[…] society. Church leaders constantly teach us we must counteract the unhealthy messages taught by our society. The world is always ready to teach children violence as a problem-solving skill, self-absorption and materialism, substance abuse […]
[…] Mormon past with respect and affection and looks with a more critical eye at the contemporary Mormon world. Her memories of childhood, as they appear in her poems, are especially rich. In section 3 […]
[…] its simple goodness. My return to America was charged with social activism and a new life purpose—relieve world He stopped reading, startled by a shout from the cab. Twisting as before, he glanced back […]
[…] first week, I borrowed Charles’s car and took Marilyn driving. I was very happy and the entire world seemed right. On Sunday we agreed to meet at church. On my way to meeting that […]
[…] 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 twenty-one years old. I lie in the golden light of a Korean September afternoon. I have curled myself up on the musty, avocado-skinned sofa that occupies a large corner of the living […]
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[…] author and her book. I vividly recall one occasion during which Mortensen became quite emotional, in fact breaking down in tears, in referring both to Brodie’s courage as an author and her willingness to […]
[…] lethal. The penultimate line, the cliche “be good to your kids, there’s nothing like ’em in the world, believe me” has never sounded so sinister. The middle playlet, A Gaggle of Saints, involves John […]
[…] this insistent evolutionary activity, Joan will clash inevitably with those, “not malevolent by nature contribute to the world’s disasters through want of imagination and social and political consequences of the way they think.” Still—and […]