el @elcall.info · 06/10/2026Printed in a 1912 Utah State student newspaper newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2... 021
el @elcall.info · 03/10/2026Utah State newspaper, November 15, 1967: newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2... 181
el @elcall.info · 01/10/2026From the Ogden Examiner, Jan 24 1913, reasons why you need a telephone newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=3... 020
el @elcall.info · 25/09/2026In 1943, Utahns were gifting celery...so much so, that they apparently had a celery committee in the Chamber of commerce?? 011
el @elcall.info · 16/09/2026I've been listening to anti-MLM YouTube videos like podcasts lately, and since I don't pay for premium I get ads. Most are unhinged. Obviously, I usually skip as soon as I can but some of them baffled me so much I keep watching. All of the following are AI generated (so details change constantly) 110
el @elcall.info · 07/09/2026Took @sarahjwh.bsky.social's idea for a ring dish in the kitchen and I love it 021
el @elcall.info · 10/08/2026Personally, I prefer footnotes over endnotes, but I realize there are reasons publishers don't always do that. This, though? I've seen it twice now—both in books that are supposed to be for more general audiences (I think?)—and I hate it *so* much 220
el @elcall.info · 01/08/2026Reading through old newspaper articles (as I do) and came across one from 1908 (5 years post-Kitty Hawk) that suggested that we're unlikely to have big airplanes and more likely to have air bicycles. To be fair, it does seem wild that it's easier to get 150+ people in the air than 1 person. 1/3 110
el @elcall.info · 21/06/2026This was the full list of terms I flagged. To be fair, some of these are ones I knew, and some are justified, but put with the others they felt like too much. (Asterisks are terms that were used twice in the book; all others used once) 110
el @elcall.info · 18/06/2026I saw a tip earlier this week about putting butter on the edge of the pot before boiling pasta so it doesn't spill over and this works???? 010
el @elcall.info · 16/03/2026(I mostly do Taylor Swift album covers, but I have a few others like this Celeste pattern that would require more intentional page breaks) 030
el @elcall.info · 29/10/2025I'm sorry y'all, but when you talk about baseball, this is all I can think of www.tumblr.com/tidal-chaos/... 030
el @elcall.info · 29/08/2025Now That's What I Call Maintenance Phase found in my HelloFresh box this week 🙃 @michaelhobbes.bsky.social 010
el @elcall.info · 04/08/2025I saw this still in the behind-the-scenes for last week's Game Changer and immediately went "oh that's a missionary name tag" and then managed to find that the still is from a short film www.imdb.com/title/tt2034... 150
el @elcall.info · 25/04/2025Last week's absurdity was a property management company charging a $35/month fee for "maintaining the washer and dryer" 120
el @elcall.info · 26/02/2025This is the article that Booth is referring to (all images are the same; not enough room for alt text. most alt text in the last image) #mormonstudies archive.org/details/impr... 220
el @elcall.info · 26/02/2025Today's #mormonstudies tidbit comes from a letter written by T. Y. Booth to George T. Boyd! 230
el @elcall.info · 07/02/2025Today's #MormonHistory find: In the 1921 Correlation/Social Advisory Committee report, they describe what sounded to me like Seminary...but for elementary school students. This was completely new to me, but I managed to find out that the Religion Class program was the 1890 precursor to Seminary 161
el @elcall.info · 05/02/2025This section from near the chart does seem to suggest that "home" was a likely possibility as a Sunday afternoon activity 000
el @elcall.info · 05/02/2025I need some help interpreting this proposed table of weekly LDS programs/meetings from 1921! I'm particularly confused by Sun PM, Sun Evening (presumably the unlabeled column), Wed Eve, and Fri Eve. Like, is the Sun PM three different activities? Or just one? #MormonHistory 531
el @elcall.info · 03/01/2025I have been informed by my husband that citing my own work is giving Obama awarding Obama meme vibes 040
el @elcall.info · 02/01/2025This is a good explanation, but the TL;DR is that crochet stitches are twisty in ways that machines can't replicate 030
el @elcall.info · 23/12/2024(it does look like there's some "official" or sanctioned art, and I like this limited run tarot card set art the best coppermind.net/wiki/Adolin_...) 060
el @elcall.info · 21/12/2024I'm genuinely concerned this crocheted blanket isn't going to hold up for more than a week of use by a nearly 7-year-old. I did use magic knots but it turns out acrylic is a rather slippery yarn material. (And yes, genuinely seeking advice) 120
el @elcall.info · 15/12/2024According to my math, I need to crochet 3-4 hours on this every day for the next week to finish by Christmas 020
el @elcall.info · 05/12/2024Public Service Announcement for parents whose Spotify Wrapped is actually for their kids: Exclude playlists from your taste profile. 110
el @elcall.info · 21/11/2024It already looks so much better this time around! I'm relying on magic knots, plus I doubled the size of the cats so I have to switch colors less often 050
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024There's a whole section on families that I omitted from the original thread 120
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024van Beek concludes that there's a "cultural vacuum" in LDS Church life that local cultures can and should fill. Rituals are a necessary part of life and culture; without official Church guidance, they are going to occur anyways, and should, perhaps, be encouraged. 16/ 240
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024Another element of African culture is the diversity of religions, either by different family members being members of separate religions, or by individuals themselves being affiliated with many separate religions. 15/ 170
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024So, then, what about actual doctrines, rather than just procedure? Polygyny isn't unusual in Africa, and the modern LDS hardline stance against the doctrine may not be an actual doctrinal stance, but a cultural one. 14/ 140
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024Despite the fact that there's no specific way to hold an LDS funeral, the likelihood of integrating African culture into one is low. And while cost may be a factor, another is simply that such a cultural display strays too far from the current LDS standard. 13/ 140
