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Letters to the Editor
March 21, 2018Steven Orton, Remembering Dialogue
Gary Hernandez, Thoughts on Dialogue
Michael E. McDonald, Scriptural Cosmology
Lane Twitchell, An Artist Declares His Independence
D. Michael Quinn, Filling Gaps and Responding to “Silences in Mormon History”
About the Artist: Allan West
March 21, 2018The American-born Allan West has become widely respected for his pursuit of a traditional form in Japan. Raised in Washington, D.C., Allan served in the Okayama Japan mission during the early 1980s. In 1987, he…
Frau Rüster and the Cure for Cognitive Dissonance
March 21, 2018When Elder Callister and I leaned our bikes against the fence at Hermann-Löns-Straße 9 and walked to the door, I had no idea that what was about to transpire would shape and anchor my soul…
Depression and the Brethren of the Priesthood
March 21, 2018During the last few years, I have come to feel that, if I were in charge of Church jargon, we would get rid of the words blessings, rewards, punishments, and tests. In place of those words, we would begin using “lessons to be learned.” I have also come to believe that some venue, or arena, or, at least, some safe place should be available where members could voice their concerns—without guilt—about their distresses, their disappointments, and their frustrations at what is going on in their lives.
Analyzing Spiritual Things from a Sociological Perspective | Rodney Stark and Reid Neilson, The Rise of Mormonism
March 21, 2018The name Rodney Stark is very familiar to LDS readers. His interest in Mor monism began with his long-time friendship with fellow sociologist Armand Mauss, also a familiar name and a member of the Church. Stark…
The Diary of a Historian | Richard Lyman Bushman, On the Road with Joseph Smith
March 21, 2018In 1945, Fawn McKay Brodie’s biography of Joseph Smith, No Man Knows My History, was published by Knopf. The book received critical acclaim, establishing Brodie’s career as a biographer.
Nevertheless, the biggest natural market for a scholarly bio of the Prophet, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was much more restrained.
At the End of the Street Lies the Sky
March 21, 2018At the end of the street lies the sky
dressed in the purple magician’s robe
of eventide and the winter storm.
Tonight she sculpts stairs of ice and
Sonnet to Japanese Spring
March 21, 2018Spring has come to old Nippon!
Standing on a hill I see
Verdant valleys neatly sown,
Stepped and terraced, and a bee
Black Handkerchief
March 21, 2018Lying on the table,
he was as handsome
as the day he had taken her
through the veil.