Straight Up
April 1, 2018Shirley is the punch line who holds the joke
while we wait like pieces on a game board
in the line that wanders
from the classrooms, through the halls,
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Cosmos, Chaos, and Politics: Biblical Creation Patterns in Secular Contexts
April 1, 2018The conceptual link between the state and the cosmos has been explored many times by scholars over the last several decades. Mircea Eliade gave us his reflections in his book The Myth of the Eternal…
Paradigms toward Zion: A Reply to Allen Lambert on Zion-building
April 1, 2018I am told that not so long ago church Correlation adopted a policy of discouraging use of the word “Zion” in official publications and dis courses. Perhaps they felt that the term created an irrational…
One Man’s Definition of LDS Membership
April 1, 2018Some thirty years ago my faith in the Mormon church changed forever. I was twenty-eight years old, a husband, father, school teacher, high priest, and a highly idealistic and credulous young Mormon. Looking back, I…
Miguel
April 1, 2018I meet Miguel
bear hugging him from behind
tense tendons in his neck
rage squeezing out his eyes:
“The Prophet Puzzle” Revisited
April 1, 2018In her 1974 essay, “The Prophet Puzzle: Suggestions Leading Toward a More Comprehensive Interpretation of Joseph Smith,” Jan Shipps con fronted the anomalies in the historical record concerning Smith, noting: “What we have in Mormon…
One Method of Hope
April 1, 2018The only motion here is an old
Dodge pickup leading a coil
of white exhaust across
the horizon—a snow-dusted
“Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord”: The Salt Lake Temple Dedication
April 1, 2018Dialogue 31.3 (1998): 101–122
Stuy looks at “the dedication of the Salt Lake temple constituted one of the most important events in the history of the world. Due to the sacred nature of temple dedications, the church does not grant access to the official records of these events; however, by reading the diaries of Saints who participated in the Salt Lake temple dedication,one can almost attend the ceremonies vicariously.
Lucifer’s Obit.
April 1, 2018 We note, today, the passing
of our most dreared departed—
father of lies, child of perdition,
mother of woes, and friend to sin.
Folk Ideas of Mormon Pioneers
April 1, 2018In 1997 Mormons celebrated the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Brigham Young and the first LDS company to the Great Salt Lake Valley. During the anniversary year, they frequently discussed the experiences of the…