Art, Religion and the Market Place
May 4, 2018[…] unhappily, religion has not always sought this end. Too often it has sought intimidation of the spirit, in the process belittling both the spirit and the body that houses it. Too often it has […]
[…] unhappily, religion has not always sought this end. Too often it has sought intimidation of the spirit, in the process belittling both the spirit and the body that houses it. Too often it has […]
[…] sing to him and rock him. Soon he begins hopping on one foot and smiling. And then —finally—he removes his coat. The children are either terribly aggressive or painfully shy. On one occasion I […]
[…] small hangnail From a hand made rough with scrubbing floors. She turned to descend the stairs reluctantly, but stopped To straighten a milk-glass vase on a small mahogany table. He stood in his boots […]
Sister Ruth, family, in-laws, friends and relatives, Brothers and Sisters, it is an honor, but a humbling experience, to be invited to speak at the funeral of a great man, a great soul. I […]
[…] never countenance a book that doesn’t portray all Jews the way our own approved books depict Mormons —as cardboard stereotypes, perfect, flawless, sexless and gutless? Don’t the Jews realize that to put real human […]
[…] and highly readable book. In attempting this book-length examination of the principle of forgiveness, Elder Kimball seeks “not . . . to entertain,” but to entice many to “repent of their sins . . […]
From safe within the geographical and philosophical matrix that is the Church, it is often difficult for people my age and older to realize that such a thing as a “generation gap” may in […]
[…] Order is Love, has managed to put her finger on the pulse of Mormon history and discover a vigorous throb of universality which is at times sobering and at other times wonderfully funny. Mrs. […]
[…] these differences compare with similar differences among other Christian churches. Mauss is the first to admit that a survey of two cities is hardly sufficient to make generalizations about the entire Church, but his impressive […]
[…] a variety of controversial issues. By comparison, today’s Salt Lake Tribune — and most other metropolitan dailies —offers bland fare. No one would want to go back to the Tribune’s anti-Mormon period, but it […]