Which “X-Mormon” had the biggest impact in 2011? Note: We are not implying that any of the contestants here have left the church. Many are active, faithful members of the CoJCoL-dS. The “X” here is a variable, standing for any kind of exceptional Mormon. Let’s meet the contestants!! Joanna Brooks:…
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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Rest in Peace Anne Frank Edition!
Baptism for the dead has hit the news in a big way! With all of the criticism in the news about posthumously baptizing holocaust victims (including Anne Frank, again), the Hindus got wind of the practice (and they don’t like it either). (On a related note, overuse of the “N-word”…
Collecting nominations for X-Mormon of the Year 2011!!!
Which X-Mormon had the biggest impact in 2011?? Remember that — as always — the “X” is a variable that can stand for any type of non-traditional Mormon (eg. liberal-Mormon, New Order Mormon, etc.) — it’s not just for “ex” or former Mormons!! Here are some choices to start with:…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Short & Sweet Edition!
Ladies & germs, I have had a ton of stuff to do at work this past week, and then I’ve been entertaining house-guests all weekend. So, I’m sorry if SiOB isn’t up to the usual standard. And let me compound the problem by taking this opportunity to throw in one…
Congratulations 2011 Brodie Winners!!!
The results are in!! Here are the Brodie Award winners of 2011: Year-long awards for people and websites: Best New Blog: Mormon Expression Best Discussion Forum: New Order Mormon Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog: LDS (Mormon) Stake Presidents Blog Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog: Ask Mormon Girl Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series:…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Apostasy Edition!
In response to last week’s news (about all that apostasy), the exmo/borderland community stepped up with lots of helpful discussion and ideas! Including fun ways to introduce less faith-promoting information. Personally, I think correlation is the problem — if people weren’t told to discuss only what the correlated manuals tell…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Where Have All the Mormons Gone? Edition!
More and more Mormons are leaving the church — not exactly news, but it hit the news in a big way last week!! This is largely because an important LDS leader admitted to Reuters that “attrition has accelerated in the last five or 10 years” — while refusing to give…
2011 Brodies: Vote Here!!
** Edit ** Now that the polls are closed, the links don’t show up as links anymore. Therefore, I’m editing this post to add all of the nominees and their links. If you’d like to see how many votes everyone got, scroll down past the list of nominees and links….
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Community and Connection Edition!
Who says leaving the church means losing your community? The Mormon Stories Conference has been getting fantastic reviews (it’s better than church!): The cool thing is that it’s a mixed group of believing mormons, questioning mormons, and exmormons, but the focus is on accepting everyone where they are at, not…
Last Call for 2011 Brodies Nominations!!
Don’t worry, you still have time — it will take me until Wednesday at the very earliest (and probably longer than that) to prepare the polls. And you can keep adding nominations until then. Here’s the current list, including my nominations. I have made a very serious effort not to…