Tagged with "LDS Culture"
The mainstreaming of Mormonism
MR says: "Seeing the word 'Mormon' sprinkled all over the media today like popcorn salt means members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints need to have a good sense of who they are and must learn to factor in all types of assumptions and opinions." I remember, as a missionary in Bolivia,...
LDS artist's 'Mormon Heroin' (sugar) works come to Utah
MR says: Pretty clever--this Mormon artist uses sweets to reconstruct religious or cultural symbols of the LDS faith. To artist Kent Christensen, sugar in all its many forms is "Mormon heroin." It’s also the basis for his art, which satirizes Mormons’ obsession with sweets by using candy, cakes, Jell-O...
Mormon one-size-for-all Sacramental goblet was a casualty of the progressive era
MR says: Super interesting facet of Church history and LDS culture. Did you know that the influenza epidemic was a large factor in the use of goblets being discontinued? I was talking to an elderly woman in my LDS ward and I asked her if her father had mentioned partaking of the Sacrament in a large ward...
Three Degrees of Donny Osmond
Mormondom can be pretty small, but just how small is it? How many links does it take to connect yourself with beloved LDS celebrity Donny Osmond?
Barnabee Bumbleberry and the Great Mustache Debate of 1960
MR says: A great little piece of history from the Church's *Friend* magazine. Barnabee Bumbleberry was a feature of the Children’s Friend for many years. The style of the cartoon changed according to the style of the illustrator – the 1960 cartoon featured here was drawn by Bonnie D. Malan. The gentle,...
Revealed! The Mormon church dance ecosystem
MR says: Pretty funny. Co-authored by a 17-year-old for validity. Last Saturday, my 14-year-old daughter Jadi attended her first dance. She was, not surprisingly, more nervous about this rite of passage than a shrimp at a seafood restaurant. Gladly accepting my fatherhood responsibility, I’ve tried to...
Ward boundary changes: On the wrong (or right) side of the tracks
MR says: How many times have you experienced this? For the first time in my time in the Church I will be experiencing the unique Mormon ritual of changing ward boundaries. I know that other churches have different methods of distributing their members, but no one seems to be as “strict” about it as we...
Washington Post: Coming out Mormon
MR says: An interesting op-ed piece by a gay Mormon who lives within Church standards and remains faithful. As a gay Mormon, people often assume that I have an interesting and unique story to share. While I feel what I have to say is interesting, it’s not as unique as one might assume. It simply seems to...
Youths from 25 California wards attend Mormon Prom
MR says: This is a cool idea that seems to be making the rounds in LDS culture. Youths from more than 25 wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., area gathered March 16 at Santa Margarita Bell Tower for the annual Mormon Prom. Young men and women...
Does Mormon fasting reduce heart attack deaths?
MR says: Utah has always had a good record of coronary health compared to other states, which was originally attributed to low levels of smoking. But with smoking at historic lows, researchers now think it may have to do with the large number of people who regularly fast. People of faith have long known that...
Granddaughter of two LDS Church presidents turns 100
MR says: She's actually had quite an influence on Church culture--saving the Lion House from demolition, running the forerunner of the Young Women program, proposing the Church History Museum, etc. The granddaughter of two LDS Church presidents turned 100 this week. Florence Smith Jacobsen, the...
East Coast Mormons vs. West Coast Mormons
MR says: Can you imagine BYU students in a "West Side Story"-like standoff? It would be entertaining, but it doesn't happen. One of the most common get-to-know-you questions on campus is, “Where are you from?” While states like California, Idaho and Utah are some of the more common responses, states such...
Welcome to a New Mormon Studies Blog: Unusual Excitement, a Claremont Production
MR says: For those who enjoy academic research of Mormon history and culture, a new blog to look for. Whether for good or ill, blogging has become a public facet of the academy in general, and Mormon studies in particular. We at JI are proud to be the first blog exclusively devoted to the scholarly study of...
Measuring Home (and Visiting) Teaching
MR says: Great essay on the challenges of the numbers game in home and visiting teaching. When I first moved to this area, the EQP extended a call to me to be the Executive Secretary over HTing. And I was all prepared to turn him down flat; no way did I want to get sucked into that morass. But he had...
LDS Church to open BYU-Logan . . . and other good April Fool's jokes
Here's a roundup of a few great Mormon-y April Fool's Day jokes, from this year and April Fool's Days of yesteryear. Imagine you're reading them without knowing they're jokes - they're even better. LDS Church to purchase Utah State University, rename it BYU-Logan - Cache Valley Daily Even...
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