Over the past couple of years, I’ve gradually withdrawn from my engagement in the Mormon blogging world (affectionately referred to as the ‘Bloggernacle’), but I’m going to take one last little dive back into it. Apparently my excommunication experience has been nominated in the write-in category for the Niblet awards, and it’s doing all right: [...]

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No, wait, I didn’t. Also? I didn’t forget that, because of his male privilege, he’s also probably sexist. Anyone who thinks we’re “post-racial” is (a) not living in the real world and (b) white.

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Apparently, denying Californians equal rights was insufficient for many conservative religious. Indeed, messing with politics in another state (much of the Prop H8 money came from out-of-state conservatives) left them wanting. And so conservative hatemongers have moved on to East Africa—to the country to Uganda—where it is currently a crime punishable by life in prison [...]

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I’ve been thinking about the Prayer of St. Francis recently and thought I’d share the Sarah McLachlan version with you. Play song from Lala.com* We like this prayer here at MoF: John recommended it for a secular meditation and I as a secular prayer for strength. At that last link, I removed what I saw [...]

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flickr is a wellspring of photographic creativity. For one, I’m exposed to the works of thousands of pros and amateurs who take pictures of every conceivable subject. Then there are flickr groups and challenges, that encourage members to keep my perspective fresh and push me to explore my artistic and creative limits. There are a [...]

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Also, in the interest of full-disclosure, Shameless Not-Quite-Self Promotion. This is done by a fbfriend/former coworker as part of a contest to choose a music video for the song. The song is by Monsters of Folk (how could I not post something by someone of that abbreviation?!). I’m not quite sure how the winner is [...]

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the preceding image is licensed for reuse under Creative Commons by El_Enigma I feel like I’m cheating when I draw on old content, but the unfathomable tragedy in Haiti has me thinking about past events that challenged my faith in a compassionate, omnipotent god. My faith took some time to die, but one comparatively tiny [...]

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[Watson writing of Holmes:] Then my friend’s wiry arms were round me, and he was leading me to a chair. “You’re not hurt, Watson? For God’s sake, say that you are not hurt!” It was worth a wound–it was worth many wounds–to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. [...]

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Ladies and gents, I present to you the inimitable Jesca Hoop! She’s usually introduced as Tom Waits’ former nanny (Tom Waits has kids!? Do they have his chin tuft?), but thankfully, her voice bears no resemblance to his. LA Weekly describes her music as “an odd combination of folk, cabaret, melancholia and grace.” What the [...]

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