And now I show unto you a parable. Behold, wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together; so likewise shall mine elect be gathered from the four quarters of the earth.
Discuss.
Your Friday Firestorm #58
April 8, 2011 By
Mormon Merit Badge #1: Membership In the Ward
March 28, 2011 By
As is so often the case, BCC has been asked by the PTB to assist in the development of new methods and materials designed to improve Gospel consumption. This time, the PTB have specifically requested that we revamp the Scouting program by creating new merit badges and requirements for implementation into a youth program that will better meet the needs of young men and young women, but also adults seeking to increase the number of good turns they do daily. Your input on the requirements for each new merit badge will be requested, collected, and formalized in due time.
BCC’s Mormon Merit Badge #1: Membership In the Ward
(Replacing: Citizenship in the Community)
[Read more...]
Police Beat Roundtable XXIII
March 23, 2011 By
Readin' Rambo
The 23rd installation of our ongoing look at that most charming column of the Daily Universe. Previous installments can be read here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
This week: GST, Steve, Matt and Ken are joined by our friend, mentor and guide, Karen Hall.
GST: Who is this Karen Hall?
Ken: I lived in Karen Hall freshman year. [Read more...]
BCC Zeitcast 67: Jonna
March 14, 2011 By
In this episode, Scott B. is joined in the virtual studio by Jonna, a pop music singer in Finland and a convert to the LDS Church. Topics include Jonna’s musical career and current projects, her conversion to the Restored Gospel, and its impact on her personal and professional life.
BCC Papers 6/2, Weeks, The Last Days of Joseph Smith
March 14, 2011 By
Zebulun Q. Weeks, The Last Days of Joseph and Hyrum Smith: A Chronology (Introduction)
But heroic like demi-gods they firmly trod the road to death and glory
-Dan Jones [Read more...]
Your Friday Firestorm #57
March 11, 2011 By
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Discuss.
BCC Zeitcast 66: Movies & Mormons
March 10, 2011 By
In this episode, Scott B. is joined in the virtual studio by Robert Moncrief, a young LDS film maker in Southern California. Among other topics, they discuss Robert’s current film projects, his experiences as an LDS film student in California during Prop 8, the current state of LDS cinema, and the Mormon cultural aversion to R-rated movies. Also, they talk about the scourge to humanity that is George Lucas.
Links For Your Convenience:
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Your Friday Firestorm #56
March 4, 2011 By
And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
Discuss.
BCC Zeitcast 65: What the Tribune Didn’t Tell You
February 24, 2011 By
In this episode, Scott B. and Matt Page continue the ominous & ghostly themes at BCC this week with a discussion of Bigfoot and UFOs in Mormon Folklore, evil music, a suspicious Culligan man, and all of the details of Matt’s life which–for various reasons–were missing from an article about Matt and his artwork in the Salt Lake Tribune a couple of weeks ago. Actually, they really just make fun of Brad Kramer for half an hour or so.
Links For Your Convenience:
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Your Friday Firestorm #55
February 18, 2011 By
“The handbook is doctrinal”
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Worldwide Leadership Training, Feb. 12, 2011.
Discuss.
BCC Papers 6/1: Hardy, The King James Bible
February 15, 2011 By
You can read the full paper here.
Grant Hardy, “The King James Bible and the Future of Missionary Work”—Synopsis
The King James Version of the Bible has a long and storied history, but the LDS Church is entering a period when the drawbacks of that 400 year old translation will become more and more apparent, for several reasons: [Read more...]
Your Friday Firestorm #54
February 11, 2011 By
And now, verily I say unto you, I, the Lord, will not lay any sin to your charge; go your ways and sin no more; but unto that soul who sinneth shall the former sins return, saith the Lord your God.
(D&C 82:7)
Discuss.
Your Friday Firestorm #53
February 4, 2011 By
“The family will be presided over by the father, the priesthood bearer…And he will tie generations together as we go forward. . . . Can you think of a more glorious opportunity than being led by your own father in the eternities to come, and having the opportunity as a father in leading your children as they go forward?” [Read more...]
BCC Zeitcast 64: Morris Thurston & The Miller Eccles Study Group
February 3, 2011 By
In this two part episode, Scott B. interviews Morris Thurston, a supporter and participants in several areas of Mormon Studies. The interview covers a range of topics, including Thurston’s early experiences in Mormon Studies, later experiences with the Joseph Smith Papers Project, and the history of the Miller Eccles Studies Group, which has been holding monthly lectures and meetings in Southern California for over 30 years.
Part 1:
Links for your convenience:
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BCC Zeitcast 63: Tuesdays With Berto
January 21, 2011 By
In this episode, Scott B. listens in while Aaron Brown tells a story from his mission that probably should have stayed in his mission.
Enjoy!
Links for your convenience:
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BCC Zeitcast 62: A Fireside With RJH
January 16, 2011 By
Our first podcast of 2011 features something we’ve never done before at BCC, and we hope you’ll enjoy it: A Sunday evening fireside.
Following a brief introduction, we turn the time over to Ronan for a fireside he recorded late last fall in London.
Enjoy!
