[…] Marriage is closely linked to procreation and only a man and a woman have the biological capa city to procreate; therefore, only men and women should be allowed to marry. The first problem with […]
[…] that could be sublime, tender, bruising, and cruel all at once. Linda King Newell honored the capa city in all of us to be contradictions, even engimas, and to study our lives with the […]
[…] Egli, who had moved several years previously from our ward in West Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. My wife, Ruth, and I were at first incredulous and then jubilant. The long-awaited day had […]
[…] next year, fellow former Latter-day Saint Roger Billings assumed leadership of the church, which he incorporated in Missouri in 1989. Wayback Machine captures of churchofjesuschrist.org in late 1999 suggest that the organization was using […]
[…] Listen to an interview about this piece here. My patriarchal blessing indicates that I am a literal descendant of Ephraim and heir to specific blessings and promises. But what does this statement mean? How […]
[…] effort to appear more tolerant of trans individuals, especially considering that the Church has attracted negative publi city in recent years regarding their treatment of sexual and gender minorities. While there arguably has been […]
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[…] son, Emma Smith famously asserted: “My belief is that the Book of Mormon is of divine authenti city—I have not the slightest doubt of it. I am satisfied that no man could have dictated […]
[…] President Woodruff and George Q. Cannon offered justifications for the declaration. Cannon recounted an instance when a Missouri mob had prevented the Saints from carrying out what they considered a divine injunction to build […]
[…] and with members of their own backgrounds. In 1990 language wards and branches organized in Salt Lake City during the 1960s, such as the German ward and several Tongan wards, were still functioning. Black […]