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Dumbledore’s not really dead; he’s just been reincarnated into the body of Michelle Obama. He dresses more stylishly now, and he has killer biceps, but at heart he is the same wizened wise man we know and love. Consider the following five clues from last night’s FLOTUS speech.
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My husband is not a non-Mormon. Such language suggests that being Mormon is normative and everything else is Other, inferior, lacking. He is so much more: a pianist, an engineer, a home improvement nut, a Car Talk fan, a pun-loving wisecracker, and an Episcopalian.
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Last night, the LDS Newsroom appeared to make a statement that the Church does not prohibit caffeinated soda. Today that language has been changed to something far more ambiguous. What happened, and what is the Church's stance on caffeine?
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Yes, I know it's not beach season anymore, but I am in end-of-summer denial, so humor me. Here are quick rundowns of five new summer reads: Gone Girl, Broken Harbor, Gold, Little Century, and Heading Out to Wonderful.
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After all the attention paid in this campaign to Romney's religion, voters still don't feel like they know the man. This week, the GOP wants to change that. Brace yourself for Mormon "Old Home Week."
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When things get crazy, nothing beats an old-fashioned to-do list for helping me regain control of my life.
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"Because Mormons tend to be regarded as square rather than as simply quaint, media commentators have less compunction in mocking their sacred clothing than they would a Jewish yarmulke, a Sikh turban, or the mitre worn by Catholic bishops," says GTU religion professor Robert Rees.
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A couple of weeks ago InterVarsity Press, one of my all-time favorite publishing houses, sent me a review sampler for its new release What Mormons Believe by evangelical writer Robert M. Bowman. Unfortunately, the flat, unnuanced Mormonism depicted (and condemned) here is an oversimplified version of a complex, changing religion.
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Next week I'll be part of a conference exploring Mormon women's issues. Although it's being held at the University of Utah, it's co-sponsored by the LDS Church, which is an exciting step forward for all of us who care about the role of women in Mormonism.
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An affinity with Ayn Rand is something I came to expect from my atheist father -- who, inspired by her writings (and the disco-era bestseller Looking Out for Number One), emptied our family's bank account, abandoned his children, and drove off into the sunset to "self-actualize" in 1984. But it troubles me deeply to hear fellow Christians try to reconcile Rand's utter selfishness with the teachings of Jesus.
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Jana Riess is the author of Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor and several other books. She is currently immersed in a multiyear Twitter project called The Twible. (It’s the Bible, now with 68% more humor!)
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