I. Introduction My previous essay on the historical Jesus in the winter 1997 issue began with the famous cry of Hebrews 13:8 (“Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever!”) and proceeded to focus on…
When the semicircle is complete,
each pedestal placed aesthetically
on stage, the girls enter.
Thirty earnest seraphs
Except for still being an official member of record, I severed all links with the LDS church in 1982. No residual attachments did I cultivate—no LDS-related literature, forums, alliances, or associations. One reason for my…
So now you sit with a black eye
by a glass wall on the sixteenth floor.
Already I see our talk in paragraphs
I can’t read, topics in the margin,
one clear sentence about clutter.
When I was first asked to speak on the subject of ethics in law and life, I questioned my authority to address the issue. I still question my authority. Being a judge does not give…
The editors of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought graciously invited me to write about Utah’s 1996 Second District Congressional race after deciding to publish an essay by my opponent, Ross C. Anderson. I am…
“Why would you ever want to get involved in politics? Politicians are nothing but self-serving sleazeballs who will do anything to win. Nothing’s ever going to change that!” That was the sort of wisdom I…
When my first marriage ended in divorce in 1991, what I describe as my current spiritual life seemed to begin. It is the first of three seminal moments in the past three years that I…
Was he improving,
or just too tired to sin?
Regardless, it was pretty clear
that where his broken heart and contrite
In the past twenty years much has been written about unhealthy family dynamics and their later manifestation in adult dysfunctional behavior. One of the pioneers in this field is Alice Miller. Miller worked for more…