Awards
Lists of Brodie award winners:
X-Mormon of the Year 2012: David Twede
X-Mormon of the Year 2011: Joanna Brooks
X-Mormon of the Year 2010: Monica Bielanko
X-Mormon of the Year 2009: Walter Kirn
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The Hammer of Judgment – What Would You Say?
My last post: Gay Trees and Gadianton Robbers gotseveral comments on my own blog. One, which I took from an email that was sent by a former classmate in high school, was pretty forceful. You can see the original post, and my response in the comments section here. I am less interested in my personal response, but more about howyou would respond if someone left a comment like this on your blog. When there is a comment like this, does it matter whether you are a current or ex-member, or would your Read more [...]
Posted in Advice, anti-Mormon, Bloggernacle, Culture, Family, Objectivity, Politics, Tolerance
Gay Trees and Gadianton Robbers
As I have been wandering around the internet, looking for something interesting, there is an election going on. Did you know that? Well most of what is out there is not very interesting, just a lot of people with opinion that they want someone else to have, with an occasional FU to go with it. You too? Wanna be naughty and take a break? Idecided to sharesome of my finds around the bloggernacle (and post-bloggernacle) of things that might make you laugh. I am including one of the posts inmy ongoing Read more [...]
Posted in abortion, Culture, Politics, Sex and Gender
Better to laugh at yourself, or someone else?
I was talking to a friend, who stopped by to visit and see how I was doing. We got to talking about some of our favorite blog posts. We came up with a list of things that we thought make for memorable posts. I will do posts over the next several weeks that look at the different elements that we came up with, but the first one seemed the easiest and best place to start. Humor: Generally we thought that a blogger finding humor intheir own life is, almost always, better than jokes at the expense Read more [...]
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Help? Do I belong here?
How do we help “new bloggers” find their voice? Are we really a community that does? I believe we are, or at least can be. Main Street Plaza is an Internet home for people who care about their thoughts and ideas, eventhough weoften disagree. Wedon’t have the same world view,but it helpsus tobe able toarticulateour point of view, and listen to others asthey express theirs.Disagreements on doctrineor different life choices,does nothave to lead to animosity.I hope that we are making a space for Read more [...]
Posted in Affirmation, civil discourse, Education, History, Humor, Main Street Plaza, Open Thread, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Do you believe in Priesthood Blessings?
In the July 2012 edition of the Ensign, there is an article by Elder Dallen H Oaks. http://www.lds.org/liahona/2012/07/the-importance-of-priesthood-blessings?lang=eng&query=blessings+comfort In the article, he talks about the different kinds of priesthood blessings. For this post, I would like to focus on Blessings of Comfort or Counsel. The article describes them this way: “Persons desiring guidance in an important decision can receive a priesthood blessing. Persons who need extra spiritual Read more [...]
Posted in Authority, Dallin Oaks, Family, General Conference, Health, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Obedience, Objectivity, Parenting, Patriarchy, Power, Prayer, Priesthood, Revelation, Rights, Testimony, The Spirit, Uncategorized, Values
Repentence – An Apology to My Home
Looking at the pile, As it mocks me from across the room. Tempting me to remove it – Begging me to find the washing machine. Ignoring the piled up dishes – I avert my eyes, on my way to the bathroom. I won’t let myself hear them Crying out for mercy, As they try to tempt me To create a sink of soapy hot water. A few more weeks (or months)my loves! Then I *might* be able to serve you, In the ways that you deserve, Without crashing to the ground – Potentially hurting me, and you, Read more [...]
Posted in Mormons, Obedience, Stereotypes, Uncategorized, Values
Here and Gone? A mother thinking ahead…..
I am having surgery tomorrow, on my spine. Am I scared? Yes. Do I have faith that it will be okay? Mostly. Did the blessing I received yesterday help to calm me? Yes. Does having someone touch, move and work around my spinal cord give me a panic attack if I think about it too deeply? Hell Yeah! So, I am pretty sure that I will be fine, but there is a chance something could go horribly wrong. So, this is the short letter I wrote to my children. I hope that they won’t have to see it Read more [...]
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Why do you blog? How do you choose what to include, or focus on?
(This is part of a post that is on my personal blog. To see the entire post you can go to http://poetrysansonions.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-do-i-blog-why-do-you.html) When I startedmy currentblog, there was a lot of”legal “crap” going on in my life, thatlasted over a year, beforea judge finally dismissed the case for lack of evidence. My lawyers didn’t want me to continue posting to my previous blog(s) since they were coming under a lot of scrutiny. However, since I didn’t have anything to hide, Read more [...]
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Mormon Moment Series on poetrysansonions.blogspot.com
Ahhhhh! The smell of fresh, juicy, slightly wrong Mormon blog posts. It must be Sunday! I have been doing a series of posts related to Mormon and Post-Mormon issues that seem to be *hot* this year. With more and more people interested in Mormons, and now the change in rules for when male and female missionaries are allowed to serve, the Bloggernacle keep heating up! So, if you missed the first posts in the series (because I was a slacker and wasn’t cross posting) here is your chance to catch up. Read more [...]