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Boggs-Doniphan Gentile of the Year Award 2010 – WINNER!
January 11, 2011 By
Voting is over, and the 2010 Gentile of the Year is Judge Vaughn Walker!
Judge Vaughn Walker. (Photo credit: Mike Linksvayer for WikiMedia Commons)
Idaho Mormons: Handgun Justification Edition
January 10, 2011 By
A BCC reader writes:
“A friend up in Idaho can get a handgun IF he is able to find a quote from a modern day prophet/leader that grants/encourages/blesses such an act (in order to appease his wife). Can the bloggernacle find such a quote?”
Go forth, bloggernaclers! Let us work to arm this faithful brother! [Read more...]
Voting: Boggs-Doniphan Gentile of the Year Award 2010
January 6, 2011 By
We’re now opening the poll for the Boggs-Doniphan Award for the non-Mormon with the biggest impact on Mormonism in 2010, be it positive (Doniphan) or negative (Boggs). The choices are culled from last month’s nomination thread. Previous winners are Stephen Colbert for making fun of us, and Mike Huckabee for, well, making fun of us.
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You Make the Call: Confession of Past Discretions
December 20, 2010 By
The following question is posed by an anonymous BCC reader:
You’re the bishop. A 45 year-old member of the church presents himself in your office. He has only recently become active in the church. He stopped attending shortly after he was ordained a priest nearly 30 years ago. He is married with a wife and 3 kids, ages 8, 10, and 12. The wife is not a member, but she is interested in the church, and on her prompting, the family is starting to attend. [Read more...]
Boggs-Doniphan Award 2010
December 15, 2010 By
Kent’s feature at T&S serves again as a reminder that it’s time to offer nominations for the Boggs-Doniphan Award (Gentile of the Year). Who is the non-Mormon who has had the greatest impact on Mormonism for good (Doniphan) or bad (Boggs) in 2010? Previous winners were Mike Huckabee and Stephen Colbert. I nominate Barack Obama for paving the way for the Mormons to save the Constitution.
BCC Zeitcast 61: MoTab Has Its Moments
December 14, 2010 By
In this episode, Scott B. listens in while Kristine Haglund and Nicholas S, aka Latter-day Guy, get their musical geek on. First, Nicholas and Kristine share some highlights and lowlights of their LDS music experiences. Later, the group discusses ways to improve music in LDS settings and opine on their favorite and most hated LDS songs.
Links for your convenience:
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Idaho Mormons: Elk Poaching Politicians Edition
December 10, 2010 By
One of our All-Time Favorite politicians and made news this week.[1]
“Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell has been charged with poaching an elk in eastern Idaho.
“Idaho Fish and Game said Rammell was in illegal possession of an elk on Dec. 8. When an officer asked Rammell for his hunting permit, he produced one for a different zone that expired in October.”
BCC Zeitcast 60: The Cyber Elders
December 7, 2010 By
And now for something completely different!
In this episode, Scott B. interviews the Cyber Elders–a pair of missionaries who have been called to serve in an experimental mission devoted solely to online missionary work. And no, we are not making this up. [Read more...]
BCC Zeitcast 59: Camping & Hiking
November 23, 2010 By
Just in time for Thanksgiving, a podcast that has nothing to do with Thanksgiving!
In this episode, Scott B. and Sunny Smart talk about that greatest of Mormon pastimes: Camping. First, Sunny recounts her experience as an employee in a wilderness youth treatment program. Then, Scott describes his campfire FAIL (a moving tale about a boy, a match, and some gasoline). Finally, Sunny gives a stern warning to all young women who have considered hiking as a hobby. [Read more...]
BCC Zeitcast 58: Female Ritual Healing In Mormonism
November 17, 2010 By
The BCC Zeitcast returns with a brand new season!
In this two-part episode, Scott B. and J. Stapley discuss the long-promised and oft-cited paper on Female Ritual Healing which Stapley and BCC Emeritus Kris Wright co-authored, and which will be published in the Winter 2011 Journal of Mormon History, due out this January. [Read more...]
Police Beat Roundtable #22 – Halloween Edition!
October 27, 2010 By
Thursday Morning Quickie #20
September 30, 2010 By
[Note: The following text was taken verbatim from the M Men-Gleaner Manual, "Love, Marriage, and You" used in 1956-1957. Previous entries in this series can be found here.]
Lesson 9
Becoming Well Acquainted
ABOUT a year ago a young man, age twenty, met a girl in Salt Lake City at a church social. He danced with her twice that evening and then made a date for the next afternoon. They went out together every evening for the next five days. At the end of that time they both thought they were madly in love and agreed to get married, which they did. [Read more...]
Thursday Morning Quickie #19
September 16, 2010 By
[Note: The following text was taken verbatim from the M Men-Gleaner Manual, "Love, Marriage, and You" used in 1956-1957. Previous entries in this series can be found here.]
Lesson 14
Wedding and Honeymoon
A FEW YEARS ago an M Man who had been president of his ward group and an attractive Gleaner girl were married in the Salt Lake Temple. They had known each other since they were children, had gone together off and on for nearly five years, and were deeply in love. [Read more...]
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