When i saw this book for the first time I ignored it as I have done with all of the other books by the popular nonfiction Swiss author and world traveler, Erich von Daniken. He…
As the title indicates, Book of Mormon Authorship addresses the heart of LDS faith claims—the historicity of the Book of Mormon. Noel Reynolds has assembled studies ranging from computer wordprint analysis to source criticism of…
Sometimes I wonder why it is that our Mormon society, particularly those of us living in Utah, are so eager to become rich and successful (that is, if wealth really brings success). As a financial…
I was intrigued by the cover design of this collection of twenty-four essays by Mormon women. It reminded me of a circular stained glass window with a gently smiling woman’s face in the center sur…
A year ago in writing of the prospects for future graduate study on Mor monism it seemed appropriate to prophesy a gradual deterioration. It is therefore exceedingly heartening to note that while the actual number…
“If there is anything virtuous, lovely . . . we seek after these things.” Granted. But loveliness by what criteria? We in the Church often presume a common aesthetic; or when conflicts in judgment arise—whether…
Like an irresistible green vegetation
easing over everything in time,
a sense of comfort crept over my mother,
weaving into her slowly tendrils of death.
“Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem—for purely religious purposes, of course—to know more about iniquity than the Unregenerate.” Rudyard Kipling, Witches of the Night When the rabbits built Hilltown, they had a special…
I hear faded trumpet sounds of summer
and fill my arms with sleepy wildflowers,
hold them close, feel the damp,
smell the last fragrance.
Paradise pendant from a golden chain
opal pendant paradise
swirling blue and green
through white cloud streaks:
golden chain gleaming on the breast of God.