The jar is silent because it is full of praise.The grasshoppers are loud because they, too,are full of praise, clicking as they fly. The grasshoppers jump, but the jar is too high.They try to climb,…
[…] cats. Hard to swallow the bread of patience, the salt of courage. Bye-bye (she dismisses us in English), tell Maman you’ve met the viceroy of the absent. And now it’s me who’s gray and […]
Matthew Wickman presents the 81st Dialogue Gospel Study. Matthew Wickman is Professor of English and Founding Director (emeritus) of the BYU Humanities Center. He has written or edited three academic books and dozens of scholarly […]
[…] president for academic affairs at the University of Evansville. His many books include Rereading Job: Understanding the Ancient World’s Greatest Poem. His books have won two AML awards for religious nonfiction and two awards for criticism, and he received the AML 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. He is […]
[…] garden. CAITLIN MCNALLY OLSEN is a trained therapist and budding author. She received an undergraduate degree in English literature from George Washington University in 2008 and a master’s degree in mar riage and family […]
Jana Riess is a senior columnist at Religion News Service and the author of many books, including “The Prayer Wheel” (Random House/Convergent, 2018) and “The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church” […]
[…] experiences in the Missouri War of 1838, especially sexual violence, and western women’s participation at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. She has published widely in anthologies and journals on many areas of women’s history. […]
Heather Harris-Bergevin manages her life and that of several others from the front seat of a Prius. Sometimes she writes stuff (Lawless Women, BCC Press), usually poetry. She’s liable to break into showtunes at any…
Joshua Molina studied broadcast journalism at BYU and currently works as a marketing executive for a Silicon Valley startup. He served a Spanish speaking mission in Idaho and is currently a member of his stake’s High Council. Joshua was…
[…] the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. She teaches courses on ethics, sacred space and iconography, and world religions, and she gives tours of the Washington National Cathedral. Before teaching at NCS, she conducted […]