In the Right Hands
April 7, 2018“Let’s see what sort of surprises await us in Jennifer’s story,” Jean-Paul said wearily and shuffled the story pages on his desk, as though by doing so he would impose order on narrative chaos. What…
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A Reply
April 7, 2018There are significant differences between historical investigation of controversial issues and the polemical use of history. Jeff D. Blake’s essay is a textbook example of polemics impersonating as history. First, he employs the classic “straw…
Ernest L. Wilkinson and the 1966 BYU Spy Ring: A Response to D. Michael Quinn
April 7, 2018The summer 1993 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought featured D. Michael Quinn’s near-definitive discussion of Ezra Taft Benson’s political activities during the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Despite Quinn’s thorough documentation, in the section…
1948
April 7, 2018She was learning German that year,
a war bride, living in Darmstadt,
trying to say ich in the back of her throat,
the guttural r of Herr and Frau, to introduce
“My Father’s Business”: Thomas Taylor and Mormon Frontier Economic Enterprise
April 7, 2018Shortly after Mormon pioneers arrived in Utah in July 1847 Brigham Young planned for an anticipated population explosion by exploring the region and locating sites which could support new settlements and industries. Parley P. Pratt…
The Three Boats
April 7, 2018And God came to me and shewed me
a boat on troubled waters.
“Shall you stretch forth your hand
to steady the vessel before it founders?”
“I shall,” I said, and took the boat
in my hand and removed it from danger.
A Granddaughter Remembers
April 7, 2018I was a blessed child. I had a grandmother who loved me and who showed it. Her name was Ruth Alice Bird Harper Lewis, and as grand mothers go, she was a rare and wonderful…
The Noon of Life: Mid-Life Transition in the Married LDS Priesthood Holder
April 7, 2018The ancient Chinese curse has plainly caught up with the LDS church over the past decade—never have the Saints lived in more interesting times. The recent whirlwind of world political changes has opened up mission fields undreamed of only a few years ago, faster almost than we can respond. It has also made us the target of anti-American sentiment and violence. Yet, in spite of all, church membership has now reached nine million.
Weight
April 7, 2018He was folding garments in the back bedroom
when he heard one of his kids telling
his wife that his ex had “lost a lot of weight”—
“Come Ye Disconsolate”: Is There a Mercy Seat in Mormon Theology and Practice?
April 7, 2018At age sixty-eight I have lived long enough to know some of the sorrows of this life. More than once I have cried out with the Psalmist: “Out of the depths I cry unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice!”