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Brazilian 'scam' at General Conference?
MR says: Not really; this woman just lovingly refers to it that way. Two Brazilian men were made famous on social media as they asked for tickets to conference, and this is a follow up post on their success. This blogger is quite enamored of them. :) Remember these two cute Brazilian guys with their adorable...
Love Comes First
MR says: Great quote: “For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that ‘unless you love yourself, no one else will love you.’ The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation.”
Why Me? (or, continuing to live amid the hardest trials)
MR says: Great post from the wife of one who experiences pornography addiction. After my last post about my husband's addiction went live something happened that I wasn't expecting. Though not many of you said anything, I strongly felt the yearning from so many of you for more. I feel sorely under...
General Conference Tie Tracker
MR says: Brilliant! Just a fun new way to look at conference. Visit the full article for a table which shows patterns and colors that were most popular. :) Nothing says General Conference like our Tie Tracker! Come watch real-time results to the fashion trends of our General Authorities. Vera Wang, for the...
Most-used words for April 2013 LDS General Conference
MR says: A "wordle" is a word cloud of frequency of word use. Interesting to see which words have emphasis (some of which happily remain the biggest). For the last several conferences, I have shown wordles (word clouds) of the text from general conference, which show the frequency of use of words (except...
Making history with a prayer
MR says: A great little tribute to the prayer that was offered this weekend (along with interesting comments from people with their reactions to the whole thing--whether that be elation or surprise at the "fuss"). When Jean Stevens stood up to the pulpit on Saturday morning, I was driving seven kids in my...
The All-too-fast Return to Insanity After Conference
MR says: Still on the conference high? Or did your life get right back into craziness after conference? Great post, with some wonderful quotes on hope and peace, even amid the craziness of life. As you can probably guess by now, I am a fan of General Conference. Over the years it has come to be a very...
Humor: Artists’ rendering of new Rio de Janeiro temple
MR says: It's not a real rendering - but it's worth a look. :) Yes, that is Sugarloaf, and yes that is a joke. The exact location of the new Rio temple has not been announced yet. My speculation (as somebody who lived in Rio for four years) is that the only places with enough space are the Barra da...
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...
Adult Conference Activity Packets are Here!
MR says: Ha! If you're feeling a little left out that the kids get all the fun activity packets, never fear. :) It is almost Conference time, and you all know what that means! Activity Packets! Time to head to Staples and load up on ink, paper, and get printing. In our house, we don't print out...
Relationships between the ancient Israelite temple and the modern endowment
MR says: Great illustrations of what temple worship was like anciently, and correlations to today. Professor William J. Hamblin has offered some good starting points in considering the relationship between the ancient Israelite temple ritual and the modern day LDS temple endowment. It is from this vantage...
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...
Inviting Friends to Watch LDS General Conference
LDS General Conference may be one of the best ways to introduce your friends to the Church. This article provides references to help you explain to others what general conference is all about and to invite them to watch general conference. What is LDS General Conference? Read About General...
Why I stopped reading mommy blogs
MR says: We've heard a lot about why these blogs are popular. One blogger talks about why she decided to stop reading them. Very interesting. For some unexplainable reason, I woke up this morning thinking about an old blogging friend. Friend, because we got to know each other on a personal level, blogging,...
What They Don't Teach You At The MTC
MR says: How to serve (more) successfully in an inner city area--from two who know the culture. A few days ago it was brought to our attention that we could actually serve a mission... Right now! Re-reading that statement isn’t going to change what we just shared with you. You are reading it right, we said...
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