Marylee Mitcham

MARYLEE MITCHAM descends from several lines of nineteenth-century Mormon pioneers but converted from Catholicism only fifteen years ago. She is the author of An Accidental Monk: Her Domestic Search for God (Cincinnati, Ohio: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1976), and is at work on Which to Prefer, a book of personal essays. A wife, mother, grandmother, retired psychiatric R.N., and licensed acupuncturist, she now has a home on old mining camp lands in Huerfano County, Colorado.

Speaking in Tongues: A Gift of the Holy Spirit

Articles/Essays – Volume 38, No. 1

Tongues of fire. All attentive persons within traditions that accept the New Testament are at least familiar with the phrase. Certainly I remember it from childhood when I celebrated the Feast of Pentecost as an Episcopalian, although I cannot recall any personal meaning it held for me. But later, as a Catholic, I realized through my own experience that this ancient spiritual gift is still bestowed. And now, as a Mormon, I can easily identify with pioneer accounts of its appearance among Saints who so richly received revelations and manifestations of the Spirit.