[…] intense joys and sorrows of mortality” as we “learn to strive, to seek, and to struggle” in order to “discover truths about God and ourselves.” As we come to know the intense joys and […]
[…] exile—not to follow them, mind you, and certainly not to model them or copy them, but in order to become poets ourselves, creators of worlds. Like Whitman at the end of “Song of Myself,” […]
[…] the gaps in a Rube Goldberg machinery in which we are, simultaneously, parts. For example, in “ Order,” the essayist (not just Madden) tells stories, weaves phrases, and follows the leads of language and […]
[…] precious, and I worried that the authors of the essays would distort Indigenous knowledge and intentions in order to preserve the names and reputations of Church leaders. I also understood that the authors might […]
[…] with my grandparents. Soon afterwards, I had my first disappointment at Church functions. At Scout camp where Order of the Arrow candidates were to be chosen, all the other boys assumed that I would […]
[…] ago, when I attended my oldest son’s graduation from Cal State Fullerton, the program listed, in alphabetical order, around one thousand graduating students from the College of Business and Economics. I looked down the […]
[…] institutional church is not the only organization or group that needs to change. Brooks acknowledges that in order for liberal Mormon organizations to confront racism in the church, they have to see their investment […]
[…] details the decisive role the council played in helping the Saints seek a haven beyond the b orders of the United States—primarily in Texas and Oregon Territory—as well as the ways in which members […]
[…] didn’t even bake! I stared up at his calm and quiet blue eyes and thought, in this order: How can I tell him the truth? I’ve never talked about this with anybody. Well, this […]