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Issue 147
October 2007

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Topics included in this issue:
Agency, Autobiography, Belief, Biography, BYU, Christian principles, Church Activity, Church Organization, Community, Contemporary Mormonism, Counseling and Mental Health, Critical Scholarship, Cultural Studies, Demographics, Devotional, Discipleship, Doctrinal History, Economics, Education, Environment, Equality, Ethics, Faith, Family, Feminism, food, Genealogy, Godhood, Health, Homosexuality, Honesty, Humor, International Church, Internet, Interreligious dialogue, Jesus Christ, Law, Letters, Marriage, Media, Men, Missionary Work, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, Mormon Studies, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Music, Myth, News, Ordinances, Other Religions, Parenting, Personal Essay, Personal Journey, Poetry, Politics, Priesthood, Religious Studies, Repentance/Forgiveness, Revelation, Science and Religion, Sexism, Sexuality, Sin, Sociology, Spiritual Gifts, Spirituality, Standards, Sunstone, Symposium, Teaching, Temples, Testimony, Theology, Truth, Violence, Welfare, Women, Youth,
Page Category Author Title
2 Letters to Editor YAY, YAY NAY, NAY
4 Column John Dehlin FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: What We Can Do Together
7 Column Frances Lee Menlove DEVOTIONAL: Morning Reflections While Standing on One Foot
9 Poetry Thomas Robert Barnes HORSE EYE
10 Column Phyllis Baker WARD STORIES: Got Compassion?
11 Cornucopia All-seeing eye: There Are Also Celestial Bodies
12 Cornucopia James P. Harris A PLACE FOR EVERY TRUTH: Shunning Beecher
13 Cornucopia SUGAR BEET: Celestial Music: A Primer; Running Out of Time Sale
14 Feature Kristine Haglund MORMON WOMEN'S VOICES 2007: RELIEF, SOCIETY
16 Feature Emily Summerhays MORMON WOMEN'S VOICES 2007: IN ALL PLACES
19 Feature Kathryn Maughan MORMON WOMEN'S VOICES 2007: A LOVE STORY, 2007 Eugene England Personal Essay Contest Third Place Winner
21 Feature Tracy Leigh Mullett MORMON WOMEN'S VOICES 2007: REAL ANSWERS
24 Feature Caroline Tung Richmond MORMON WOMEN'S VOICES 2007; SEARCHING FOR THE MOTHER GODDESS
26 Feature Tara Babbel Haglund MORMON WOMEN'S VOICES 2007: A WOMAN IN GHANA
28 Feature Heather Oman, Janet Garrard-Willis, Rory Swensen BLOGGERNACLE VOICES-- "THE "SINGING MOTHERS (and Wailing Toddlers, Serious Christians, Brilliant Scholars, Single Romantics, Fashion Mavens, Grumpy Moms, and Assorted Poets and Pundits) CHORUS" . . .THAT WE’RE NOT FREAKS A Conversation about Blogging
33 Feature Various BLOGGERNACLE VOICES: A BLOGGERNACLE SAMPLER: I Hope I Get to Keep My Scars; How Far Do They Dangle?; Pretty Special; What's in a Name?; A Unique and Valuable Perspective; No Answers. Only Grace
37 Feature Caroline Crockett Brock BODIES, BABIES, BREASTS--MOTHERING IN ZION: MY TESTING GROUND
39 Feature Various BODIES, BABIES, BRASTS--MOTHERING IN ZION: FROM THE BLOGS: Worshiping Together and Other Fantasies; How Low Will I Sink?: It Must Be My Breasts; What Do I Want?; The Church of the Lastborn
42 Feature Deborah Farmer Kris INVISIBLE SISTERS: MAKING SENSE OF SUNDAY
44 Feature Holly Welker INVISIBLE SISTERS: CLEAN-SHAVEN: NO MORE BEARDS Straight Women, Gay Men, and Mormonism
51 Feature Ashley Sanders WOMEN, EQUALITY, AND PRIESTHOOD-- SOFT ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS: A Necessary Tension
53 Feature Tracie A Lamb WOMEN, EQUALITY AND PRIESTHOOD--SOFT ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS: WHY DO WE NEED EACH OTHER? A Personal Search for the Answer to God’s Odd Juxtaposing of Male and Female
57 Feature Judith Curtis WOMEN, EQUALITY, AND PRIESTHOOD--SOFT ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS: WHERE IS OUR PART?
59 Feature Susan Skoor WOMEN, EQUALITY, AND PRIESTHOOD --SOFT ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS: IT WAS LIKE COMING HOME: My Call to the Ministry
65 Feature Michael Farnworth THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY: Reclaiming the Feminine 'ish' of Self
69 Column Rick Jepson BOUNDS AND CONDITIONS: Ensoulment: Stem Cells, Human Cloning, and the Beginning of Life
72 Column D. Jeff Burton BRAVING THE BORDERLANDS. . . : A 2020 Call
74 News UPDATE: LDS Church Expresses 'Regret' for Mountain Meadows Massacre; Who Is Responsible?; Polygamist Leader Found Guilty; Romney's Mormonism Continues to Intrigue Media and Pundits; People; New Temple Recommends to Include Bar Codes, to be continued
79 Feature UPDATE: CONTINUED: Church Celebrates Its Call of One-Millionth Missionary; Pres. Hinckley Celebrates 97th Birthday, Visits New Building
80 Feature Elouise Bell AN OLIVE LEAF: By Simple Love and Need
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