Second South
May 1, 2018Sitting back Philip felt the vibration of the train through his feet, and if he leaned forward a little he saw tops of heads and the silver sign that said “MEN” in black letters. The…
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Divorce
May 1, 2018The fault line shifts,
subterranean conflict rises.
Granite knitted together
in heat and compaction,
Vietnam
May 1, 2018there beyond
the beachballs of our peaceful days
beneath the rubble
of our fractured justice
Silence
May 1, 2018The sun is four hours high. The air is starting
to stir from the south, heavy and dry with sun.
Sabbath
May 1, 2018No, nothing will do just now
but to sit beneath a mesquite tree
in a dry creek bed and look long at cactus.
The saguaro does not sway or bend or mark the breeze.
It has no use. It simply is.
I can look at it until time is lost
and it will not move.
Are Mormons Christian?
May 1, 2018One day last fall as I was getting acquainted with a student who was particularly interested in my Mormon background, the student told of being informed by a religion professor that Mormons weren’t Christians. This…
The Church Abroad
May 1, 2018In areas distant from the central stakes of Zion, the church may occupy a more important position in the lives of members than it does where Mor mons are more numerous. This is particularly true…
The Lesson of Coalville
May 1, 2018As suggested in the preceding discussions, the confrontations surrounding the destruction of the Coalville Tabernacle were so devisive and frustrating that those involved on any side of the issue must have vowed to avoid similar…
The Last Days of the Coalville Tabernacle
May 1, 2018Surely if it be worthwhile troubling ourselves about the works of art of today, of which any amount almost can be done, since we are yet alive, it is worthwhile spending a little care, forethought,…
A Generation Apart — The Gap and the Church
May 1, 2018From safe within the geographical and philosophical matrix that is the Church, it is often difficult for people my age and older to realize that such a thing as a “generation gap” may in fact…