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The holidays are upon us, and the ARCH-HIVE has once again compiled the perfect gift guide to fill all your peculiar Mormon shopping...

Note: This is an expanded version of remarks that I delivered at the 2021 International Affirmation Conference, 18 September 2021. I felt...

“A poor wayfaring man of grief,” our congregation sang, as tears welled in my eyes. This hymn often makes me emotional, but usually not...

Amidst a family reunion and a somewhat whirlwind vacation in Utah County, I managed to join some other members of The ARCH-HIVE for a...

David F. Holland writes the final entry in the Maxwell Institute’s Brief Theological Introductions series, Moroni: a brief theological...

by Terrie Petree The blood from my lips made a pretty smear on my palm. Pain and a bitter taste filled my head. The man on my right...

The book of Ether strikes me as a microcosm of The Book of Mormon as a whole, detailing the rise and fall of a civilization in one short...

Adam says early in the book that “Mormon’s discipleship depends, first and foremost, on his ability to witness the end of the world”...

by Jared Cook “Hail!” The girl stopped her work and listened. “Thou art highly favored! THE LORD is with thee! Blessed art thou among...

by Lyndsey My Mom is positive that there are mummies buried somewhere in Sanpete County. Not your typical mummies either. Nope—these are...

by Sunny i. I wish I had the gift of tongues So I could hear the hearts of men And soothe and heal the cries of souls That search and...

It had been 46 hours, 27 minutes and 32 seconds since Mindaugas had received news that he would be released this coming Sunday. He felt...

Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Dieter F. Uchtdorf Fill in the blanks, Lord, fill in the blanks! I simply don’t love...

Daniel Becerra’s 3rd, 4th Nephi: a brief theological introduction is a quiet, understated volume in the series, arguably the most fitting...

What a great way to start a Friday morning, by waking up and seeing that the Church decided to destroy our cultural heritage by...

by Alec Viera Hello! My name is Alec Viera; I’m a musician, music producer, and sound engineer from Danville, California. Although I’ve...

I felt chastised reading Kimberly Matheson Berkey’s Helaman: a brief theological introduction. Berkey’s insights repeatedly reminded me...

. DAVIS — UC Davis has one of the nation's most vigorously scientific agriculture programs and has been making important advances in food...

The ARCH-HIVE wants your submissions! HIVE BLOG, the blog of The ARCH-HIVE, explores the peculiarities of Mormonism, Utah, the American...

Alma 30-63: a brief theological introduction by Mark A. Wrathall is fascinating and somewhat paradoxically focused on practice, given its...

Kylie Nielson Turley’s Alma 1-29: a brief theological introduction is brilliant. Her insights have radically altered how I understand...

And so our Advent season is drawing to a close, with the fourth and final week. Our themes this year are Love and Birthing, represented...

This year, the ARCH-HIVE made a collaborative nativity scene. Our broad ranges of personalities, backgrounds, and experiences have led to...

I love the implication of pairing Joy and Journeying together, thematically. I love the idea that Joy is something that we can have in...

Chapter 14 and Verse 27 of the Gospel of John says, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I...

You know your weird peculiar Mormon friend, that you’re never quite sure what to get for Christmas? Well, this year, look no further than...

“Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints…Life doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and...

Some time ago, I wrote a short piece entitled “The Promise of Mormonism”, which picked five elements of Mormonism that I love and find...

O, Maddie! identified by a purple/white tag, your hair piled into a bun above your purple/white visor, you don’t know anything about...

James E. Faulconer provides another solid addition to the Maxwell Institute’s Brief Theological Introduction series with his volume on...

In a July 30, 2020 Sunstone panel on “The Struggles & Successes of Mormon Arts,” the moderator--Camilla Stark--asked what Mormon Arts...

I LOVE this volume. Remarkable work. Perhaps because I had pretty low expectations going in, given the scriptural books that Sharon...

Sometimes I shrink to pray to God, our father, our strength, Lord of all and light of the universe. Or Jesus, our brother, our...

A report on the state of Mormon Arts in 2045.

A couple of weeks ago we reached out to Mattathias Westwood, who participated with us in our Sunstone Panel on the Struggles and...

by antenauvoovian I regret to inform you that Terryl Givens has written a bad book. This is surprising because, for over two decades,...

by Jared Cook Some ask, if God is all-knowing and all-powerful, then why does he let bad things happen to good people? But that is not...

We've secured an exclusive digital interview with Jonah bar Amittai, biblical prophet and recent Twitter personality, following comments...

Deidre Green’s Jacob: A Brief Theological Introduction is another standout addition to the series, grounded in a productive and...

I’m Conor, I believe in prison abolition and I’m a Mormon. My support for prison abolition is rooted in my religious and moral values, a...

by Theric Jepson Stanl33’s Silver Spaceship from The Friend, August 3029 based on a true story Stanl33 was excited to be turning eight....

by James Goldberg #. I speak to you. Not to them. Not to the world. We don’t have time to choke today beneath the pride of the world. I...

O God, the Eternal Father, who am I We ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to address God To bless and sanctify to ask for...

by Joseph Stanley handful of sand, throw it in the sky dust your feet, forget to tighten your tie point yourself out, leave behind all...

Terryl Givens’ 2nd Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction is structurally quite different from Joe Spencer’s volume on 1st Nephi,...

Despite my grandma’s insistence that she’ll live to see the Second Coming, I’m skeptical that Christ’s return is right around the corner...

When the Israelites wandered the wilderness, people in the camp began to prophesy. Concerned, Joshua and others came to Moses and asked...

by James Goldberg The coolest toy I ever had as a kid (under certain, highly subjective uses of the term “cool”) was a Star Trek action...

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet (1.5.167-8) I almost lost my faith...

by Jared Cook The boy was different. He could see things. Things that others could not. Hidden things. Lost things. Things that had been...