[…] the Hebrews sums up his Christian faith with the memorable cry (13:8): “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever!” The “yesterday” and “today” of this cry express well both the strong point and […]
[…] self to others, the community and state. Judgment and its consequences apparently are a here-and-now self-evaluation. The English language provides words that accommodate the self-aspiring, self-accountable agent. In contrast to the command language of […]
[…] Latter-day Saints (usually called Mormon or LDS church) is having enormous success in most parts of the world. Growth is particularly impressive in Latin America. In 1971 there were only 217,500 LDS members on […]
[…] passion for honesty. They are scrutinizing centuries-old suppositions and re-examining current attitudes and goals. In the Protestant world, the writings of Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, Tillich, and of the Bishop of Woolwich are evidence of this […]
[…] I am unique. By the time I have finished there may be some among you who will share that hope. Yet I have chosen the topic because I believe that in some important respects […]
[…] of Mormon Thought.” For many of us old enough to have watched it, that launch was a world-turning event, more adventurous even than Apollo. The tumult and euphoria in the early letters is palpable, […]
[…] somehow still resolute. I was moved to reverence during those quiet scenes in the hospital where, awaiting news of his sick companion, Elder Allen sits next to a statue of Christ in brilliant red, […]
[…] his writing. Here he stored back issues of Look, Life, National Geographic, Time, and the Utah Deseret News; here also were samples of rocks and ore he had collected during his prospecting days in the […]
[…] the bathroom. Middlemarch. In school I never had time to read Middlemarch even though I was an English major. Now I run herd on ESL kids from 9 to 4 and our own kids […]
[…] kill an American or vice versa? Probably. As Wright notes, the invasion was chronicled in the Deseret News, which reported that the news was received calmly: There were “no noisy receptions in Salt Lake” […]