[…] nothing. There was no moon. The temple lights suddenly flickered and died. The temple receded, gray into black, a two-dimensional facade. Without those streams of light tying the steeple to the building and the […]
[…] accept, as part of their faith in a divinely directed Church, the revealed policy that those of black African descent are not now to receive the priesthood. I accept that, essentially at face value. […]
[…] 76-7-301 et seq. 1973.) In actual practice, abortion seems to have been very uncommon in the Mormon community. After the period of intense national agitation ended, the subject largely disappeared from Church commentary for […]
[…] from her, appropriately, that I first heard the news that the priesthood was to be extended to black members. It was also from her that I learned how very, very hard it is to […]
[…] presents a standard view held among many New Testament scholars, but what is well known in one community may be news to another. Thus I share it for its relevance to the LDS communities […]
[…] church, are involved in ecumenical activities. “Ecumenism” in this sense means work ing with other denominations and community organizations in cooperative endeavors, not merging organizational identities or giving up distinctiveness. In fact, many participants […]
[…] school, but she had stopped attending. I could remember the first time I ever saw her. Shiny black Hispanic eyes, a flawless complexion, and the blackest hair I’d ever seen. She was very intelligent, […]
[…] side of the city’s proposed Main Street. Daniel H. Wells and William Cutler had brought the sobering news into camp just two days before that Nauvoo had been overrun in the skirmish known as […]
[…] experienced problems in adapting to the Hawaiian culture and diet. In February 1851 Bigler mentioned that Hiram Black well was intent upon returning home to Utah. In Blackwell’s opinion, the natives were “so low […]
[…] base, including 196 suicide cases reported on the state death certificates, we searched newspapers for published obituaries, news stories of deaths, and other published items to match birth dates, death dates and place of […]