Marianne Jennings, one of my favorite columnists, skewers Martha Beck and her new book here.
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Learning from the Catholics
Notwithstanding the stark condemnations of Elder McConkie, you and I are actually not very far from being Catholics ourselves. One needn’t look far to see the great similarities shared by the erstwhile Great and Abominable and the Only True and Living.
Each church rests on an unwavering claim of authority, given by Christ, through Peter, his chief Apostle.
Chastity in the Ivy League
Highlights from Preach My Gospel
In response to Elder Richard G. Scott’s talk in conference on the Church’s new guide to missionary service, Preach My Gospel, my wife and I went to the distribution center on Saturday and bought a copy. I have been reading through large parts of it all weekend. This new program is a great improvement over the system we employed when I was a missionary 10 years ago. It also has some wonderful discussion of gospel principles. In fact, I am so impressed that I am considering adopting it as the principle study guide for my personal gospel study and my wife and I are discussing using it for our couple gospel study program.
I want to highlight some passages that stuck out to me. Some of them are doctrinal, some are explanations of policy, some relate to how missionary work is to be conducted, and others are related to recent discussions in the bloggernacle.
Monday Morning Millennial Star Question #3
As a general rule, should Mormons show preference for other Mormons, or should we treat everyone equally? If I sell my car, should I give a better deal to a Mormon? Should I support Mormon-owned businesses? Give Mormon political candidates a “thumb on the scale”? What about Mormon job applicants?