by Val Hemming Originally published Winter 2004 (37:04) Val: First, would you tell us a little about your mission and your unique experiences as a returning missionary traveling in Europe on the eve of World…
by Cecilia Konchar Farr Originally published Fall 1995 (28:03) LUCRETIA MOTT, A NINETEENTH-CENTURY QUAKER minister and suffragist, delivered a speech at a Philadelphia women’s rights convention in 1854 in which she discussed the day of…
by Douglas H. Thayer Originally published Fall 1972 (07:03) Paul kept both sweaty hands on the steering wheel and breathed through his mouth. Her diaper dirty, Lisa lay just behind him in the back of…
by Douglas Thayer Originally published Spring 2006 (39:01) Douglas: What got you started writing, the original impulse? Did you always think of yourself as a writer or was it adult-onset? Darrell: Reading. That’s the answer.…
by Blake Ostler Originally published Spring 1991 (24:1) LATTER-DAY SAINTS may be surprised to discover that Joseph Smith did not reject the importance of grace. Indeed, he developed a profound and novel view resolving many…
by John Donald Gustav-Wrathall Originally published in Volume 40, Number 2 (Summer 2007) On a recent visit to Utah, I was excited to attend church with my parents at their LDS ward. Regular attendance at…
The Editors. Dialogue Journal. I am a long-time subscriber to Dialogue and thoroughly enjoy the scholarly articles that it features. I must inform you, however, that I found the fiction section of the Spring 2010…
Sheldon Greaves’s article “The Education of a Bible Scholar” (42, no. 2 [Summer 2009]: 55-77) was moving and impressive in many ways. It is a choice example of combining academic insights with personal experience, including…
by Stephen Carter I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD one March Sunday. The chapel curtains were bright with the springtime sun, as if angels were standing outside. The church itself was new, built only a year…
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Dialogue writing contests. Dialogue Best of the Year Awards Dialogue Best of the Year Awards are for contributions judged as superior in their respective categories:…