Should Romney repent? ‘Yes!’, says the prophet Mormon
I had determined that I had said all that I was going to say about Romney – I wasn’t going to dignify the man with any more attention, nor give his groupies yet more fuel to respond with their...
View ArticleA New Dawn for Young Women: Its about time!
I woke up this morning to the announcement that the age of missionary service has been lowered for both males and females. My first reaction was, ‘hurray!’ About 30 years ago the General Young Women...
View ArticleEmbodying the Mormon Cultural Turn: A personal reflection
I’ve only been blogging since the beginning of the year but in that time I’ve had hundreds and hundreds of comments from readers. On a regular basis I get messages from well meaning folk who have...
View ArticleThe New Zealand Marriage (Definition of marriage) Amendment Bill: A private...
On the 29th August 2012 the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill passed its first reading in the New Zealand Parliament by 80 to 40 (with one abstention). From here the Bill went to a...
View ArticleRomney’s Defeat: A wake up call for Mormons?
American presidential elections are a bit bonkers but wonderfully diverting. I’ve looked on with keen interest as $6 billion dollars in campaign expenditure was gobbled up, and a searing ideological...
View ArticleReflections on My Spiritually Heterogamous Marriage
Heterogamy: refers to a marriage between two individuals that differ in a certain criterion. Homogamy: a marriage or union between partners that match according to that criterion. (wikipedia) I...
View ArticleHow Southpark changed Mormonism
A couple of weeks ago Joanna Brooks (via Skype) and I gave a public lecture at the University of Canterbury entitled ‘What if Popular Culture Changed Religion?’ in the ‘What if Wednesday’ series....
View ArticleOn Pants & Shootings: How will it end?
Last week one of my readers invited me to participate in the ‘Wear Pants to Church’ Sunday campaign. She gave me a link to the Facebook page so I could get a sense of what this was all about. I...
View ArticleLDS Church HQ announces its Relocation to New Zealand! (Well, not really but…..)
After a one month summer hiatus its time to hit the New Year with more unwanted opinion from the antipodes! What better way to kick 2013 off than with a bit of serious silliness? Sitting around our...
View ArticleThe New Introduction to Official Declaration Two: It’s just not that satisfying…
I once belonged to a ward where the personality of said ward was defined by a long standing rift between two women, then in their 80’s, who had, decades before, determined that they couldn’t stand the...
View ArticleToday church made me sad
I woke up this morning with a sigh. I don’t every morning. But today I did because it’s Sunday, and on Sunday I go to church, and sometimes church makes me sad. But I do recall one wonderful...
View ArticleThe Sacred Mormon Penis
I’ve been thoughtful recently about the cultural privileges that my husband has as a Mormon man in possession of his full male faculties. He is spared a tremendous amount of time thinking and wondering...
View ArticleSo you’ve been called to serve a mission in New Zealand! Some insider tips...
I’ve been travelling over the last three weeks and last night I found myself in Provo with a group of friends when the discussion turned to mission preparation in the context of this wave of new young...
View ArticleThe Work of Salvation Broadcast: An Antipodean Summary
In light of the recent ‘Work of Salvation’ broadcast it appears that the missionary work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is about to undergo a dramatic shift. The idea of door...
View ArticleThe Future of the Church IS the ‘International’ Church
It’s a beautiful Winter’s day in Christchurch today. Clear blue skies, cool temperatures in the shade but warm in the distant sun. Travelling past Travis Wetlands on our way to church this morning...
View ArticleI’d Like to Bear my Testimony that I Know Family Home Evening is True.
I only recently became sold on the importance of Family Home Evening. Orthodox husband has always been a stickler, and I can’t think of a single week in our entire 20 years of marriage when we...
View ArticleBlood and Horror on this Earth
Thousands and thousands of Mormons all over the world attend temple services on a daily basis, and thousands and thousands will watch a metaphorical reenactment of the creation story. Included in...
View ArticleMormon Culture Wars: Samoan Members Take on the Corporation!
I belong to a very diverse ward which includes Maori, Pakehā (Haolies or Palagi), Canadian, Tongan, Samoan, American, English, Zimbabwean, Iranian, Nepalese, and Ghanaian to name a few. Yesterday at...
View ArticleOn being ‘that girl’ no longer
I used to be that girl. Devout, unquestioning, orthodox, loyal, safe. But I’m not now, and there is no going back. I spent time at the beach last night chatting with a good friend who was also, that...
View ArticleThe Allegory of the Sinus
Firstly, let me point out that this post isn’t really about my husband or his snoring – its allegorical – which means I’m talking about something else. Let me preface this essay by saying that I am...
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