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BLESSED LITURGY OF GLORY
Arts & culture from the fringe.


The End of Live Endowments: The Church is selling its birthright for a mess of pottage.
What a great way to start a Friday morning, by waking up and seeing that the Church decided to destroy our cultural heritage by...

The Desert Prophet
Mar 12, 20214 min read


MUSIC: "Archkeeper" - Creating Different Spaces for the Same Story
by Alec Viera Hello! My name is Alec Viera; I’m a musician, music producer, and sound engineer from Danville, California. Although I’ve...

Friend of the HIVE
Feb 21, 20213 min read


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

The One Who Hies
Feb 14, 20212 min read


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

Theric Jepson
Feb 7, 20213 min read


Want to write for HIVE BLOG?
The ARCH-HIVE wants your submissions! HIVE BLOG, the blog of The ARCH-HIVE, explores the peculiarities of Mormonism, Utah, the American...

Archkeeper
Jan 24, 20211 min read


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

The One Who Hies
Dec 31, 20202 min read


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

The One Who Hies
Dec 30, 20203 min read


Love and Birthing: A Fourth Advent Homily
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...

The One Who Hies
Dec 19, 20203 min read


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

Archkeeper
Dec 18, 20204 min read


Joy & Journeying: A Third Advent Homily
I love the implication of pairing Joy and Journeying together, thematically. I love the idea that Joy is something that we can have in...

The One Who Hies
Dec 13, 20204 min read


Peace & Accepting: A Second Mormon Advent Homily
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...

The One Who Hies
Dec 6, 20206 min read


The ARCH-HIVE Holiday Gift Guide 2020
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...

The One Who Hies
Dec 5, 20206 min read


Hope & Waiting: A Mormon Advent Homily
“Death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints…Life doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints, it takes and...

The One Who Hies
Nov 27, 20204 min read


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

The One Who Hies
Oct 18, 20205 min read


The Heavenly Mother at Taco Bell
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...

Theric Jepson
Oct 9, 20201 min read
REVIEW: Mosiah: A Brief Theological Introduction; James Faulconer
James E. Faulconer provides another solid addition to the Maxwell Institute’s Brief Theological Introduction series with his volume on...

The One Who Hies
Sep 30, 20202 min read


State of Mormon Art: 2120
In a July 30, 2020 Sunstone panel on “The Struggles & Successes of Mormon Arts,” the moderator--Camilla Stark--asked what Mormon Arts...

motleyvision
Sep 16, 20207 min read
REVIEW: Enos, Jarom, Omni: A Brief Theological Introduction; Sharon J. Harris
I LOVE this volume. Remarkable work. Perhaps because I had pretty low expectations going in, given the scriptural books that Sharon...

The One Who Hies
Sep 9, 20203 min read


A Prayer for Saints
Sometimes I shrink to pray to God, our father, our strength, Lord of all and light of the universe. Or Jesus, our brother, our...
Apocalypse Scoutmaster
Sep 5, 20202 min read


State of Mormon Art: 2045
A report on the state of Mormon Arts in 2045.

motleyvision
Aug 26, 20207 min read
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