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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “meetings”

The Dullness of Complaining that LDS Church Meetings are Dull: A Rebuttal

Jeff Spector July 30, 2010meetings, Mormon, Mormons, sacrament, sacrament meeting 70 Comments

I recently read a piece by Jana Riess on Beliefnet.com “Why Are Mormon Church Meetings So Dull?”. I intended to write an extensive rebuttal on …

Egon Friedell and the Christian ‘Bad Conscience’

Aaron R. aka Rico October 18, 2009apostasy, books, Charity, christ, Culture, Discrimination, diversity, meekness, meetings, Mormon, religion 28 Comments

This photograph was taken by Sebastiao Salgado at a gold mine in Brazil. I first saw it in a room at the University I attend. As …

It Is Possible to Effect Some Changes in Your Stake

Mormon Heretic October 16, 2009LDS, Leaders, meetings, Mormons, questioning, sacrament meeting 15 Comments

I’ve enjoyed Andrew Ainsworth’s recent posts on (1) being a loving critic of the church, (2) in a way that doesn’t get you excommunicated. I …

Worship or Whine?

Jeff Spector May 12, 2009accountability, Charity, children, christ, church, faith, families, General Authorities, Happiness, LDS, meetings, Mormon, orthodox, Priesthood, sacrament meeting, testimony 85 Comments

This post was inspired by David Stout’s series of posts on LDS Worship, Part II and Part III as well as HawkGrrrl’s post entitled “More …

LDS Worship – Part III

guest April 17, 2009christ, christianity, church, Culture, diversity, faith, inter-faith, LDS, meetings, Mormon, music, orthodox, religion, reverence, righteousness, sacrament meeting, spirituality, testimony 18 Comments

David Stout is a Disciples of Christ minister. This is the third and final installment of his insightful commentary on LDS Sacrament Meeting Worship. To …

LDS Worship – Part II

guest April 13, 2009christianity, Culture, history, inter-faith, LDS, meetings, missionary, Mormons, music, orthodox, prophets, religion, reverence, sacrament meeting, spirituality 46 Comments

The following is the second part of the series written for us by David Stout, Disciples of Christ minister, about his perception of LDS worship. …

LDS Worship

guest April 7, 2009christianity, conference, Culture, evangelicals, General Authorities, General Conference, history, inter-faith, LDS, meetings, Mormon, music, prophets, religion, sacrament meeting, spirituality 45 Comments

David Stout, Disciples of Christ minister who wrote a very thought-provoking post for us a few weeks ago, has agreed to write a short series …

Big Love -Big News

James March 10, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apologetics, apostasy, baptism, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, burdens, Charity, children, christ, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, education, faith, families, fear, FLDS, general, God, Happiness, history, inter-faith, Jesus, joseph, marriage, media, meetings, Mormon, Mormons, movies, news, obedience, ordinances, orthodox, polygamy, Priesthood, prophets, religion, resignation, RLDS, salvation, scripture, spirituality, television, temple, testimony, theology, thought, Utah, women 33 Comments

Go to Church or Die!

Hawkgrrrl March 2, 2009apostasy, Asides, Charity, church, Culture, curiosity, death, diversity, doubt, faith, families, fear, Happiness, Humor, inter-faith, LDS, meetings, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, prayer, Priesthood, questioning, religion, spirituality, testimony, theology, thought, Word of Wisdom 11 Comments

A recent article in Time discusses several studies about the correlation between faith and health. Does church attendance contribute to a healthier, longer life? Is …