A Tribute to May Swenson
April 14, 2018[…] I offer tribute to her respect for the wonder, the splendor, of every living thing she encountered, human or other-human. I pay tribute to her uniquely brilliant perceptions and her need to record and […]
[…] I offer tribute to her respect for the wonder, the splendor, of every living thing she encountered, human or other-human. I pay tribute to her uniquely brilliant perceptions and her need to record and […]
[…] Why, the whole structure would collapse. Aunt Lois, can you imagine the confusion, the terrible panic of human beings scrambling like animals for the shelter of a belief they couldn’t find? No—civilization has got […]
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[…] mind in all its variety and who wish to respond to their Mormon heritage in the context of human experience as a whole. We believe there are many in the Mormon community and in other […]