[…] ward, predictably as newly weds, and I began working in its Primary in 1980, first as organist for three years and then as the Sunbeam teacher from 1983 until February of 1991. After eight […]
<i>Dialogue 26.3 (Summer 1995):163–180</i><br> FOR TRADITION-MINDED MEMBERS of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints the Book of Mormon’s historicity is a given: Book of Mormon events actually occurred and its ancient participants […]
[…] gospel. And the time, place, and nature of that interface will never, never be exactly the same for any two people. It must be found “from scratch” for each Saint—leaders can ill afford to […]
[…] the summer of 1828, a short time after D&C 3, which was written in July 1828. This dating (summer 1828) could be an error attributable to James Mulholland’s insertion of it on separate sheets […]
[…] his cultural, political, and social milieu) as a flawed but faithful Mormon frontiersman and ecclesiastical leader. My Best for the Kingdom is not hagiography but a “scholarly treatment” (xi) of early LDS history; though Hartley […]
Except for still being an official member of record, I severed all links with the LDS church in 1982. No residual attachments did I cultivate—no LDS-related literature, forums, alliances, or associations. One reason for […]
[…] and acquaintances about two years ago, when I was deciding if I should seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative in Utah’s Second Congressional District in 1996. Cynicism vs. Activism These were people who […]
[…] Members of the BYU chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), upon hearing the reasons for Houston’s dismissal, became concerned that Dr. Houston’s academic freedom may have been violated and subsequently contacted […]
[…] Later on, Joseph laid his hands on Elijah’s head—not in the field, because that was no place for kneeling, but in the simple frame house Joseph had put up as his temporary place. Elijah’s […]
[…] of a conversation between Joseph Smith and “his Satanic majesty,” whom Joseph interrupts putting up handbills calling for all “busy bodies, pickpockets, vagabonds, filthy persons, and all other infidels and rebellious, disorderly persons, for […]