A House of Order
April 16, 2018[…] the branches, but he could see that Sylvia wasn’t in the orchard. “OK, where are you reading today?” The bathroom door opened, and she walked down the hall toward him, a book dangling from […]
[…] the branches, but he could see that Sylvia wasn’t in the orchard. “OK, where are you reading today?” The bathroom door opened, and she walked down the hall toward him, a book dangling from […]
[…] small number on the left who reflect old antipathies, although I concede that differences are more subtle today. On the right is a conservative type of writing which remains largely addressed to Mormon audiences, […]
[…] surprises and possibilities . He was a time traveler stepping into the past, leaving behind cars, contraptions, videos, taxes, shopping lists, agent I.D. cards and putting himself on simple terms with the animals — […]
[…] immaterialities were all of equal standing, or indistinguishable in God’s king dom. Religion was relevant to economics, politics, art and science. If Christianity was “the most avowedly materialist of all the great religions,” as […]
In his carefully crafted and distinguished novel Recapitulation (1979), Wallace Stegner, Iowa-born, Saskatchewan-reared, but Utah-formed, joins his protagonist Bruce Mason on a brief visit to Salt Lake City some forty-five years after leaving home. The […]
[…] (1988), a little book of poems put together by young Indian students at the Pretty Eagle School and St. Charles Mission in Ashland, Mon tana. Why am I here? It is a question most […]
[…] the buffs who lavish attention on rare books, detailed costume, and accurate re-enactment provide the great popular market for regional history. Morgan represented the best of this spirit. Ultimately, he was more part of […]
[…] (Summer 1994): 83–153</i><br>Believing that a more efficient approach could be used to the church’s advantage, he proposed that the Relief Society organize a social service department where these new techniques could be tested and implemented.
[…] a new stalk of rice. Larson, who had grown up in Salt Lake City from pioneer Mormon stock, found Mason to be an interesting change from the western, born-in-the-church, always-planned-to-go-on-a-mission elders that made up […]
[…] he said, returning to 2 Nephi. All these years and he still couldn’t let her inside. “Any news?” “Not really.” A bad sign. Usually she came home brimming with gossip. Silence meant she was […]