Tangible Proof
In a comment Rusty says I do not exist. And many others marvel and wonder simalarly. As Truman Madsen says in the Joseph Smith tapes there are many who dont like God telling them what to do. Messing...
View ArticleWWYD?
Is there a calling that, if it were extended to you, you would know was not inspired? I hope no one will complain that I’m posting about something personal again. Please bear with me. I promise it has...
View ArticleBook of Mormon, NIV
I’m a Bible School graduate. It’s the one thing in my life that I’ve done consistently, and believe me, the chicks are always impressed when I whip out the minor prophets without pausing for breath....
View ArticleCase Closed
For those of you who are convinced we aren’t real people, or have your doubts, we invite you to comment away with the others here. Please, please, please go there to tell us we don’t exist, because we...
View ArticleKatie
I spoke to my daughter on the phone yesterday. It was the first time in a long, long time. I had this fear that she might not remember me or might not want to talk or something, or had heard bad...
View ArticleAccusers of the Brethren
Remember the Nauvoo Expositer. Well now there’s the Nine Moons Expositer. Yes the picture I have used is not real. Is that so surprising. I didnt use my real picture for the same reason I didnt use my...
View ArticleSmile for the Camera
A few months ago the Banner folks asked me to write a guest post. I was flattered and agreed to do so (nobody’s ever asked me before!), and then promptly got busy with other stuff. But here I finally...
View ArticleJenn F.A.Q.
“I AM NOT JENN!” -Steve Evans I guess I have some explaining to do. There are a lot of questions and a lot of emotions out there, and I want to address as many of them as I can think of in as...
View ArticleAllison: I’m Not Mari, But I Play Her On TV
Like most of us here, I’ve been outed several times over by now, both in a mostly humorous thread at Nine Moons and in a more serious one at Times and Seasons. Let me just say here that when we...
View ArticleMiranda: Who Am I and Why Am I Here?
My name is David King Landrith. I pretend to be Miranda Park Jones, and she is not real. Unlike my co-bloggers, I offer no general apology. After all, I have historically been among the most reviled...
View ArticleWhen Bad Writers Go Badder
I recognize that I harmed this community and I want to take responsibility for that and apologize to it collectively. It’s a resilient place that I’m sure can withstand the harm that I’ve caused and...
View ArticleAaron Unvailed
To quote Amulek, “I am a man of no small reputation—among all those who know me” (punctuation modified). As I am relatively unknown, I now offer my full name, for you to speak good or evil of as you...
View ArticleMy Apology
I’m Naomi Frandsen, and I created the character of Greg Fox. I want to apologize for being stupid enough not to see the stupid parts of what we did, for being insensitive enough not to understand how...
View Article17 Answers: Mormon Mischief
I’m embarrassed to admit that we have mislead you. We promised answers to 13 questions, because 13 was such a spooky number, but our panelists were kind enough to answer 17, and they’re all just too...
View ArticleGreat Expectations
We’re moving! We just returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. where Eric had some job interviews. He’s got a job at an environmental policy think tank there. It doesn’t pay a lot, but they have a...
View ArticleLetter Written December 18, 2005
Dear Sister Tidwell, If you’re even just reading this sentence I am so lucky. Please don’t stop reading. Please, please, please just give me a chance to explain. Let me at least ask for your...
View ArticleLetter Written December 18, 2005 (continued)
His house was really quiet and I knocked on the door a couple times and there was no answer. I finally went in and there were some beer bottles rolling around on the floor. Not too unusual, really,...
View ArticleYep. We’ve Made Headlines.
Be sure and catch the article in the Salt Lake Tribune’s Faith section by Peggy Fletcher Stack. And for those of you coming from the article, we’d like to offer you a friendly welcome.
View ArticleThe Song of Septimus
And I started thinking horrible things, Sister Tidwell. Very bad things. At night I started thinking I saw light coming from Dale’s house. Not a lot of light, but shades of light, or sometimes I saw...
View ArticleBlack Friday
Julia broke up with me. She dropped the “I’ve been wanting to tell you” line last night when she came over for pie with the folks. I don’t blame her. She left her family party bursting with 63...
View ArticleAsk, and Ye Shall Receive; Dream, and It Shall Be Given You
I had a very vivid dream the other night. I don’t know if it was revelation, but it comforted me a great deal. In my dream, everything was normal. I was myself, just as I am, not as a child who forgot...
View ArticleOne Year Later: Jenn
You know the saying, “be careful what you wish for?” Well, I’m here to testify that it’s true! Guys, Brian (the “Shelver”) was a weird boyfriend, but as a fiance he is beginning to really worry me. In...
View ArticleAll Saints’ Day
I’ll give you five seconds to guess where I’m posting from. Onetwothreefourfive. Time’s up, suckah. I’m posting from my friendly neighborhood Family History center. Right now an old man with a...
View ArticleA New Begining
When my fellow bloggers here all wrote a final post as the Banner finished last year I didnt particapate. It felt too much like a high school graduation or something I guess. Or maybe I should say...
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