Afterthought
April 12, 2018[…] an experimental drug or surgery. When I told a close friend that I wanted my daughter to live, she quickly corrected, “No, you want Heavenly Father’s will for her.” I attempted a compromise. “I […]
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Gifts of the Spirit
April 10, 2018[…] Sacramento—we are.” Brother Rice nods with that solemn resignation of one who has received tragic but inevitable news. “Well, I’m sorry to hear that.” Then as an afterthought, “We’ll really miss you.” He smiles […]
LDS Prospects in Italy for the Twenty-first Century
August 26, 2018[…] to grow. Eliza R. Snow Smith, Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Co., 1884). A comprehensive history of the Italian mission has not been written. For a short […]
Without Purse or Scrip
April 4, 2018[…] Creed Haymond “wanted the Elders to learn humility and faith thru these experiences.” Haymond told the Church News, “If this work did nothing else it made good missionaries.” Missionaries frequently referred to their experiences […]
“My ‘Word of Wisdom’ Blues”
April 3, 2018[…] never realized how dangerous until I was enlightened by a recent marriage announcement in The Anchorage Daily News. I must protect my journalistic source by not citing it because one can quickly be pushed […]
A Part of History Overlooked | Leslie G. Kelen and Eileen Hallet Stone, Missing Stories: An Oral History of Ethnic and Minority Groups in Utah
April 1, 2018[…] Utah, and fought in Europe during World War II. Many interviewees have now passed away, and I am thrilled their stories were preserved. Most interviewees describe their lives in their own communities. A few […]
Analyzing LDS Growth in Guatemala: Report from a Barrio
March 29, 2018[…] most parts of the world. Growth is particularly impressive in Latin America. In 1971 there were only 217,500 LDS members on this continent, accounting for no more than seven percent of the church’s total membership.
Making Miracles | Phyllis Barber, Parting the Veil: Stories from a Mormon Imagination
March 29, 2018[…] visitation; however, the veil did not part as I expected it would. Phyllis Barber’s collection of short stories, Parting the Veil: Stones from a Mormon Imagination, illustrates the form our longing for the divine can […]
Eggertsen Men: Male Family Influences in Virginia Sorensen’s Kingdom Come and the Evening and the Morning
March 28, 2018Much has been written about the heroines in Virginia Sorensen’s adult fiction, their real-life counterparts, and inspirations. By contrast, relatively little attention has been given to her male characters and the family figures on […]
Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the American Renaissance
March 27, 2018<i>Dialogue 35.3 (Fall 2003):9a–128</i><br>I am a literary critic who has spent a professional lifetime reading, teaching, and writing about literary texts. Much of my interest in and approach to the Book of Mormon lies […]