Last week we started collecting nominations for the William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2015, and now it’s time for the biggest event of Main Street Plaza‘s yearly calendar!! It’s time to recognize the best LDS-interest content published and posted to the Internet in the past year!! These awards have…
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C. L. Hanson is the friendly Swiss-French-American ExMormon atheist mom living in Switzerland! Follow me on mastadon at @chanson@social.linux.pizza or see "letters from a broad" for further adventures!!
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Wrapping up 2015 edition!
Here we are at the last Sunday in Outer Blogness of 2015! Naturally, this means it’s time to start reviewing this past year and passing out the awards!! Nominations have already begun for X-Mormon of the Year — add your nominations here! And nominations for the Brodie Awards will begin…
Time to nominate X-Mormon of the Year 2015!!
It’s end-of-the-year awards time again!! As usual, we begin with the “William Law X-Mormon of the Year”! This year’s contest should be pretty exciting, with all the excommunications: John Dehlin, Marisa and Carson Calderwood, Rock Waterman, and Kirk Van Allen (not sure if he was finally X’d or not) —…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Where are the scandals? edition!
I have to confess, like this redditor, I’m asking “Isn’t it time for another scandal?” At the end of a year that looks like this, have all the guys at the Church Office Building gone on vacation or something? It seems like the worst they’ve done this past week is…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: More pants edition!!
It’s getting to be time to wear pants to church again! And you can hear about the evolution of the Mormon Child Bride who organized the event. If you’re new to the idea, here’s a biting summary: As for being a stumbling block: ever since I began having questions about…
Mormon Mission Impossible: William Shunn’s “The Accidental Terrorist”
Funny thing about Mormon missions: even though they’re voluntary, you can’t leave. Even though Mormon missionaries are adult volunteers, they can’t just say, “Sorry, this isn’t working, I’m going home now.” Have you ever wondered what happens if you try to leave? It’s rather surprising. In The Accidental Terrorist, William…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Life goes on edition!!
I’m sensing a lot of discouragement out there in Internet-land. In the United States, it’s easy to become demoralized by the fact that no matter how grotesque the problem of daily gun violence becomes, it still seems somehow politically impossible to begin to address this problem. And in our sweet…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Thanksgiving Edition!
OK, so, it’s not a holiday here, but I hear many of you were celebrating some holiday involving lots of delicious recipes! Plus some thanking and some dangerous conversations with loved ones. I’m just thankful that things have slowed down a bit. It’s getting to the point where a slow…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: aftershocks edition!
Things have perhaps calmed down a bit, but the fallout from the disastrous policy isn’t over yet. The CoJCoL-dS has hit the national news again with this error — with lots of coverage of the people quitting the church. (But should you resign or make them kick you out instead?…
The true meaning of service: Scott Miller and Mark Hubble’s “The Book of a Mormon”
Like many young Mormon adults, Scott Miller set off on a mission largely because he had always planned to — but wasn’t really prepared for what he was getting himself into. This mission memoir takes place in the late 70’s — earlier than most others I’ve read. Amusing 70’s-specific tidbits…