O Magnum Mysterium
April 5, 2023[…] more hours of pushing, an impatient doctor informed me that I was done and needed a C -section. She left me writhing on a stretcher, unmedicated, for nearly an hour while she performed a […]
[…] more hours of pushing, an impatient doctor informed me that I was done and needed a C -section. She left me writhing on a stretcher, unmedicated, for nearly an hour while she performed a […]
[…] was about twelve, yet another retelling of the Cinderella story was released into theatres in a magic -free but nonetheless magical version called Ever After. One of my favorite scenes in this film involves […]
[…] the narrow end. The room was just big enough to encompass the table and chairs. The cinder -block walls were painted an off–white. They were bare except for a few paintings of Jesus and […]
You probably have an idea of what a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints is like. Whether your exposure to missionaries comes from being a member of the Church, […]
[…] Germanica i. What the Right Hand Is Take my right hand—the index finger crooked from a long -forgotten break; the dint where a melon spoon of cells, precancerous, has been scooped out; the little […]
Listen to the Out Loud Interview about this article here. They came to us just before spring arrived, at the same time I began putting seeds into the ground in my garden. Lettuce, spinach, arugula.…
[…] or feel in front of you juxtaposed to what others tell you. I fit into a size -two pant from Old Navy while shopping for new clothes as a self-initiation into grad school. And […]
[…] on the unwarranted assumption that there is such a thing called “religion” that can be compared cross -culturally. Indeed, the concept of religion has been shown to be a modern concept birthed from the […]
[…] here. In her 2020 address to the worldwide membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints, Primary general president Joy Jones declared, “President Russell M. Nelson taught, ‘It would be impossible […]
[…] similarities exist between the two religions despite their differences. In 2020, the LDS Church tallied 24,192 Latter -day Saints in Haiti. Conversion among Haitians, which only started in the 1980s, is relatively new in […]