Manna in the Desert
April 11, 2018“The satisfaction brought by morning dew
is more than human stomachs can endure,”
the men insist, hoping that they will die.
“The satisfaction brought by morning dew
DiaBLOGue
Plucked from the Ashes
April 11, 2018While growing up on the Blackfoot Reservation near Gleichen, Alberta, Canada, I lived with my grandparents. On Sundays around noon, two well-dressed white men would drive up to our home. For some unknown reason, I…
Dinner at Sylvia’s
April 11, 2018I was in a school bus with fifty other adults headed down to Harlem. At the time, we didn’t know our destination. The invitation had read only, “April Fool’s Day Party.” Our host, the former bishop, was known for his generosity and love of good times, so the turnout had been high. The mysteriousness of the affair, combined with the capacity of a yellow school bus to bring out the fifth grader in anyone, succeeded in creating a festive atmosphere. There we were, all dressed up in our sacrament meeting clothes, giggling, flirting, talking too loud.
Variation on a Love Letter
April 11, 2018I have written this letter to you before
and I will write this letter to you again.
In it I tell you that the days are starkly blue
and unbearably warm, that the cooling storms
Selective Bibliography on African-American and Mormons 1830-1990
April 11, 2018Dialogue 25.4 (Winter 1992): 113–131
Bibliography of African Americans role in the church from 1830-1990.
The Book Handed Her
April 11, 2018Wanting to be one of twelve princesses
to disappear down a trap door
underneath her bed each night
and dance to weariness in a haunted place
Speaking for Themselves: LDS Ethnic Groups Oral History Project
April 11, 2018Dialogue 25.4 (Winter 1992): 99–110
An oral history project on ethnic wards and branches.
Winter Fast Offerings
April 11, 2018When no one was faking sick, we were nine —
just enough to cover the routes if someone
doubled up. We argued over the packets,
weighing thickness against distance,
Ethnic Groups and the LDS Church
April 11, 2018Dialogue 25.4 (Winter 1992): 81–96
A history of ethnic wards and branches as the church struggled with integration vs. segregation of immigrant communities.
Living Histories: Selected Biographies from the Manhattan First Ward
April 11, 2018Two years ago the Manhattan First Ward published a small collection of biographies chronicling the lives of nine senior ward members. Impetus for the project came when news reached Bill Cottam during his initial year as First Ward bishop that several older members had died.