Junior Ganymede
We endeavor to give satisfaction

Onward, Christian Soldiers!

September 03rd, 2015 by Bookslinger

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September 03rd, 2015 17:32:04

The Nobel Prize for Literature

September 03rd, 2015 by G.

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September 03rd, 2015 12:26:33

A Dashed Plea for IT Help

September 03rd, 2015 by Bertie

Could one of the IT mavens out there rally around with succor and advice?  I was idly fiddling with my smartphone yestereve and, blow me down, if I didn’t somehow run across the a stash of classified emails from a former US Secretary of State.  I can’t think how I managed to breach the imposing security that must protect the stuff.  One can only chalk it up to natural talent or beginner’s luck, eh, what, what?  But here one comes to the nub or the gist.  I rather expect that having the material on one’s private device renders one’s jolly self liable to fines and penalties and durance vile and gyves and whatnot.  Should I delete the c. e.?  Please advise right quick and eftsoons.

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September 03rd, 2015 09:18:31

His Majesty on recruitment

September 03rd, 2015 by Vader

See, this is why I have been telling His Majesty for years that he should hire a human relations specialist to recruit new minions, rather than trying to do it all himself.

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September 03rd, 2015 07:14:30

Angina Monologue 21

September 03rd, 2015 by Vader

His Majesty has continued to ruminate on crime and punishment.

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September 03rd, 2015 03:25:12

Hope in Marriage and in the Church

September 02nd, 2015 by G.

The most powerful image of covenant in the scriptures for me is the image of marriage. Israel, we are told, is like the (often faithless) spouse of God.

A marriage is a relationship that is defined by reciprocal promises, but it isn’t just defined by reciprocal promises. It is also defined by love, passion, and what I think of as habits of affection. We often think of love as a kind of Dionysian force that assaults us, but married love is more than simply Dionysian. It is also agricultural, something that one treasures, cultivates, and seeks to protect. I think it suggestive that in English “husband” can denote both a spouse and a farmer.

-thus Nate Oman.

Coincidentally, or perhaps not coincidentally, my poppets, I was thinking on the same subject this morning.  (more…)

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September 02nd, 2015 08:49:20

Sign of the Times

September 01st, 2015 by John Mansfield

Encountered in an LDS building in Waukee, Iowa: (more…)

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September 01st, 2015 17:55:05

Ancient and Modern Miracles

September 01st, 2015 by G.

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

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September 01st, 2015 10:31:23

Sublimity is among us

August 31st, 2015 by Vader

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well — he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.

Thus Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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August 31st, 2015 17:49:08

What is Freedom

August 31st, 2015 by Patrick Henry

Spontaneous order is freedom.

-thus “neocolonial”

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August 31st, 2015 16:09:21

An essay so controversial it couldn’t be published.

August 31st, 2015 by Bookslinger

That’s the tease that Dan Peterson gave to this article:
You should have kids because it’s your moral duty to do so.

The sub-heads and some of the sound-bites are rather Mormon-y.

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(Just to be sure it doesn’t disappear off the web…) (more…)

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August 31st, 2015 10:09:42

The Military Mental Model of Mormonism

August 31st, 2015 by MC

While once trying to explain to a non-Mormon friend why missionaries had such a strict dress code, I talked about showing respect for others, about norms of economic equality between rich and poor missionaries, but none of it seemed to register. Finally I said, “Look, becoming a missionary is like joining the Army. They have a collective goal, and everything is focused on that goal, to the point where things that you might otherwise find bothersome really don’t matter. If you are so concerned about individuality that you resent having to wear a uniform, then you are probably out of place there.” That made sense to him.

That sparked a years-long reflection on my part about how many aspects of Christianity in general, and Mormonism in particular, make more sense if you remember the words of the hymn, “We are all enlisted ’til the conflict is o’er.” As I’ll explain in more detail below, points of doctrine or Church history that might be troubling and confusing become less so when one realizes that we are in a spiritual war.

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August 31st, 2015 06:15:41

Angina Monologue 20

August 30th, 2015 by Vader

I must obey my master.

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August 30th, 2015 17:20:42

The Stars are Blazing Like Rebel Diamonds Cut Out of the Sun

August 30th, 2015 by G.

There is a truth in those brilliant lights in the darkness that no amount of philosophizing can obscure.

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August 30th, 2015 02:00:39

A dish best served cold

August 28th, 2015 by Inigo Montoya

bambi

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