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Emily Jensen

Today in the Bloggernacle

Today in the Bloggernacle: New Moon – Custom pass-along cards. AskaMormon.com. A ward blogger. These and more ideas to spark missionary work, today in the Bloggernacle. Plus, New Moon questions, answered by Stephenie Meyer! read more

McKay Coppins

Mormon Twentysomething

A call for sanity in the BYU-U of U rivalry – Click over to any online article about BYU or Utah football, and you'll find a comment forum filled with more hatred and vitriol than even a Fox News/MSNBC newscast. read more

Nicole Sheahan

Inside Mormon Music

Mormon Music: Josephine Scere Dinnell – I met Josephine Scere Dinnell in my freshman ward at BYU. Every time she sang, whether in church or at a talent show, she conveyed such emotion through her voice. read more

Steven Kapp Perry

Cricket & Seagull Fireside Chat

Steven Kapp Perry: New from One Clear Voice – Take a listen to the fresh new music of One Clear Voice in this sneak-preview of their sophomore release, "Go Without Knowing." read more

Orson Scott Card

In the Village

SVU good choice for LDS education – This is a peculiar time to send our kids off to college. On the one hand, college is essential for most well-paying jobs, but many universities are dominated by anti-religion faculty.
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Stacie Duce

Nursery Rhymes

If you are prepared, you shall not fear nursery – As the cracker stash in our nursery closet dwindles down to crumbs, I realize now is the time to stock up before the end of our ward's annual budget allocations. read more

Joseph A. Cannon

The Gospel in Words

The gospel in words: 'Morality' – "That every man may act in doctrine and principle pertaining to futurity, according to the moral agency which I have given unto him." (Doctrine and Covenants 101:78) read more

Jerry Earl Johnston

New Harmony

Faithful are lucky to have 'spirit master' – Few people are willing to play the master, to focus on someone else full time for the long haul. The days of apprenticeships faded. Except, thankfully, when it comes to spiritual matters. read more

Wayne Brickey

Sites and Insights

Spirit of prophets continues – Where "Brother Joseph" left off, "Brother Brigham" began, preserving the spirit of the prophets. read more

Studies & Doctrine

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Did the Adventists' Ellen G. White ever meet or study with Joseph Smith?

Why is it OK for the LDS to call themselves "Christian" and not ok for the FLDS to call themselves "Mormon"?

Is there an official church position caffeine and the Word of Wisdom?

In which latter-day temple were baptisms for the dead first performed?

Why did Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery confer the Aaronic Priesthood on each other after being ordained by John the Baptist in 1829?

What are the LDS teachings on cremation vs. burial?

What does it mean to say an area has been "dusted by the prophet"?

Has the church been racist historically? Joseph Smith ran for the presidency of the United States, but was killed before the elections. His platform said blacks should be free. When Brigham Young and the Saints came west to Utah on the first journey in 1847, there were two black men in the company who were Latter-day Saints. What are the names of those two black men? Where can Joseph Smith's words be found defending black Americans?

Are the Shriners a secret society? Are they connected with the Masons? How does the LDS Church view the Job's Daughters group?

What physical evidences have been found of Book of Mormon wars?

I am aware that a single sister may not be artifically inseminated in order to start a family. However, what would the church's stand be if a single sister with four children of her own were to accept a job as a surrogate mother for another couple trying to start a family?

What is the difference between a sin and a transgression?

President Hinckley said that no tithing funds were being used to build the Church's commercial project in downtown Salt Lake City -- that only donations and church-generated funds are being used, money from stocks and other things. I thought all donations and funds made by the Church belonged to the Lord. Please explain this to me.

What is the LDS Church's policy on proselyting and possible conversion of Muslims, in the United States and abroad?

I don't hear many prayers that include asking for the hastening of the Second Coming of the Lord anymore. You used to hear this commonly in church, conference and at the temple. Why is this?

I came across a description by a member who attended the temple for what he describes as a "Second Anointing and Sealing". This was described as a practice that ensures a person's calling and election. It was a ceremony done in the temple and was both for the husband and wife. I wanted to know of any information regarding this from Church history or doctrine.

Did Brigham Young actually declare war against the United States?

Why can't LDS leaders be bearded?

Can anyone enter a Jewish Temple or a Muslim Synagogue, regardless of religious affiliation?

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