David L. Wright did not begin to exist for me until more than a year after his death—in 1968 when I saw his play, Still the Mountain Wind. For other portions of the Mormon […]
[…] after the Church had relinquished the practice. Subsequently told and retold, the Lorin Woolley story came to form the foundation of priesthood authority for most Mormon polygamist offshoots, who now number in the tens […]
[…] from their experiences in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Utah. This would seem the right time and place for me to discuss five developments which occurred in the Palmyra area in the 1820s and 1830 […]
[…] fast, so wonderfully), perhaps because of the desperation of my need (to be whole, not half), perhaps for any number of reasons, the choice was not the best for either my husband or me. […]
[…] have exemplified the unity of science and religion better than Henry Eyring. A devout student of science for over sixty years, a brilliant chemist who was internationally renowned, and at the same time a […]
[…] it reveals his whimsy, his visions, and his flights of fancy that ennoble and exalt. It is for these reasons, and particularly because of its heavy com ponent of magic and the supernatural, that […]
[…] Saints, was relieved of his office of apostle. Since this action came soon after he had run for the U.S. Senate without proper consent from his ecclesiastical superiors in the First Presidency of the […]
[…] Here is a snippet: “The book is probably most useful as a reference tool, a handy encyclopedia for quickly assessing the key notions about, say, “Satan” or “the fall and nature of humanity,” or […]
[…] the statements expressed by their predecessors. Instead, Church leaders have insisted simply ‘the revelation continues to speak for itself,’ as the late Church President Gordon B. Hinckley declared in 1998. More attention, says Gray, […]
[…] that the Curriculum Committee of the church missed a tremendous opportunity with the production of the manual for study this year. Most of us know someone who has struggled with mental illness. We know […]