Saint George, Utah
November 11, 2022[…] the pioneers. Saint George the cousin of Joseph Smith. George A Smith whom the Paiutes called Non -choko–wicher takes himself apart after watching him remove his teeth glasses and wig. Who did not settle […]
[…] the pioneers. Saint George the cousin of Joseph Smith. George A Smith whom the Paiutes called Non -choko–wicher takes himself apart after watching him remove his teeth glasses and wig. Who did not settle […]
[…] Mormon theology is a relatively recent development that appears to have begun in earnest with a little -cited 1997 University of Nottingham PhD thesis by Tyler Rex Moulton entitled “Divine Benevolence, Embodiment, and Salvation […]
[…] Mormon almost every day and often find what I consider to be interesting correlations with other goings -on in life. Most recently, I am struck by the similarities between the Nephites’ attitudes regarding defending […]
[…] passing the sacrament tray without partaking, my mother would join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints. I’m uncertain how her Roman Catholic predecessors might feel about her conversion, but I like […]
[…] community organizations, none of those things require credentials. It made little sense to put my two preschool -aged children into daycare just to advance a seemingly useless degree. However, the prompting was undeniable. I […]
[…] It was definitely not the most comfortable bed I’d ever had—only a thin yellow and silver accordion -style pad separated my sleeping bag from the particleboard platform bunk. I had no pillow; a pillow […]
[…] others. (77) Mason offers as an antidote to this “predetermined narrative” an epilogue highlighting aspects of twenty -first–century Mormonism that show its peacebuilding potential. But he is constrained to acknowledge in the same breath […]
[…] would Gene have said about . . .” as we have stumbled and bungled into the twenty -first century. I have missed hearing his voice on the other end of the line, missed seeing […]
[…] to me, is the vital reminder brought to us from the stirring conclusion to one our best -loved hymns. In “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief,” we recount together the narrative of a nameless […]
[…] on the project, promising him access to journals, correspondence, and other materials not included in the two -hundred–box collection archived at the University of Utah (by Gene’s granddaughter Charlotte Hansen) after his passing in […]