MormonDaddyBlogs

Firefighter/Paramedic

January 28, 2012 by Dennis

Because of the nature of his job, Firefighter/Paramedic maintains anonymity for himself as well as his department. He also maintains the privacy of his patients by not revealing their personal information and by changing minor details of the calls he goes on.

I knew him briefly when I lived in California, before he took up his chosen profession. He’s a 34-year-old who is married and has three young children. Not surprisingly, he serves as his ward’s emergency preparedness coordinator.

Welcome Firefighter/Paramedic to the MDB blog.

Filed Under: General, MDBer, New to MDB

Erik Orton

January 20, 2012 by Dennis

Erik Orton began writing and producing theater while a student at BYU, where he graduated in 1998 with a degree in Arts and Media Music, with a minor in playwriting. He was raised primarily in Germany and the suburbs of Washington D.C. In addition to producing and directing a number of plays, Erik has also written a number of works, including the musical Berlin.

His blog, simply called Erik Orton, covers a variety of his musings, all written with a certain style that suggests he could do this writing thing for a living.

Erik and his wife, Emily, live in New York City.

Filed Under: MDBer, Media, Music, Stage, Writers Tagged With: Erik Orton

Jonathan Decker

November 23, 2011 by Dennis

By day, Jonathan Decker is a marriage and family therapist in St. George, Utah. By night, he can be frequently found at the local cineplex. Jonathan writes reviews of Hollywood films from an LDS perspective, with overviews of potentially offensive content as well as gospel parallels to discuss.

He is no newcomer to the medium, having written, directed and starred in several independent films.

You can find his blog at MormonMovieGuy.com.

Filed Under: Film, Film/TV, MDBer, Media

Dallas Lauchner

July 1, 2011 by Dennis

Dallas Lauchner‘s blog, Miracle and Oddities, features psychology-related topics as well as how to be a better man in the gospel (his Manly Man Trainings come out on Sundays).

He’s a mental health counselor in his community who has served in many church leadership positions.

Dallas and his wife have four daughters. He lives in Virginia.

Filed Under: MDBer, Professionals Tagged With: Dallas Lauchner, Miracles and Oddities

Richard Tait

May 28, 2011 by Dennis

By day, Richard Tait is a mild-mannered analyst for the Department of Defense in Maryland. On nights and weekends, however, he dons his superhero writing cape and becomes the Mormon Third Eye.

The Mormon Third Eye strives to see and document from alternate angles both the humorous and inspirational aspects of life serving as a faithful brother, husband, father, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Between regular Sunday blog therapy sessions, he prefers to talk politics and religion with his wife, and spend time worrying about how his two YSA children are spending their time. He bleeds BYU blue — he warns his babies that “they can attend college wherever they want to, but their tuition is going to BYU.”

Filed Under: MDBer Tagged With: Mormon Third Eye, Richard Tait

Aaron Quist

May 26, 2011 by Dennis

Aaron Quist returned home from his mission in 2000, which has given him plenty of time to contemplate being an RM. He decided to start a new blog to not only ease, but maximize the transition back to civilian life for recently returned missionaries. It’s called The RMTC, or Returned Missionary Training Center.

Makes perfect sense. We have plowed the wisdom of generations of missionary work into our Missionary Training Center, but when our youth return home after their service, we give them a handshake and wish them all the best. Maybe what we really need is a post-MTC. But until then, at least there’s the RMTC blog.

Originally from Arizona, Aaron now lives in Southern California with his wife and two children, where he practices law.

Filed Under: MDBer

Seti Matua

May 14, 2011 by Dennis

Seti Matua loves this journey called life. Indeed, he’s chronicling his in a blog called Le Folauga, Samoan for The Journey.

In addition to being a rugby coach, Seti is a former editor for a number of publications and is now a free-lance writer. He writes frequently on sports as well as the Pacific Islander/Polynesian community. He especially loves to write about when those two worlds combine to produce the likes of NFL stars Troy Polamalu, Haloti Ngata, Jonathan Fanene, Ray Feinga, Rey Maualuga and Aaron Francisco.

Seti and his wife, Jennifer, live in Utah, where they are raising their five sons.

Filed Under: MDBer Tagged With: Le Folauga, Seti Matua

Michael Lyons

May 8, 2011 by Dennis

Michael Lyons is a 40-something husband and father of three. Working the corporate grind, Michael blogs about his efforts as a repentant runner working his way back to being a real runner, his life, his family, his calling as a member of a bishopric in the Midwest, and how he sees things.

Visit Michael at Into the Lyons Den.

Filed Under: MDBer

Brett McKay

May 7, 2011 by Dennis

Brett McKay and his wife, Kate, live in Tulsa, OK. Brett grew up in Oklahoma and attended the University of Oklahoma. He served a mission in Mexico, then went on to pursue his lifelong goal of going to law school.

While attending the University of Tulsa College of Law, he started the Art of Manliness as something fun to do in his spare time. The website really took off. Today he juggles working on the blog with working for a legal research company.

Filed Under: MDBer

John Teal

April 19, 2011 by Dennis

John Teal has the distinction of being our first international blogger on MDB. He blogs from his home in Manchester, England, where he lives with his wife and three teenage children. John is self-employed and works in property maintenance.

“Hi, I stumbled across you guys on the net today. I was surprised to find a gathering of fellow Mormon Daddy bloggers,” wrote John. “I had almost resigned myself to being a lone man in the wilderness of Mormon Mommy bloggers!”

John’s blog is RJR Daydreamer.

Filed Under: MDBer