Skip to content
Main Street Plaza

A Community for Anyone Interested in Mormonism.

Main Street Plaza

A Community for Anyone Interested in Mormonism.

Sunday in Outer Blogness: Reflection Edition

aerin64, July 13, 2014

Chanson asked me to fill in for SiOB this week – I think it’s been a quiet week. (Sort of like Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon – it’s always a quiet week).

But this week is quiet for many reasons – perhaps we’re all still reacting (or not reacting) to the news of Kate Kelly’s excommunication – and the other active members who have been penalized or silenced. Still others are realizing that they can no longer stay in a church that would treat its members this way, and are leaving.

The silence from the church office building is resounding. Many of us here at MSP are quite familiar with the silence.

Then, there have been further tragedies – a bloggernacle member was killed in a tragic accident. And a family was murdered outside the Houston suburbs.

Some may simply be enjoying the World Cup, or the beautiful July weather. Whatever the case may be – have a wonderful, peaceful week.

excommunication Sunday in Outer Blogness Testimony Violence Women

Post navigation

Previous post
Next post

Related Posts

Why are Ex-Mormons So Angry (and other questions)? Part I

August 19, 2011August 18, 2011

A while back on reddit, aMormon stumbled into the popular (and still growing) ex-Mormon reddit to ask the ex-Mormon denizens a few questions. Many of the questions were quite patronizing (despite the poster’s stated desire to “support whatever [our] beliefs [were] in a non-patronizing way”), and the proceeding conversation was…

Read More

Parents Who Believe in Sexual Purity Should Still Vaccinate Their Kids Against HPV

February 14, 2022February 14, 2022

With all the talk about COVID vaccinations, we forget that there are other useful vaccinations out there, too. “My children don’t need to be vaccinated against HPV,” I’ve heard some of my Mormon friends and family say. “They’ll still be virgins when they get married. They’ll never have to worry…

Read More

Sunday in Outer Blogness: Short and fun edition!

September 21, 2014

It was a bit of a light news week in Mormon-land — no crazy scandals to get everyone riled up. Perhaps the worst of it was the super-wealthy Marriotts’ tacit admission that they underpay their cleaning staff. So lots of people blogged about random life stuff like a gay dad…

Read More

Comments (7)

  1. chanson says:
    July 15, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    Thanks for taking over this week! Wow, some sad news…

  2. chanson says:
    July 21, 2014 at 2:13 am

    Hi folks — sorry about the lack of SiOB this week. I asked someone to fill in for me because I still have limited Internet, so maybe it will appear later… And anyway, everything will be back to normal soon. 😉

  3. chanson says:
    July 23, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    Note to MSP authors — there’s a bit of a technical problem logging in at the moment. You may notice that if you try to log in, it hangs. It’s actually possible to log in, it’s just that there’s an unknown problem with loading the “dashboard” page. After attempting to log in, you can open MSP in a new tab of your browser, and you will be logged in. From the top menu bar, you can navigate to one of the other admin pages.

  4. Utahhiker801 says:
    July 24, 2014 at 8:43 am

    Chanson, I recognize that you have a life outside of this blog, but my Sunday church experience just isn’t the same when I don’t have “Sunday in Outer Blogness” links to keep me entertained.

    Wishing you well.

  5. chanson says:
    July 24, 2014 at 9:36 am

    @4 Thanks Utahhiker801!!

    Here’s the situation: I just got back from a slightly-more-than-two week vacation in Paris. Since I live in Switzerland, visiting Paris is normally not a big deal, but it was tricky for me to spend time surfing the Internet because whenever we were back at the apartment where we were staying, my kids would immediately hog my computer to watch Minecraft and PvZ videos on YouTube. Also, I was busy writing the script for a super-awesome comic book adventure series I’m planning. 😉

    This weekend — unfortunately! — I have to skip SiOB again because I’ll be on route to Camp Quest Switzerland where I’ll be volunteering for the week. I’ve asked my cousin Aerin to fill in for me again.

    At the end of July, though, vacation season will be over and SiOB will be back as usual. 😀

  6. visitor says:
    July 24, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    No SIOB in the week that Kate Kelly filed her appeal? Oh no!!!

  7. chanson says:
    July 26, 2014 at 9:53 am

    @6 I know, I’d love to be following this story in real time!! But I have no choice but to catch up when I get back…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Mormon Alumni Association Books

Latest Comments:

  1. Anon on Collecting Nominations for the 2025 Brodie Awards!!December 12, 2025

    Most humorous episodes Britty the Apostate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRYqwEy6rhk Best new humorous/satirical channel: Britty the Apostate https://www.facebook.com/people/Britty-The-Apostate/61579368354784/ https://www.tiktok.com/@brittytheapostate https://www.youtube.com/@BrittyTheApostate

  2. chanson on Collecting Nominations for the 2025 Brodie Awards!!December 10, 2025

    Abstract Atheists for best new channel 2025.

  3. chanson on Collecting Nominations for the 2025 Brodie Awards!!December 10, 2025

    I've found two for a new category of personal survival stories (if we get one more, we can make this…

  4. chanson on Collecting Nominations for the 2025 Brodie Awards!!December 10, 2025

    For best history (or narrative nonfiction) book: The Juvenile Instructor Office: The Growth of Specialized Publishing in Utah in the…

  5. chanson on Collecting Nominations for the 2025 Brodie Awards!!December 10, 2025

    Thanks for the great nominations so far!!! I'm going to add some nominations here myself. I'll consolidate later. For Best…

8: The Mormon Proposition Acceptance of Gays Add new tag Affirmation angry exmormon awards Book Reviews BYU comments Conformity Dallin H. Oaks DAMU disaffected mormon underground Dustin Lance Black Ex-Mormon Exclusion policy Excommunicated exmormon faith Family feminism Gay Gay Love Gay Marriage Gay Relationships General Conference Happiness Homosexual Homosexuality LDS LGBT LGBTQ Link Bomb missionaries Modesty Mormon Mormon Alumni Association Mormonism motherhood peace politics Polygamy priesthood ban Sunstone temple

Awards

William Law X-Mormon of the Year:

  • 2024: Nemo the Mormon
  • 2023: Adam Steed
  • 2022: David Archuleta
  • 2021: Jeff T. Green
  • 2020: Jacinda Ardern
  • 2019: David Nielsen
  • 2018: Sam Young
  • 2017: Savannah
  • 2016: Jeremy Runnells
  • 2015: John Dehlin
  • 2014: Kate Kelly
  • 2013: J. Seth Anderson and Michael Ferguson
  • 2012: David Tweede
  • 2011: Joanna Brooks
  • 2010: Monica Bielanko
  • 2009: Walter Kirn

Other Cool Sites!

WasMormon.org
©2025 Main Street Plaza | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes