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Fiona Givens Ep 149 The Cultural Hall

FIONA GIVENS is a retired modern language teacher with undergraduate degrees in French and German and a graduate degree in European History. She is now an independent scholar who has published in several journals and reviews in Mormon studies,…

Richie TOctober 28, 2014

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Sacred or Secret?: Preserving Sanctity in an Age of Transparency

I, like many other Latter-Day Saints grew up knowing that there were certain topics that were "just not discussed" openly, or even within the privacy of our own homes. Many (if not most) of these topics had to do…

Richie TOctober 27, 2014

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The Mormon History Guy Responds to the Polygamy Essays

In a class I was teaching at a non-LDS university on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o classic novel, Weep Not, Child, I asked students what most stood out to them about the book. One student responded: “One of the men had two wives…”…

Richie TOctober 23, 2014

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Freetown (New LDS Movie) Trailer

In 1989, Charles Taylor’s rebel group—The National Patriotic Front of Liberia—launched an insurrection against then leader, Samuel Doe. By the following year, Taylor’s rebels had taken control of most of the country and killed Doe. More than 200,000 people died…

Richie TOctober 20, 2014

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LDS Temple Garments (Video) + Q & A

Recently headquarters for the LDS Church published this video about "Garments" What questions do you have about LDS Temple Garments...Post in the Comments and we will add them to this post and make it a more comprehensive Q and…

Richie TOctober 20, 2014

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I Passed Out, Threw Up, Hyperventilated, and Cried.

So at age 14 I just accepted it. Blood and I don’t get along. I would prefer it stay inside people and not come out. It was 9th grade and I was sick, very sick, but was so worried about…

Richie TOctober 14, 2014

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Why Physical Chemistry Needs to Be On The “Future Husband List” For Young Women

The basis of marriage has changed. Its foundation now relies almost exclusively upon two relatively inexperienced people making a major decision based upon emotion, hopefully some rational thought, and something else we tend to downplay -- chemistry -- as opposed…

Richie TOctober 10, 2014

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The Mormon Friendly Pumpkin Spice “Latte”

Fall, arguably the magical time of the year. The earth begins to cool, the leaves begin to change color, and the retail stores begin to hock their Holiday paraphernalia. Unfortunately, or perhaps, un"fall"tunately , every year millions of LDS members…

Richie TOctober 4, 2014

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When Revelation Gets PERSONAL

I can still remember the exact spot on my back porch where I was sitting more than 10 years ago when my best friend told me that he had received personal revelation that we were meant to be married…

Richie TOctober 2, 2014

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How bout we look on the heart, eh?

Warning: I'm sure some readers may disagree with some of my opinions in this article. I'm ok with that. My hope is that you can look past the opinions to the purpose of my writing; the desire to take discipleship…

Richie TOctober 1, 2014

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