Ehab’s Wife
April 2, 2018For me, Jesus’ home is my husband’s, and it is also the birthplace of my extra-American consciousness. I was never allowed to see it as a tourist. I never listened to a tour guide’s simplistic…
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On the Fringe — The Singles’ Ward (The Appeal of the Foyer)
April 2, 2018The quick exit—
Space, windows, safety.
Cozy couches and easy
Chairs versus the hard
Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism
April 2, 2018Dialogue 31.2 (Summer 1998): 1–68
Quinn shares what Mormon Fundamentalists believe. some stereotypes about them, and identfies the different groups.
Widow’s Weeds
April 1, 2018Black
is the absence of color
to which the eye adjusts.
Black magnifies the face of
the beloved.
Similar yet Different | Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson, How Wide the Divide?
April 1, 2018How Wide the Divide? Is a nice change from the typical literature published by evangelical publishing houses concerning the subject of Mor monism. This book attempts to enter into an open dialogue on the basic…
Issues of Individual Freedoms | Linda Sillitoe, Friendly Fire: The ACLU in Utah
April 1, 2018At first, the title of this book seems a bit misleading and confusing. “Friendly fire” became popular during the Gulf War as a description of how American troops were killed by their comrades during desert…
A Part of History Overlooked | Leslie G. Kelen and Eileen Hallet Stone, Missing Stories: An Oral History of Ethnic and Minority Groups in Utah
April 1, 2018How do non-Mormons feel about living in Utah? Missing Stories answers many such questions. These are the people’s words and not interpretation. As Helen Papanikolas explains in the introduction, “This is not a book of…
Thistle Field
April 1, 2018So speaks King Saul:
I want this modest man of war
David, dead.
Snare him with a string
The Celestial Kingdom
April 1, 2018Julie was asked to be baptized for the dead. Her teacher, Mrs. Dixon, had read down the roll, asking the girls in alphabetical order. She had moved into Julie’s neighborhood, just up the street in…
Defending Jose
April 1, 2018Samuel was watching the door intently when they let José in. He stood up, smiled as if he were greeting an old friend. He opened his body toward the inmate and reached out, completing the…