Rough Stone Rolling

  In sacrament meeting last Sunday our stake president surprised us with an announcement regarding our February ward conference: We’re having an open house. In light of all the tumultuous press the Church has gotten lately, our stake leadership feels prompted to have us invite non-member friends and neighbors to our 3-hour block. In the [...]

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  When I was in the 7th-9th grade, I palled around with a  borderline delinquent named Doug. Together we would sluff the Evergreen Jr. High spirit assemblies (opting instead to get breakfast at the Hungry Hermit on 33rd South) or take a cab downtown to grab some dinner and catch a midnight movie when our parents [...]

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  Recently, Kathryn Kolbert, president of Peope for the American Way– a non-profit advocacy group that supports equality and freedom of speech and religion– posted an editorial on CNN.com, explaining why choosing Rick Warren to offer the invocation at Obama’s inauguration was a mistake. I know very little about Rick Warren. I know that he [...]

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  To this day, I don’t know what constitutes “reindeer games.” However, the Daddy Games are in full swing– nay– they are in EXTREME swing these days as I’m finding all of these wonderful buttons on my 12-year old girl. As Miss D. embarks on her hormonal teenage hell ride– and takes us with her [...]

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 Full-page ad in the New York Times on December 5th– Activists, scholars and politicians decrying the campaign against the Mormon Church. Note one of the signers is Alveda C. King, niece of MLK and a political activist: http://www.nomobveto.org/images/nytad_lg.png

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  I still get excited about Christmastime; I’m thankful it’s still got that magic feeling. It also makes me very sad on a certain level that I can’t quite put my finger on. Could be a Catholic thing. And it makes me reflective of Christmases past.

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