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Tattoos and Other Things We Could Use More of at Church
When I served my mission back in the early days of the Restoration, we would talk quite a bit about finding that “Golden Contac...
That Time I Got Released from Being a Boy Scout
It is an understatement to say that my relationship with Scouting has been complicated. I would never have given a thought to being...
A Beginner’s Guide to Being an Online Missionary
Scientifically reliable polls (meaning I just made this up) demonstrate two things about missionary work: 90% of us are scared of it,...
When the Youth of Zion Falter
The summer brought a new experience for me: My first girl’s camp. My wife has been attending for countless years with our une...
If the Lord Returned Today, Would We Hand Him a Razor?
SATIRE “Good morning, Bishop. I believe I had a ten o’clock appointment?” “Yes, yes, brother. Please come in. Um…shut the door, pleas...
Do Mormons Have a ‘Holiday Problem’?
Opinion Apparently, around July 24th, there was a fair amount of hullaballoo on Twitter about Pioneer Day, with several folks express...
The Patience Principle: How Not to Rush to Judgment
I recently learned that the bishop of my youth, Walker Halliday, had passed away. Bishop Halliday was a wonderful, unassuming leader,...
3 Ways to Proclaim Peace in an Angry World
I finally had to take a Facebook vacation. Dallas was too much. Not the events themselves, although they were horrific in the extreme...
4 Crazy Things Mormons Believe
When people talk to me about the LDS Church, they almost immediately want to talk about the supposed “crazy” stuff abou...