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In Gender Issues

Fun with Numbers: Is the Church Appealing to Women?

Author ZiffPosted on 25 September 200622 January 200814 Comments

Commenting on Seraphine’s Healing the Breach post at Times and Seasons, bbell asked this question:

If as you claim the LDS church is so alienating for women then why does it seem from all I have ever read that there are more active women then men? It would seem to me that men are being more alienated.

This seems like a reasonable point. Read More

In Fun

The Joy of Settlers of Catan

Author ZiffPosted on 26 August 200616 March 201531 Comments

My impression is that the average Mormon plays more board games than does the average non-Mormon. I suspect that, just as we use ice cream as a substitute for alcohol, we use board games as a substitute for drinking games.

One of my favorites is Settlers of Catan. Read More

In Family History

Why Family History?

Author ZiffPosted on 7 July 200622 January 200820 Comments

When I was in Primary, many years ago, we sang a song titled “Genealogy- I Am Doing It.” The song has since been rewritten as “Family History- I am Doing It”. This change is just one of many indicators of a general shift in the Church in the past couple of decades from talking about genealogy to talking about family history. Read More

In Church Life

Asking for Change

Author ZiffPosted on 25 June 200622 January 200820 Comments

I enjoyed Lynnette’s post on hoping for change, and the comments that followed. It got me to thinking about the next step after hoping, which might be asking for change. How can a member go about asking the Church to change?

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