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
Memphis station posts four Mormon stories
1) Local Memphis TV news report mocks Mitt Romney’s Mormon beliefs (and ace reporter* Ben Ferguson reminds viewers why some folks prefer to avoid the Bible Belt). The cringe begins at 03:21: 2) Local musical director (and LDS church member) Steve Danielson offers his opinion of the Tony-winning Broadway musical. 3) 89-year old Church of Christ apostle, William Sheldon, explains the origins of the Mormon religion. 4) Meet a pair of Memphis area Mormon missionaries. *CORRECTION: From Read more [...]
Posted in anti-Mormon, Christians, civil discourse, Culture, Evangelicals, God's Favorite Musical, Politics, YouTube
Coming Out of the Conservative Closet
I have chosen to write about coming out of a closet the closet that hid part of who I really am, a part of me that I always knew was there but never wanted to acknowledge or accept. I guess part of the reason I never came out is that I was afraid of the names I might be called: liberal, left-wing wacko, commie, bleeding heart, and, the worst of all Democrat. It was just so much easier to go along with the crowd, pretending I was something I wasnt, until the internal conflict became too great Read more [...]
Posted in Culture, Homosexuality, Politics, Uncategorized
Third Culture Kids and our Disaffected Mormon Underground
A while back, there was a husband-wife couple of speakers who came to one of my classes to talk about their mission to Papua New Guinea for several years. I wrote about that on my blog a while back, highlighting one of the things they said about their children that particularly struck me. These children grow up to be Third Culture Kids, and there is a phenomenon of these Third Culture Kids from a variety of upbringings. What these Third Culture Kids must realize is that they do not belong. And they Read more [...]
Posted in Culture, DAMU, ex-Mormon, NOM, post-Mormon
“Up in the Air” rocks, but winning “X-Mormon of the Year” rules.
Walter Kirn explains why the William Law X-Mormon of the Year award means more to him than anything Hollywood has to offer: Read more [...]
Posted in Arts, Awards, celebrities, Contest, Culture
Atheists and Traditions
Religion has a lot different facets that different people find appealing: identity/community transcendence/awe/altered states of consciousness rituals tradition/culture purpose/guidance belief in the supernatural And surely many others. It’s my impression that people tend to focus on a few of their favorites among these components and ignore the rest. It’s just as true of the devout as it is of the apatheists, agnostics, and atheists. It’s just that people tend to see each religion Read more [...]
Posted in Atheism, Culture, Traditions
Battlestar Galactica and the Lost Ten Tribes
The re-imagined Battlestar series ended last year, and the DVD came out this past summer. But I was thinking of it the other day when someone mentioned the lost ten tribes of Israel. How did I get from Battlestar Galatica (BSG) to the lost ten tribes? Well, as many MSP probably already know, the original 1970s Battlestar series was created by Glen Larson who was also mormon. Or, at least Glen used some mormon doctrine in its creation. The believing blog Millenial Star describes what the Read more [...]
Posted in Culture, Joseph Smith, Mormon Doctrine
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Podcasts and Video Channels
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 [...]