I took a road trip to Nauvoo. My brain melted from both the heat and the experience. Love to you all - Marie

Bonus: A confusing afternoon in Nauvoo, IL

It's the end! Oliver tells the thrilling tale of when Joseph finds the box and pulls out the Golden Plates.    Read along here The Glass Looker, Treasure Digs

Letter 8, October 1835

A narrative! Joseph Smith, Jr, prophet of god, puts down his work and goes on a walk to a hill.   Read along with me  Hill Cumorah Quotes

Letter 7, July 1835

It's a recap episode! Strap in for some bracing Old Testament info.   Read along with me here The Brother of Jared  Quarto Vocabulary

Letter 6, April 1835

Oliver Cowdery continues to spin pretty words of little substance. Angels, latter days, Israel, it's a good time for all!  Read along with me here Compare D&C  How are Oliver Cowdery's Letters etc.  Angels have six wings and are covered in eyes Deutoronomy!!  The Q12 is formed

Letter 5, March 1835

It's a narrative!!! Praise be to Heavenly Father, we're treated to a messenger from god.   Read along with me here  Height of male identifying people 100 years ago  How are these letters to be read and understood John of Patmos

Letter 4, February 1835

It's a cliffhanger of an anticlimax.  Read along with me here  

Letter 3, December 1834

In one heck of a misdirect, we learn the "history" according to the bible, not the history of Mormonism.     Read along here Jared Carter  Gyan Books Compare D&C Tertullian  The Nutritional Value of Locusts  Book of Mormon Central essay

Letter 2, November 1834

Sometimes, insomnia hits. How to deal? Read some entirely non-canon letters penned by Marie's historical boyfriend back in 1834.  All the Links  Read along here  Oliver Cowdery as Book of Mormon Scribe  WW Phelps  Commentary by the Church  How are Oliver Cowdery's Letters to be Used and Understood?  The Cowdery Conundrum

Letter 1, October 1834

It's the end! We've run out of canon. Time to wrap it up. Thank you for listening for all these years!!!   -Marie and Bryce

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

Pres. Veazey presented his words of counsel in 2013, it became canon in 2016. This is the most recent and therefore final revelation of the Community of Christ. Read along with us here Watch Pres. Veazey here  The president's address in 2016 about evangelist blessing  World Conference Resolutions as of 2019

CC 165: The Final Revelation

It's touted as the Gay Rights Revelation, but is it really??  Read along with us  here  Gay Rights Revelation Added to the Community of Christ D&C, by John Hamer

CC 164: The Gay Rights Revelation

Stephen Veazey begins his tenure as president of a prophetic people. It's easy! Love your neighbor, take your church callings seriously, be humble, and know that the Book of Mormon isn't a historical document that should ever be worshiped as as divine. Read along with us  here  War in Afghanistan Climate Change 2007  

CC 163: Scripture is not to be worshiped

Pres. McMurray shifts the church from a people with a prophet to that of a prophetic people. Then he quits.   Read along with us here  Boston Archdiocese  Letter of Resignation Sunstone Magazine commentary

CC 162: I quit, says the prophet

This new thing called "the web" is a perfect place to invest, the stock market is definitely only going to go up. Pres. Grant McMurray expands the Community of Christ accordingly. They officially define themselves by who they are instead of who they are not.  Read along with us The Dot Com Bubble  

CC 161: Transformation 2000

In a break from tradition, the next prophet-president isn't a direct descendant of Joseph Smith, Jr. Welcome to the show, W. Grant McMurray!   Walking Into the Heart of the Questions: An Interview With Grant McMurray  Read along with us here Support the show here

CC 160: Not a Smith

Hirings and firings continue, but what really matters is how different Utah LDS is from Missouri RLDS. Finances. Gender. Transparency. Focus. Use of resources. Take everything you knew a true from Utah LDS, flip it and reverse it into an alternate universe, and that's Missouri RLDS.   Read along with us here  The Father and the Family  Utah LDS Audit Committee Report, 1994  Danny Belrose Dale Luffman  Utah LDS Women of the Church

CC 159: It's an alternate universe over here

The last big breakaway wraps up, and its officially a new era for the church. Women rise to power all over, members with AIDS are officially accepted as worthy humans (while the world rejects them), communion is open to everyone, and further research is ordered to help the church better serve those suffering from addiction or domestic violence.     Read along with us here Support the show here  File the paperwork to own your churches!!!  Historical Amnesia: Corporate Identity and Collective Memory Grant McMurray David Brock Larry Tyree  Larry Norris  Dennis Piepergardes  

CC 158: Open Communion, Open Minds

Wally Tony blocks the remaining fundamentalists from removing revelation 156 by introducing a resolution that petitions for revelation must come from the Prophet-President, not the people. Say thanks to the domineering personality of Fred M back in 1925! Is this a good change? Eh...     Read along with us here Support the show here  Richard Price is Excommunicated  Lloyd Hurshman  Roy Schaefer  Norman Swails

CC 157: The Ongoing Ramifications of Fred M

It's 1984 and women are now officially allowed to hold the priesthood! Almost. They have to go through all the same training as the men do, and THEN they can hold the priesthood.   Read along with us here  Support the show here  Geoffrey Spencer  The Last Smith Presidents  

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