by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 4, 2015 | for Spirit
Yes, I know I should have opened this last week with the first session, but I neglected to. Please feel free to add your thoughts about the women's session or any other session below. Happy conference and happy Easter! Roundup: General Women's Session Sister Cheryl A....
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 30, 2015 | for Good
A social media conversation today started with this: Is there a meme for Men Explain Mormon Doctrine? If not, I propose that should be a thing…the tendency for, whenever a woman expresses concerns with some part of Mormon doctrine and culture, some dude to rush in to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 28, 2015 | for Love
I've written about Robes before. He comes up in blogging and social media and conversation regularly. My kids, who were too young or unborn during the Boca Raton days, know his story. Or at least how his story intersects with ours. All my close Utah friends know him...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 1, 2015 | for Fun, for Mind
As a child I poured over my parents copy of The Devil's Dictionary. The older I got, the more of its humor I understood. I felt so smart with each new enlightenment. Now, thanks to one-time (well, really eight-time) Mormon Momma author Janiel Miller, we have an LDS...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 24, 2015 | for Money
Hear ye, hear ye, there's a new injustice in town! Forget the war on women, white privilege, and ecological carnaage. A greater demon is in our midst! The latest whinge du jour is emotional labor. You know, that age-old problem of oppressed and misused hirelings being...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 30, 2015 | for Good
The Post That Is Better Than This Post This morning I intended to write a post about the church's press conference Tuesday, variously hailed and/or jeered as calling for religious liberty, supporting LGBT rights, elevating institutional rights while denigrating...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 30, 2015 | for Body, for Spirit
Now is your chance! The church has created a survey and is asking for feedback and suggestions about garment fabric, fit, and cut. Probably the best post I've read on the topic is If I Were In Charge: Change Women's Garments (And Men's) from Wheat & Tares. Head on...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 29, 2015 | for Good, for Money
In 2007, I completed the arduous task of moving over 100 domains from GoDaddy to my new registrar, MyDomain. Every time I moved one, I sent a note to the administration that I was doing so because I would not support their sexist and objectifying advertising with my...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 22, 2015 | for Mind, for Spirit
Dictionaries and Other Nice Things At the risk of breaking the second commandment of church speaking (the first being refraining from starting any talk with, “The For the Strength of Youth pamphlet says…”), I'm going to start this post with a definition (I...
by Samuel Smith | Jan 19, 2015 | for Spirit
Evangelical and Mormon Grace In Perils of Grace by Robert L. Millet (BYU Studies Quarterly Vol. 53 No. 2 2014 pp.7-19) the autho summarizes his experience with the doctrine of grace especially from the standpoint of interacting with Evangelicals and the contrast...
