Near the end of June, my husband and I had the pleasure of celebrating our daughter’s fourth birthday—and with KatyJane, Kullervo, Katie L., and their children all in attendance, you can rest assured that it was a lively party. We had balloons, a bounce castle, lots of presents, pizza, and a Thomas the Tank Engine [...]

7:58 AM ~ Paul & Harley are already up. Harley has found that she has far more success waking up Daddy in the morning over Mommy; Mommy just growls at her to let Mommy sleep and go watch Kipper or something (remember me when you send in your nominations for “Mother of the Year”).
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As I announced yesterday, Paul and I were interviewed by PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly earlier this summer to discuss interfaith marriage and divorce. That episode is embedded above with the transcript now available online, and it should be airing around the country this weekend.
Welcome PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly viewers! If you’re new to [...]

Originally Published on Aug. 9, 2010
I have an article that has been published at Patheos as part of their “Future of Mormonism” series:
Mormon-Evangelical Dialogue: Changing for the Better
There are a lot of really great articles on other subjects published by some great bloggers and authors, so be sure to check those out.
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So, it seems Mormon feminism has been getting a bit of attention in the news lately.
For starters, my friend and fMh blogger Tresa Edmunds (aka Reese Dixon) was published in The Guardian: “Mormon, and feminist, too.” Tresa also published an article on “The Next Generation of Mormon Feminism” as part of the Patheos Future of [...]

Episode 75: Live Recording, which I participated in while visiting Salt Lake City, is now up.

Tomorrow we drive from Cheyenne back to Chicago. Here’s a summary of my thoughts on this trip:
My presentation on female priesthood in early Christianity at Sunstone – Went better than I ever would have dreamed. I was surprised to see in the program that I’d been given one of the bigger rooms, and even more [...]

UPDATE: Bumping this post as I’m about to go to bed. When I get up in the morning, we’re beginning our drive out to Utah for the symposium weekend. Wish us good luck!
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Originally published on July 28, 2010.
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I guess it’s probably time to plug for my Sunstone 2010 presentation. I’ll be presenting on Friday, August [...]

After an 18-episode absence from the Podcast, I teamed up with Glenn Ostlund to interview with fellow interfaith marriage masochist Jana Riess concerning her controversial blog post from last week, “Five Reasons Why Mormon Church Meetings Are the Dullest You’ll Find Anywhere.”
Episode 73: Why Mormon Church Meetings Are So Dull
As usual, if you want to [...]

This month’s Ensign contained an article by Elder M. Russell Ballard entitled “Sharing the Gospel With Confidence,” remarks originally delivered as part of a commencement address at Brigham Young University on August 13, 2009. In the article, Elder Ballard had this to say about discussing polygamy:
Our Church members have often allowed others to set the [...]