Lavina Fielding Anderson (1944-2022)
October 31, 2023[…] that he was isolated during some of the hardest parts of his life. He was a superb human being. In every way he was a wonderful human being and I just didn’t see any […]
[…] that he was isolated during some of the hardest parts of his life. He was a superb human being. In every way he was a wonderful human being and I just didn’t see any […]
[…] raising of children in this life, we consider a prelude to becoming godlike creators in the hereafter. Human agency, access to divine inspiration, and the holy responsibility of bringing children into this world: these […]
[…] understanding I experienced. There are no guarantees. *** Some of Joseph Smith’s most poignant insights into the human condition came when he languished in Liberty Jail during the winter of 1838–39. In his masterful […]
[…] undermining of literalist biblical hermeneutics in antebellum America via the apocalyptic unveiling of the text’s own “ human conditions of scripture writing and scripture reading” (288), a “metatextual navel-gazing profoundly destabilizes its self-canonizing narrative, […]
[…] are definitely faith promoting. I remember sitting in public school biology classes and being told that a human couldn’t survive more than 3 days without water. Imagine hearing that as a ‘true saint.’” By […]
[…] in addition to the fearful suffering incident to crucifixion, the agony of Gethsemane had recurred, intensified beyond human power to endure.” For Talmage, at this point, it is the garden, not the cross, in […]
[…] There were always acquisitions to make, collections to catalogue, old manuscripts to digitize, and new websites to design. But here at church, all I did was hand out crayons and glue sticks. Maybe the […]
[…] Magazine, The Boston Globe, among other publications. In her stories, she’s interested in exploring the complexities of human experience and what lies below the surface of our communities, relationships, and Instagram accounts. She studied […]
[…] author has created characters who toggle between sympathetic and loathsome in a way that renders them entirely human, and few are spared his critical eye. The climax of this taut mystery is shocking in […]
George Handley is a professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at BYU where he has taught since 1998. His research interests in the area of environmental humanities have resulted in various publications on literature and the environment; an environmental…