[…] court in Carthage, but the central issue is the legality of the abatement by the Nauvoo City Council. News paper statements against the Church fell into three categories: political, religious, and moral. Oaks concludes that […]
[…] printing of those leaders’ diaries demonstrated that even the greatest Mormons had had their trials. Exchange of news between Utah and the missions showed how, in their several duties, the Saints throughout the world […]
On August 24, 1932, Dietrich Bonhoeffer began an address at the International Youth Conference in Glad, Switzerland, with the words, “The Church is Dead.” Today, 1966, Bonhoeffer is dead, yet the church lives. However, […]
[…] the Tuscan leather sectional and the hand-knotted rugs; potted palms in the corners of the room and English ivy draping the built-in mahogany bookcases. I wanted my father to see all of it. I […]
[…] changed drastically. He stopped going out at night, even on weekends. He went on with his back- breaking work at the AgriCo-op, ate meals with his family, and otherwise hung out in his basement […]
[…] trying to smile, to laugh; trying to mimic the Pied Piper and convert embarrassment into humor. But breaking down, hollering at them: “Get the hell out! Get the hell out of here! All of […]
[…] one day was equal to a thousand years. Somebody was doing genealogy work and found a hundred-year-old newspaper on their doorstep one morning. Utah looks just like the Holy Land turned upside down, and […]
[…] with his other hand on Tom’s back. “It’s been awhile; we were happy to hear the good news.” Tom nodded and returned the handshake quickly. He turned away to look through the door into […]
[…] the L.A. County spelling bee, she was interviewed by four reporters and appeared on the local TV news. But the headline the next day read, INDIAN STUDENT WINS SPELLING BEE!! with double exclamation marks, […]
[…] time, pah-haps,” she said. She wiggled away, like a movie queen, turned and laughed, her whole face breaking pixie-like into squeezed-up lines of wrinkle. Her tribute to wantonness—even in sport—brought flickers of embarrassment into […]