Religion is, undeniably, an ever-present part of human life. And the several eastern and western religions are like colors of the same rainbow of spiritual and moral truths. The literatures of belief and faith that…
I approach a description of this latest book by Hugh Nibley with much hesitation. With Nibley, you buy a package that is as much image as content. He is either viewed as the exemplary scholar,…
If you’re looking for a house in that area and price range,” said the real estate salesperson—and she lowered her voice to a horrified whisper—”You’ll have to go south!” I rested the telephone receiver against…
In a revelation received 4 February 1831, Edward Partridge was called to be the first bishop in the newly formed Church of Jesus Christ. Before that time, the Church’s structure consisted of elders, priests, teachers,…
No single feature of Mormonism strikes many perceptive non-Mormon observers with greater force than Mormon literal-mindedness. For instance, in his monumental and largely sympathetic monograph The Mormons published in 1957, Thomas F. O’Dea wrote that…
Gray day with a brown leaf refusing
at the end of a wind to drop,
why is the crabbed clinging
so intricate a part of the dance?
On 26 October 1969, Indonesia was “dedicated for the preaching of the Gospel by Elder Ezra Taft Benson.” The Church initiated its standard missionary program. Door-to-door tracting began in Jakarta on 20 January 1970.[1] Plans…
Excessive multiplication of bureaus results in a bureaucracy, which we may define as any administration in which the need to follow complex procedures impedes effective action. A bureaucrat usually works by fixed routine without exercising…
only from the nesting hollow
of our bed
will I say how cold it’s been
so cold