When I saw the list of the Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees, I thought, “Which of these movies would be most useful to Mormons?” And the answer I came up with was Tár. Which seemed strange. After all, we have Avatar: The Way of Water, a movie about a family—and Mormons love families! We also …
Author: Stephen Carter
The Children’s Friend on Mushrooms
Recently I saw the August 1925 cover of The Children’s Friend (the official publication of the LDS Church’s Primary organization). What made the cover interesting was the fact that it showed two children sitting with their dog in front of a gigantic mushroom. The mushroom had windows and doors in it. And in one of …
The LDS Proselytizing Mission as Hazing
By S. Richard Bellrock S. Richard Bellrock has been teaching and working in areas related to philosophy and psychology since 2000. Or, click here to download the audio file: The LDS Proselytizing Mission as Hazing Presumably, you have heard the notion that one of the primary purposes (if not the primary purpose) of the …
Why Korihor Needed a Good Physical Therapist: An Alternative Reading of Alma 30
By Wade Greenwood Or download the audio file here: Why Korihor Needed a Good Physical Therapist In April 2021, during a lengthy Twitter exchange about belief and membership in the LDS Church, an assistant professor at BYU with a high-profile social media presence posted a one-word rebuke to a BYU student who …
Linguini to Spare
By Megan Greenwood Or download the audio file here: Linguini to Spare I am really good in a crisis. Seriously. Really good. I’m actually kind of famous for it. Cancer diagnosis? I’m your gal. Divorce? I’ve got you. Lost your job? I’m here to help. Years ago, my mom and I were …
The Mormonator and Me: A Pandemic Face-off
By John Hatch John Hatch is an editor at Signature Books. His book “What Do You Mean, Murder?” Clue and the Making of a Cult Classic will be published in 2023. Or, download the audio here: The Mormonator and Me: A Pandemic Face-off One Sunday morning, about eight months into the pandemic, …
Wilkinson the Man
By Gary James Bergera “I never aspired to be a popular president. I did aspire to get things done, and the two were not always compatible.” Click here to download the audio file: Wilkinson the Man Read the original article here.
The Swearing Elders: The First Generation of Modern Mormon Intellectuals
By Thomas A. Blakely Or click to download the audio file: The Swearing Elders: The First Generation of Modern Mormon Intellectuals. Read the text here.
Writing the History of Pets and Other Animals in Mormondom
By Edgar C. Snow Jr. Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Writing the History of Pets and Other Animals in Mormondom Click here to read the PDF version of this article.
Saturday’s Werewolf: The Doctrine that Makes Stephenie Meyer’s Lycanthropes Golden Investigators
By Eric W. Jepson Or, right-click here to download the audio file: Saturday’s Werewolf Read the article with your eyeballs here: Saturday’s Werewolf text