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Olympic Porn

August 19th, 2008 · by xJane · 13 Comments

One of my cousins visited recently & we watched part of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics as well as Women’s Beach Volleyball, which she proclaimed to be simply “Olympic Porn”. I thought this was an entertaining commentary, especially in light of the video game based on beach volleyball.
Until I realized that it was indicative […]

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Tags: China · Current Events · Feminism · Pop Culture · Women

Antichrist ‘08

August 19th, 2008 · by xJane · 7 Comments

I enjoy Religion Clause, because it gives me bite-size news about religion & the government. More often than not, there is an article about the election. But this one just blew me away.

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Tags: Activism · Belief · Bible · Christianity · Church and State · Current Events · Ethics · Law · Media and Design · News · Politics · Religion · Video

Home Again, Home Again

August 19th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

I’ve been taking unscheduled time off of MoF recently as I deal with trying to get ready for school and traveling to visit my dying father. I believe that I have successfully done both, which is good, since school starts tomorrow! But I have not forgotten you, faithful reader, and have a sleeveful of goodies […]

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Tags: Blogging · Personal

On Not Raising Up Children unto the Lord.

August 19th, 2008 · by John · 13 Comments

These are my remarks from the Sunstone 2008 panel #331,  “Raise up a child in the way she should go…and which way is that?”  Several of you have asked Jana and I about how we’ve approached the spiritual aspects of raising our two precocious children, and two years spent outside the church have given us […]

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Tags: Getting over Religion · Mormonism · Personal · Quakerism