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024An African funeral could easily integrate LDS teachings, as imagined here by van Beek. 13/ 140
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024The bridewealth is part of an African cultural institution where community events like funerals are an investment in strengthening the community. van Beek compares this financial cost to student loans in the USA, also seen as an investment, despite the significant cost. 12/ 140
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024He goes on to explain the lobola, often translated as "bride price" but perhaps better explained as "bridewealth" that "should be seen as an expression of the female value and the supreme importance of the family." Oaks' primary issue is the associated cost, but that is a different concern. 11/ 140
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024Even Oaks seems to struggle to define what "gospel culture" actually is. The idea seems like it's supposed to carry depth and inherent understanding, but instead it's empty and not filled with any true cultural signifiers (beyond those of a certain brand of American Mormonism) 9/ 180
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024But that's not fully true, as van Beek demonstrates in his first example. I had literally never considered this arrangement of callings to be a potential issue, and yet, this fundamental structure of LDS organization is at odds with cultural perspectives. 8/ 2100
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024When diversity began to be a part of the American conversation, the Church's perspective was that the gospel could easily be incorporated into any culture. 7/ 170
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024Chapter 4 is "Church Unity and the Challenge of Cultural Diversity" by Walter E. A. van Beek. He starts out by explaining that the LDS Church focuses on a unified structure and is also extremely homogeneous. 6/ 160
el @elcall.info · 18/11/2024The idea of LDS/Mormon culture has been fascinating to me, but it kicked up a notch while researching Sunday School manuals, and discovering this quote from 1990: 1/ www.thechurchnews.com/1990/12/29/2... 2192
el @elcall.info · 13/11/2024Also there's this ornament that showed up very briefly for me and then disappeared, and I'm not even sure if it was real?? 030
![abditive*
abracadabratic
adumbrated
afflatus
alethurgic
alterity
amanuensis*
Augean Stable
begirt
betokened*
brachygraphy
bête noire*
carve [reality] at the joints
cathexis
chiliastic*
convoked
cosmogonic
damnatio memoria
depredations
desiderata
dog's breakfast
dog-in-the-manger
efflorescence*
emically](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:revrnwlxc7mjtgzi3rs76tke/bafkreifisaze2hc3mewfyyiodnrhf3cv5j5u6mloyh22siifrufdbzl24i)
![YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED BY JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH, president of the council of the twelve
DIFFERENCES IN BODIES IN THE RESURRECTION
Question: "The Lord has revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith that there will be no marriage outside of the celestial kingdom, and even there, only among those who have been faithful to all covenants in mortal life and have been married according to divine law in the temple of the Lord. The question was raised in our class in regard to men and women who are assigned to other kingdoms, also those who are in the celestial kingdom and who are unmarried; what will prevent them from living together outside of the marriage covenant? We assume it to be a fact that females, as well as males, in great numbers will inherit places in these other kingdoms. ''Will you kindly discuss this problem for us?"
Answer: We may well believe that our Eternal Father has fully considered this point and made ample provision to meet the situation. In the Doctrine and Covenants, section 88, we are informed that there will be differences in the bodies of inhabitants of the several kingdoms to meet every need and restriction.
"And they who are not sanctified through the law which I have given unto you, even the law of Christ, must inherit another kingdom, even that of a terrestrial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom.
"For he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a celestial glory.
"And he who cannot abide the law of a terrestrial kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory.
"And he who cannot abide the law of a telestial kingdom cannot abide a telestial glory; therefore he is not meet for a kingdom of glory. Therefore he must abide a kingdom which is not a kingdom of glory." (D&C 88:22-24.)
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![A table with four columns and four rows. The first column lists days of the week, Sunday - Wednesday. The second col has the heading of A.M., and the third col is P.M. The fourth col does not have a heading.
The Sunday row has "Sunday School [new line] Choir Practice [number sign, with info on next image]" in col 2, "Home [new line] Monthly Fast [new line] Meeting" in col 3, and "Sacrament Meeting [new line] Conjoint MIA [new line] (Monthly)" in col 4.
Mon has no text in cols 2 or 3, but "Home Evening" in col 4.
Tues has no text in col 2, but has "Primary [new line] Relief Society" in col 3, and "YMMIA [new line] YWMIA" in col 4.
Wed has no text in col 2 or 3. In col 4, the text is "Home [new line] Ward Teaching"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:revrnwlxc7mjtgzi3rs76tke/bafkreib6t2ksyrygxd3wxrwdfctjknqpiie4stl2452hszxuvcjpmzejdi)
![A table with three rows and four columns. The first column has the days listed Thursday - Saturday. Col 2 is labeled "AM" and Col 3 is labeled "PM." Col 4 has no label.
Thurs has no col 2 text. In col 3, it has "Religion Class," and col 4 has "Teacher-Training & Leadership Classes".
Fri has no text in col 2 or 3. Col 4 has "Home [new line] Entertainments".
Sat has no text in col 2. Col 3 has "Supervised Community recreation for half holiday." Col 4 has "Supervised community recreation for Social Center".
Under the table is a # that corresponds to the Sunday AM table cell in the previous image. The text reads, "It is suggested that Sunday School be held from 10 to 12 a.m., and Choir Practice from 12 to 1. In the event a choir practice is not feasible at this hour, it is suggested that it be held immediately preceding or following the Teacher-Training and Leadership Classes on Thursday Evening."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:revrnwlxc7mjtgzi3rs76tke/bafkreicz443tib4ncguknt4jy63suk75adairp4jfdhquyivou57jbeexu)
