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March 2011

March 03, 2011

Better Sex Through Chastity

Premarital sex on college campuses is not something I know anything about. I went to...

December 2010

December 20, 2010

Profanity in Film (Part 2): Profane Language and the Third Commandment

The original Production Code for motion pictures in 1930 (called the "Hays Code") contained strict...

December 08, 2010

Movie Ratings and Content: Judging Profanity in Film

Series Introduction: Movie ratings are traditionally based on three primary criteria: profanity, sex, and violence,...

October 2010

October 29, 2010

Balancing tradition with faith and scholarship: a Mormon application of Peter Enns

In my own struggles to balance faith and tradition with scholarship, I find it useful...

October 25, 2010

Here’s A Secret: Nobody’s Normal

An interesting thing has happened since I launched the Mormon Women Project at the beginning...

September 2010

September 21, 2010

Status Update: I’m an individual…please don’t shun me

If you're keeping up with the latest debates in LDS pop culture, you've probably come...

August 2010

August 27, 2010

The Girl With Her Fingers In Her Ears

I have a confession: the music in the waiting chapel of the Salt Lake Temple...

August 19, 2010

Brigham Young, Studying Evil, and Living in a Bubble

It's been five years since I posted this, and it came up in a Church...

July 2010

July 27, 2010

CleanFlix and Clean Flicks: A Look At Edited Films

Once upon a time, my wife and I watched a TV movie on a basic...

July 02, 2010

Patriotism and God

It's Independence Day this Sunday, and chances are each Mormon ward will sing at least...

June 2010

June 16, 2010

The State of LDS Cinema — 2010

Let’s take a quick glance at box office figures for LDS films released since 2000:...

April 2010

April 06, 2010

Searching For Decent Films (Part 2): Using The Rating System Appropriately

(Continuing from Part 1) The movie rating system gets a lot of criticism – most...