A Little Bit of Heaven
April 26, 2018[…] the best things in human experience foreshadow it, but beyond that I’m not willing to go. I am often surprised at the convictions of others. Not too long ago, I heard an earnest young […]
[…] the best things in human experience foreshadow it, but beyond that I’m not willing to go. I am often surprised at the convictions of others. Not too long ago, I heard an earnest young […]
[…] informing his sons of events at first hand before they could read about them in the Deseret News, which the father faithfully had follow them wherever they went: news about crops, mining, new settlements, […]
[…] have their limitations, this one may prove useful in delineating the changing contours of Mormon sexuality. I am suggesting that Mormon culture experienced a transformation from a traditional to a modern society analogous to […]
[…] advertisers brought an excellent response. Professional organizations of Mormons supplied us with mailing lists in return for news coverage. The members of our writers’ group provided the manuscripts—a rather varied array of popular magazine […]
[…] of Midnight regulated the enthusiastic vis- its of neighborhood children to tolerable doses. Of particular interest to today’s homogenous society might be the diverse nationalities which inhabited Bingham. The Swedes are extolled as the […]
Homespun suggests ways for women of today to practice pioneer crafts. Individual chapters on log-cabin cooking, preserving and drying foods, homemade remedies, needle arts, quilts, patchwork, dyeing, producing cloth and clothing, rug making, soapmaking, […]
A concept called the “center periphery dichotomy” is sometimes used by social scientists to illustrate and analyze regional disparities. Center or core usually refers to those areas so richly endowed in population and resources […]
[…] sides on this issue since Joseph offered this sentiment. Journal of Discourses, Vol. 9, p. 150. Church News, 24 May 1969. This issue contains the complete text of President Brown’s memorable address. Quoted from […]
[…] Whatever Treason’s reception among Mormons (and they probably won’t read it, anyway), I can’t help wondering what today’s science fiction fans are thinking. Times have changed since the adolescent me used to hang around […]
[…] a “medieval”, anachronism. On the Mormon side, while the notion was hardly a surprise, a remarkable ignorance of the criteria and mechanics was generally evident whenever the faithful tried to “explain” what was going on.