Posted in Uncategorized, Worldview, What is folklore? on Jun 27th, 2007 4 Comments »
What does a “good priesthood holder” look like? In a recent article entitled The Devil Wears Dockers that regular commenter Costanza sent to me, Robert Kirby talks about a Stake President who counseled members of his stake to avoid certain brands of clothing while carrying out home teaching and visiting teaching assignments, as well as […]
Posted in Worldview, custom and behavior on Jun 20th, 2007 31 Comments »
Costanza made a recent reference to the TV Show Three’s Company (“Come and knock on our door…”). My initial reaction when I read it was, “wow – I was not allowed to watch Three’s Company when I was a kid (“…we’ve been waiting for you”) – which only made me want to watch it […]
Posted in Worldview on Jun 17th, 2007 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago I started writing a little story over email with my ten-year-old daughter. My job requires that I travel, and I have been away more than I have been home the past few months, so this has been a way that we have kept in touch despite the distance. My […]
Posted in Worldview on Jun 14th, 2007 8 Comments »
I have a pretty good memory. I can recall very detailed things from various times in my life – sights, sounds, smells, words, feelings – it’s all inside me – good times and bad. Now I make no claim that my memories are perfect. I recognize they represent only my own perspective […]
Posted in Worldview on Jun 12th, 2007 35 Comments »
There was an interesting debate in Gospel Doctrine this past Sunday. Two Historians went at each other (mildly) with differing ideas.
The GD teacher, a Ph.D. in History who is probably in her mid-60’s made that claim that the Signs of The Times does not play as prominent a role in the Church […]
Posted in Worldview, Customs and Rituals on Jun 10th, 2007 6 Comments »
When I was studying folklore, I took a few courses from the Communication and Culture department at IU. It was interesting to compare the traditions in folklore to contemporary media conventions. Two of those conventions really stuck with me – they had to do with the way that information is presented: exegisis and […]
Posted in Truth, Worldview, Hoaxes on Jun 8th, 2007 14 Comments »
In one of the more bizarre posts I’ve yet seen from brother Ixtlilxochitl, it was claimed that Cain is Bigfoot. I remember hearing this same story as a teenager from a seminary teacher (the one who told me that a U.S. space probe had been sucked into a black hole and the Ten Tribes […]
Posted in Worldview on Jun 4th, 2007 19 Comments »
When I was a kid I tortured caterpillars for fun. I would hunt for them in the bushes in front of my house. Then I would put them in my dog’s water dish “for a swim.”
I would hunch over on hands and knees, eagerly monitoring every flailing wriggle, every feeble attempt […]
Posted in Worldview, Mormon-speak on May 31st, 2007 4 Comments »
Our words, like our deeds, should be filled with faith and hope and charity.
This was Jeffrey R. Holland’s message in this last April 2007 conference. (“The Tongue of Angels,” Ensign, May 2007, 16–18). Specifically, he said:
“Our words, like our deeds, should be filled with faith and hope and charity, the three great […]
Posted in Worldview, Missionary Folklore, Missionaries on May 30th, 2007 34 Comments »
Steve M. over at Within the Bubble wrote about an interesting mission experience (interesting in the “you have got to be kidding me” kind of way) and it got me thinking about all the times on my mission (no, I was never AP, not even a ZL, just a lowly DL for a few months […]
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