[…] herself to write what must be written only after hedging with news of her birthday, the weather, mutual acquaintances, and her plans for the summer. Salt Lake, Utah June 19, 1907 Dear Friend Hugh:— […]
I found this philosophical bit by Chip Janis in In the New World (1988), a little book of poems put together by young Indian students at the Pretty Eagle School and St. Charles Mission […]
[…] the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and other eco-movements. Generalized Christian notions of charity, partnership, stewardship, and mutual dependency form the guideposts of these organizations; they are the inheritors of general Christianity in Western […]
[…] reprinted in Joseph Fielding Smith, Blood Atonement and the Origin of Plural Marriage (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1905; repr. Deseret News Press, 1950), 97-101; cf. Bennett, History of the Saints, 241-50; F. […]
Membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is expanding rapidly. As the church passes the ten-million member milestone, social science researchers have raised a number of important questions about the rapid […]
[…] owe a debt that the “little things” of life, the day-to-day knowledge of God’s blessings in the world, were retained along with the sweeping stories of liberation and peoplehood. The wisdom books are part […]
In June 2004, I found myself, late on a Saturday night, climbing underneath the dressing room doors of the Manhattan New York Temple. Audio/visual equipment for the next morning’s temple dedication blocked most […]
[…] to share his pleasant escape with Bryant, even going so far as to remind him of their mutual commitment to the vows of the Dogfrey Club, but Bryant had seemed at best indifferent. Badge’s […]
[…] I smoked and studied the lace drapes on the windows behind him. Unlike Jonas who covets the world’s beautiful artifacts, I am simply amazed that the living-who-will-die go to such efforts to create it […]
[…] find parallels between almost any two cultures by chance. Furthermore, missionaries now teach in much of the world, and knowledge of different cultures has grown dramatically, but any credible “found tribe” story has yet […]