Last weekend my church did its semi-annual worldwide broadcast in lieu of the usual Sunday meetings. ( brief thinky religious thoughts )

In an odd turn of events, I'm directing my congregation's choir for our Christmas program this year. (Choir is composed of anyone who will come to church forty-five minutes early for practice.)

Anyway, I selected two songs during the Thanksgiving holidays. One is an arrangement of the Polish Carol that some of you may know as Infant Holy, ( Read more... )

Mormon stuff! For decades, the minimum age for young men to leave for their two-year missionary service has been nineteen, and for young women the required age was twenty-one. (For men, mission service is expected, unless health prevents it. Obviously not all men who can serve missions do, but the social pressure is definitely there. For women ( Read more... )

Had a small discussion on another LJ about my religion and politics, so I'll link to this recent article: A Female Episcopal Priest Visits a Mormon Temple. I thought it was an interesting (although brief) perspective on my religion from an outside perspective.

fic for Person of Interest: I'm still planning Carter/Reese post-season one plotty fic ( Read more... )

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it. We're singing arrangements of God So Loved the World and Consider the Lilies of the Field. Our choir director has a tendency to choose slightly challenging versions, which is both fun and nerve-wracking at times. (I was never so adventurous when I was in charge of music selection ( Read more... )

1. Apparently Messieurs Parker and Stone, creators of South Park and that 'Mormon' musical are going to make a movie out of that 'Mormon' musical.

( and my irritation level goes up a bit )

So there's this new musical out there. You may have heard of it: something about Mormon missionaries in Africa.Okay, maybe you haven't heard of it, although it won a thousand Tony awards and has earned a billion dollars. (Those numbers may be a bit off--I was rounding.) It usually takes time for Broadway musicals to filter into mainstream ( Read more... )

I say this every year, but it's going to be so obvious which bsg_remix story is mine. The more I wrote (finished a second draft last night) the more all of the themes I love kept popping out. It's sort of embarrassing, actually. I should write a post about id-fic and WHAT THE HECK DOES IT SAY ABOUT MY ID when I keep writing [theme redacted for ( Read more... )

I'm debating whether I should respond to the comments left on my Yuletide stories. Not being able to answer them for a week has left me feeling a bit distant. (I did post replies to the two intended recipients ( Read more... )

( sweet church story about prayer )