‘We come over, and sit’
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
I have a been a Bishop now for 18 months and though I don’t like to talk about it online I think that it is...
I Was Raised to be a Cannibal–but I Got Better
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
As my family and I drove home from our brief vacation in Arches National Park, we heard this strange ad on ...
How to Sincerely Enjoy Working in Nursery
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
A friend of mine was recently called to be Nursery leader and solicited advice on how to run a successful n...
Mormon Architecture
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
For bold new ideas in ecclesiastical architecture, the world might well look to the Mormon Church where the...
Where have all the Lamanites gone?
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
So here’s how this started: a Mormon friend of mine had never heard living people referred to as Lamanties,...
The Sacrament of Grief
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
Merear, Domine, portare manipulum fletus et doloris… [1] Both too early and too late, the phone rings. It i...
The Limits of Self Reliance
by By Common Consent | Opinions & Features
The popularity of the term “self-reliance” goes back to 1841, when Ralph Waldo Emerson published his book o...
The Why of Obedience
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
In a previous post, I wrote in praise of what I call the discipline of Mormonism. I love that we have high ...
Reducing the Carbon Footprint: LDS Church Debuts Green Buildings
by By Common Consent | Everything Else
Actions speak louder than words, or so they say. In which case the actions taken by the LDS church to green...
Oil of gladness
by By Common Consent | Best of LDS Blogs
The Elders’ Quorum president held up the quart-sized bottle for everyone to see. “For anointings we use oli...
