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Nativities
A Christmas memory: At some point in my teenage years my mother purchased a new nativity set, a Fontanini. I didn’t eagerly await the unwrapping of the nativity scene in the same way I did the Dickens...
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The Atonement and Human Reconciliation
This guest post comes to us from PCB, an attorney, legal academic, and brother of BCC’s own Sam MB. The usual discussion on the Atonement relates to the miraculous way that Christ’s sacrifice makes us,...
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Latent Racism, Orientalism and “Magic Underwear” in American Society and Mitt...
As I made my way through the crowded local Costco recently, I stepped back a moment and appreciated the diversity surrounding me. Although approximately 92% of the population in the UK is white, about...
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Review: Stephen H. Webb, “Jesus Christ, Eternal God”
Title: Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter Author: Stephen H. Webb Publisher: Oxford University Press Genre: Theology Year: 2012 Pages: 368 Binding: Hardcover...
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Why I don’t like the priesthood-motherhood analogy: Part one of a million parts
Over the four years I’ve been blogging at BCC I have written dozens of unfinished (and therefore unpublished) posts about gender issues in Mormonism. I’ve found it very frustrating that I can’t finish...
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Review: Joanna Brooks, “The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories From an American Faith”
Title: The Book of Mormon Girl: Stories From an American Faith Author: Joanna Brooks Publisher: Self published (but not for long…) Genre: Memoir Year: 2012 Pages: 204 Binding: Paperback ISBN13:...
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The liberation of the resurrection
A quick thought for this Monday morning. I have been wondering whether it is possible to divorce Jesus’ ministry from the supernatural claims that surround it. I have little problem in doing this for...
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Scars
On my right calf, I have a long, jagged scar, about 6 inches long. I got it the hard way, when I was about 12 years old. I’d been watching the Olympics (USA! USA!) and had become fascinated with the...
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Gospel Doctrine Lesson #6: “I Will Tell You in Your Mind and in Your Heart,...
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...
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Mouths of Babes — Does Can Mean Should?
O be wise, what can I say more? - Jacob 6:12 A Mormon boy from an affluent neighborhood in Utah, barely 18 years old, will leave a few days after graduating from high school for the crushing poverty,...
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A Stranger, A Pilgrim: Liveblogging El Camino
8 Yo te haré saber y te enseñaré el camino en que debes andar; te aconsejaré con mis ojos puestos en ti. 9 No seas como el caballo o como el mulo, que no tienen entendimiento; cuyos arreos incluyen...
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Revelation and Surprise
This is another installment in a series of posts based on the monthly themes from, “Come, Follow Me,” the new youth curriculum for the Church. Here are the previous posts for January, February, and...
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“This is my favorite thing.”
In his Sunday Afternoon Conference Talk, Elder D. Todd Christofferson focused on the Redemptive power of the Atonement in our lives. While it is historically accurate and theologically legitimate to...
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King Follett and Clouds of Meaning
We’ve just experienced the Mormon preaching festival. That is, general conference! In addition to inspired teaching, it gives the outside world a chance to experience some of the variety of Mormon...
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Sacramental Memory
In one of the leadership training videos produced by the Church a woman talks about a particularly chaotic, frustrating day she had with her four year old. She told him she was at her wit’s end and...
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Do you have to lose your faith to find it?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about faith, specifically about what a trial of faith might consist of. I don’t know that I’ve ever really had a trial of faith. I’ve experienced no great tragedy (knock...
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Keys
As Rebecca J just noted, the theme for youth instruction for the month of June is priesthood and priesthood keys. In the revelations of Joseph Smith, the Biblical leitmotifs of opening and closing, of...
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Covenants — Is the Lord Bound?
This post began as a response to J. Stapley’s recent post about Ordinances but quickly veered off in a tangent that would have constituted a threadjack of his post, so I’ve posted it as an independent...
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For the Strength of YOUth
In a recent post, frequent commenter Ardis noted her experience with the standards of the church that have been pushing similar themes since the mid-1960s. This reminded me of a post I did elsewhere...
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The Discipline of Mormonism
Recent posts here at BCC have considered the ideas of ordinances and covenants—the terms themselves and how the Latter-day Saint understanding of them has developed over time. In this post, I would...
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