Journey to My Westward Self
April 23, 2018[…] sense that transcendence is down, or, if you will, inward. And so in Mormon Studies, for ex ample, the trek westward becomes the trek inward as well. Like Judaism, Mormonism puts intense emphasis on […]
[…] sense that transcendence is down, or, if you will, inward. And so in Mormon Studies, for ex ample, the trek westward becomes the trek inward as well. Like Judaism, Mormonism puts intense emphasis on […]
[…] be given free expression if we expect to manage long-term relationships. But impulses and feelings continue to live their gleeful, intense lives outside our awareness, pressing for audience in our conscious minds, an audience […]
[…] give way to sharpened almost photographic images as in this description of a “perilous shopping trip”: “Cinn amon and saffron are swaddled in the noises /of alleys. A ripe lamb hangs unwolly in its […]
[…] as well as the truths of the world in which we live. So we are very happy today to say that the Lord is showing His great interest in the people of the Islands […]
[…] The constraints governing the building of a chapel symbolize the disadvantages of the church bureaucracy. Such construction today must be done under the supervision of the Building Division, which is housed, along with numerous […]
[…] after. What was their message and meaning to Pratt, the Church of his time, and the Church today? Emma Smith included three hymns from the 1835 set in her first book, Latter-day Saint Hymns, […]
[…] “faithful history” problems; but hopefully, it can be a useful perspective from which to discuss them. I am suggesting that the faithful historian’s search for truth is best served by keeping history and faith […]
[…] She is a living presence. I miss her and I’m glad she’s gone; that’s a truth I live with. She had the most penetrating personality, possessed the most singular powerful single mind I have […]
[…] Richards and James A. Little, A Compendium of the Doctrine of the Gospel (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1882), p. 287. Teachings, pp. 346-48. Ibid., p. 161. Dancing, not necessarily dance (an artistic discipline). […]
[…] small (126 pages) book written for juveniles, is one person’s view of a thorny issue in America today. Mormons will be interested to read Ms. Weiss’s first three chapters discussing historical events leading up […]