Diné dóó Gáamalii. The title of the book is important for understanding both the primary subject of the book and the author. Diné, meaning “the People,” King explains, is a name that the people commonly…
Mormon doctrine plays a scant role in Mary Clyde’s new novel, Journeys from a Desert Road, but Mormon narratives are intrinsic to her characters, their family bonds, and to the journeys of the title. As…
Circles of light crown the peaks of red rocks against black skies. Are they sacred halos gleaming or artificial lights beaming from a UFO? The beautiful cover image of the book Machines for Making Gods…
Given the LDS Church’s recent emphasis on the “covenant path,” it seems fitting that this collection of Mormon short fiction takes up a similar theme: the ordinances (baptism, endowment, temple marriage) that operate as gates…
And now behold, it came to pass that the people of Nephi . . . became an exceeding fair and delightsome people. . . . [N]either were there Lamanites nor any manner of ites, but they were one, the…
The opening credits of Heretic immediately immerse the viewer in mystery, as the title appears above a series of cryptic glyphs: 𐐐𐐆𐐊𐐆𐐓𐐌𐐕. To those steeped in Mormon lore, these symbols spell “Heretic” in the Deseret…
Christmas is Jesus. Christmas is music, too. Even during a pandemic, I’ve had live carolers at my door. When in-person performance isn’t possible, we listen to recordings of choirs performing Handel and his classical Messiah. There’s the comfort of the Vince Guaraldi Trio—piano, bass, and drums—in the background of A Charlie Brown Christmas. There’s even that one radio station that plays Christmas music 24/7 all month long. It’s the station that reminds us that not all Christmas music was composed equally! Though the Gospel of Luke makes no mention of music, when we read of angels announcing Jesus’ birth to shepherds, we often imagine the heavenly host singing rather than speaking: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14). And thus, music is tied to the shepherds, the angels, and the birth of Jesus.
Oh Ellie, how to start? I keep thinking about the temple. I guess I’ll start there. I put my temple clothes and my garments in a bag and buried the bag in the back of…
The black hole
of god’s salvation
is here
The book Missionary Interests: Protestant and Mormon Missions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, edited by David Golding and Christopher Cannon Jones, provides a significant contribution to the historiography of Christian missions by comparatively examining…