Self-Reliance, Guatemalan Style
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
Thursday, October 19, 1989, San Felipe, Guatemala I feel confused by my own expectations. What I fear more ...
Why I like flag raising, even at church
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
There were precisely two occasions per year when I would witness flag raising ceremonies as a child, both o...
The secret of measuring success in the church is…
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
RAF recently wrote an interesting post on ‘the secret of measuring success in the church’. Almost everyone ...
Leggings, Modesty, and EFY
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
To the left is the cover of the official an EFY souvenir book from 1991. It consists of the title, Feeling ...
You Make the Call: Missionary Draft Deferrals
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
It has been interesting for me to watch the reactions this past week as news stories illuminated yet again ...
One Explanation of Commandments That Could Help You Understand God in a Completely New Way
by By Common Consent | Makes You Think Mormon Life
What an insightful way of thinking of the commandments God gives His children and why. “There are in ...
Thought-Provoking Graphs Show Last 20 Years of Church Statistical Reports
by By Common Consent | News from Utah
Did you know that, as of December 31, 2014, the church had 3,114 stakes with 29,621 wards and branches? Of ...
Departure
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
Today my son entered the MTC. It’s curbside drop off now, instituted when the swine flu caused concerns abo...
Mormons are Taking Over the Internet!
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs Opinions & Features
The Washington Post has an interesting article about the church’s success with search-engine optimization, ...
Review: The Joseph Smith Papers, Published Revelations
by By Common Consent | Opinions & Features
At an early release publicity event, volume editor Robin Jensen stood at a table and grabbed a pile of what...