The Shape of My Family
February 3, 2025[…] the traditional nuclear family, but as we grow in all sorts of directions, and are willing to share family space with all, I find we have the possibility of a life abounding in love. […]
[…] the traditional nuclear family, but as we grow in all sorts of directions, and are willing to share family space with all, I find we have the possibility of a life abounding in love. […]
[…] Latter Day Struggles to hear this episode and more thoughtful conversations. If this episode resonates with you, share it with others who might benefit from these valuable insights. Let’s foster connection and support for […]
[…] History Library where their stories can be preserved and shared. Happily, though, I do have some great news for Thatcher. In the book she notes, with some regret, that an updated history of the […]
[…] its analysis of individuals’ experiences living in polygamous households. He gives outsiders an extensive peek into the world of plural marriage living. His anthropological work also proffers an introspective mirror useful for fundamentalist Mormons—perhaps […]
[…] on, that will be the sort of gauze through which he or she will see all the world afterward. —Wallace Stegner They must have had names. To us they were the creek, the tree, […]
[…] having to relinquish because dad says so. Maybe I’ve claimed it as mine because it’s where the world feels most right, where the small sense of order found in familiarity harbingers a happier and […]
[…] L. Udall, the Secretary of the Interior under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Udall, a World War II veteran, returned missionary, and former congressman, felt a need to “lecture the Brethren.” Tired […]
[…] and value learning, but church leaders have predicted that church members would surpass the rest of the world in their scholarly and artistic accomplishments. President John Taylor exclaimed, You will see the day that […]
[…] Bender and The History of Honey Spring by Darin Cozzens. At the surface level, these two books share one thing in common: their protagonists are Mormon young men returning to a changed home. And […]
[…] those years demanded it. “Know yourself,” Ziner says, “that’s according to the Greeks. Evil men deceive the world. Fools deceive themselves and pay the price.” “Didn’t Jesus say call no man fool?” says Mr. […]