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Why I Stay (in Fringe Internet Mormonism) 17 Aug 2013 | 09:41 pm
As I have alluded in passing in certain other blog posts, I have been involved with the Mormon Hub Facebook group as an administrator. While I have been an admin to other media (Wheat & Tares in parti...
Just How (un)representative of Mormons are the internet ones? 28 Jul 2013 | 04:05 pm
Internet Mormons are a peculiar people. I have commented in several venues that if I had a ward that was like the Bloggernacle, or like the various Mormon Facebook groups in which I take part, I would...
There, but for the grace of God, believe I 15 Jul 2013 | 01:45 am
Daniel at Good Reason had a post that asked, Is there anything that could convince you that a god exists? I always find nonbelievers answering this question to be interesting because I think people ....
Mormonism: Black, White and Gray 8 Jul 2013 | 05:01 am
In some of my last few posts, I have alluded to the new Mormon Facebook group, Mormon Hub. While I have been an admin at a group blog, Mormon Hub has been my first opportunity to moderating a Facebook...
The Eye of the Gathering Storm (Also, hear my voice!) 28 Jun 2013 | 09:17 am
Yesterday morning, if you were not aware, the Supreme Court released its opinions on the Defense of Marriage Act and on Proposition 8. If your friends’ group is anything like mine, then you probably h...
Sins of a Skeptic Empire 17 Jun 2013 | 09:28 am
This post. This post. Read Stephen Bond’s Why I am No Longer A Skeptic now. I don’t even know where to begin. I suspect that even if I were to share this article from the rooftops, on Facebook, on twi...
Middle-Way in Mormonism: Space or Strategy? 15 Jun 2013 | 11:28 pm
Over at the Mormon Hub (…which is the new hotness of Mormon interest Facebook groups, if you had not heard), there was a discussion a few days ago about the value and the challenge of creating a “midd...
Should non-Mormon Christians even have theological problems with the Book of Mormon? 11 Jun 2013 | 05:56 am
Today at Times and Seasons, Nathaniel gives sage advice: Don’t debate the Trinity. The advice is a little incomplete — it’s perhaps more accurate to say that one should never debate anything relating ...
Coming or Going? Perspectives on Divorce, Faith Transition, and Graduation 9 Jun 2013 | 09:58 pm
Yesterday, I was listening to the recent episode of Mormon Expression podcast where John and Zilpha discuss their divorce. Between some comments that John and Zilpha made on that podcast and some othe...
Living Into Middle Way Mormonism 25 May 2013 | 09:00 pm
I was listening to a vintage Mormon Matters podcast episode (85-86 on “Middle-Way Mormonism” with Andrew Ainsworth, Scott Holley, Dan Wotherspoon, and Jared Anderson). After I got over the initial pan...
