[…] that I did not recognize in the slightest. When my downfall reached the rock bottom of on -the–streets homelessness, it finally occurred to me that what I had been experiencing might meet criteria for […]
[…] the narrow end. The room was just big enough to encompass the table and chairs. The cinder -block walls were painted an off–white. They were bare except for a few paintings of Jesus and […]
[…] For all our nostalgic views of the past, I think most people would agree that valuing each human life as equal, regardless of the station in which they are born, has been an improvement […]
[…] a drink, a snack, a bathroom, a tissue, a band aid, a nap. Their growth emphasizes the human condition of the constant renewal of each cell: as they inched upward, I thought about how […]
[…] bread and water to recount my mistakes, tally off my sins, berate myself for weaknesses, for being human, for existing. I was taught that this was to be a time of spiritual masochism: think […]
[…] here. In her 2020 address to the worldwide membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, Primary general president Joy Jones declared, “President Russell M. Nelson taught, ‘It would be impossible […]
[…] the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints is visible through its financial support programs and its humanitarian efforts, specifically in impoverished countries such as Haiti. Mormon leader Dallin H. Oaks claims that on […]
[…] so often filled with painful topics. To study history is to peer into the darkest parts of human nature—how and why we choose to harm others, how and why we engage in conflict, and […]
[…] Latter–day Saints help tip the balance away from “the violence that lies at the heart of the human condition” (6)? Unfortunately, it would appear that the answer to this last question is likely to […]
[…] would Gene have said about . . .” as we have stumbled and bungled into the twenty -first century. I have missed hearing his voice on the other end of the line, missed seeing […]