[…] that such coercion is not consistent with free will. Thus, God discovers, so to speak, when he reviews all of the possible worlds, that he cannot create some possible worlds which contain free beings. […]
[…] a temple at its center, serving as the crossroads of divine grace and human experience. Empowered for Service Old Testament imagery of the Israelites’ wilderness tabernacle and the New Testament concept of human beings […]
[…] farmer, images flowing effortlessly through her work. And years later, after her retirement in New Mexico, her writing still manifests her abiding love for nature. Her life was filled with constant observation; living, loving, […]
[…] ongoing basis. Missionaries, for instance, are now instructed to devote four nonproselyting hours a week to humanitarian service in whatever areas they are living. Relief Society sisters have always been encouraged to relieve the […]
[…] trays down aisles from member to member. I have never seen a woman speak in a worship service of the Colorado City group. Even with these and other differences, fundamentalist meetings have a distinctly […]
[…] 6:00 A.M.. The only time we didn’t get up then was one morning after a certain baptismal service. The woman had just been baptized and had gone to change her clothes when an escapee […]
[…] of our ward or that our spirits might atrophy without a chance to be of more significant service. And I believe he was right: I need to serve, and only the Church makes me […]
[…] are such nice people? We are God-fearing, upright individuals who spend our lives doing genealogy and compassionate service and going to meetings. Why can’t they leave us alone? Why don’t they ever print the […]
[…] experiences of Mormon families—polygamous and monogamous—around the turn of the century. I was in the process of writing Mormon Polygamous Families: Life in the Principle, and I was looking for a new oral history topic. […]
[…] Indeed Elder Smith described a conversation in which scientist Henry Eyring reportedly would not let him “ get a word in edgewise.” The encounters left us with two impressions that have been strengthened by […]