away when I look at this image and try to comprehend my actual size and importance, but...

I listened to a podcast with Philip Roth (from before he died), discussing his novel The Plot Against America. He read this great passage from it, talking about what it's like to live through historical events: . . . the unfolding of the unforeseen was everything. Turned wrong way round, the relentl...

For perspective: Over the past month about 40 US citizens died from COVID-19. In that same period about 4000 US citizens committed suicide and 3300 died in traffic accidents (based on recent statistics). Perspective is so valuable and I appreciate your sharing those stats, Hagoth. Of course COVID-1...

My prediction. Conference will be conducted without a live audience and at least one of the speakers will declare that the Lord created TV and the internet just for this reason. Miracles! You nailed it. https://www.deseret.com/faith/2020/3/11/21174868/general-conference-coronavirus-april-2020-mormo...

Also wonder how their annual accounting report in conference will change. I was fantasizing about taking a group of NOMs and exmos to the Conference Center to loudly boo and heckle when the auditor gives his report next April and then . . . I realized that if they're smart (not a given) they will o...

I attended SM yesterday with my family (one of a couple of times a year when I still go). It was interesting that when one of the bishopric made his closing comments after the Christmas program, he spent some time addressing his gratitude for being able to come to a place where he felt supported and...

The title is not ironic. Seriously, thank you. A few months ago, I tried the "avoiding all things Mormon" experiment. It seemed to make me happier at first, but ultimately seems to have failed. I don't know that the experiment was solely responsible for my declining mental health, but I think it wa...

Friend: Let's go see this movie; it's getting rave reviews!
Past me: Umm, isn't that R-rated?

Ladies, how many bras does the average woman have/need? You know, no matter how often women complain on NOM about “some man asking us about our underwear” it just never seems to get through to the men :lol: Seriously. . . .Why do you want to know something about women’s underwear? Yeah . . . my fir...

. . . I would really like to see our society do the right thing by way of integrity, good principle and rational thinking rather than having to codify good behavior. As I recall the intent of the Founders was to restrict the government in it's ability to interfere in our lives. The more we codify, ...

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