[…] visitations. These stories are stitched together (the word sutra means “thread” and is the root word for English words such as suture) that, when unfurled, reveal a larger cosmic pattern or theme. And there […]
[…] tidings”) to mean that anyone who spoke ill of the king was denying scripture and promoting fake news: And how beautiful the hope of other worlds other waters other priests I keep running to […]
[…] in another state), effectively abandoning my target demographic. A freelance food critic reviewed it in the Deseret News, giving it a lukewarm appraisal, and it was quickly forgotten. The only royalty check I ever […]
[…] mortal birth provides the spirit with a physical body, the analogy is strained to the point of breaking. If reproduction as we know it now offers a model for heavenly reproduction so as to […]
[…] of the Church, 6:311. Smith, “King Follet Sermon.” Lorenzo Snow, “The Grand Destiny of Man,” Deseret Evening News 52, no. 207, Jul. 20, 1901, 22. Joseph Fielding Smith, “Exaltation: Joint Heirs with Jesus Christ,” […]
[…] of the Salt Lake temple constituted one of the most important events in the history of the world. Due to the sacred nature of temple dedications, the church does not grant access to the […]
[…] gendered belief systems, that spun out phrases like “girls can’t” and “women should.” I hit a breakthrough— breaking point?—a few years ago when I visited my parents in Florida, where they served an eighteen-month […]
[…] it with the period of church history from the time of Christ to the end of the world. Since the church was the antitype of Israel, it fulfilled all Old Testament prophecies of Israel’s […]
[…] Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1930), 1:218. Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, […]
[…] statements. In my view, Asherah is our one shot at situating such a figure in the real world of the Old Testament, with actual Israelite worship directed to her. Once again, thank you so […]