[…] During the initial installation, I received a call from a technician who was frustrated because United Parcel Service had failed to deliver a crucial piece of equipment. He was anxious to finish the work […]
[…] you’re closer than you think. And it may be that all of us would do well to get, in some ways, closer still. For a people who manage to watch 251 murders a year […]
[…] . . deeply committed to the gospel but also prone to misgivings about the legitimacy, adequacy, or serviceability of the commitment of the other. The purpose of my inquiry is not to support either […]
[…] Short Fiction Series can be called “a literary event.” Maybe not in the larger context of American writing and publishing, but at least in Mormondom. For one thing, Canyons of Grace is the first […]
[…] My Lai, it is often too late. Should leaders bear full responsibility for these abuses? By alto gether refusing to confront the issue of individual accountability and individual conscience in times of war, Mormons […]
[…] been over the route two times. He did not clutter up his pages with philosophical musings, fine writing, or any personal allusions. He clearly and briefly guided the emigrant from one identifiable feature (especially […]
[…] quietly so as not to awaken Thelma, went into his den, turned on the light and began writing a letter. He was aware that President George Albert Smith, concerned that the Church was not […]
Richard Bushman said that this book “may be the most brilliant book ever writ ten on Mormonism, in the sense of shed ding new light on virtually every aspect of Mormon history and in offering…
[…] never known. On a second day I meandered to the end of the book, then found myself writing in my journal — not about the book but about me. Later that day I mused […]
There is an apparent rule, honored in some wards as often in the breach I as in its observance, that talks given at missionary farewells are not to be devoted to eulogizing the departing missionary. […]