The Interview
April 18, 2018Tom looked at the sweat shining in the palms of his hands. Wiping them on his slacks, he opened the door into the stake president’s office and sat in a chair against the wall. A…
Tom looked at the sweat shining in the palms of his hands. Wiping them on his slacks, he opened the door into the stake president’s office and sat in a chair against the wall. A…
It is alive, the Colorado, its heavy brown waters pulsing through limestone and sandstone layers gouged out before it learned manners from the government and Glen Canyon Dam. “She don’t give a hot sheep shit,”…
Helen realizes at church Sunday morning that still, after all these years, she does not have fond feelings for the chapel. She doesnβt want to hold on to any grudges against itβshe doesnβt take it…
Bishop warned Brock Hartman ahead of time. βTheyβll ask for a food order.β He opened a desk drawer and took out a binder filled with requisitions for the storehouse. βBut they have a decent income…
Ever since Socrates banished poetry in Book X of Platoβs Republic with a flippant βif .β―.β―. poetry can show any reason for her existence in a well-governed state, we would gladly admit her,β[1] Western poets…
When I was about twelve, yet another retelling of the Cinderella story was released into theatres in a magic-free but nonetheless magical version called Ever After. One of my favorite scenes in this film involves…
Dialogue 4.2 (Summer 1971): 73β76
Church members, from some General Authorities to some Sunday School teachers, are generally impressed with and concerned about “scientific proof” of the Book of Mormon. As a practicing scientist and Church member, I am singularly unconcerned about such studies β in fact, when it comes to such matters, I am hyper-conservative.
Even now, sometimes, he looks up from what he is doing and stares, unseeing, because some sound, some word, sometimes nothing at all, has brought her back. Her name whispers through his mind, and there…
The Child is father to the Man Wordsworth You wake before the alarm you’d set for 4:30. You dress, almost ritually, and decide to fast. Today of all days you must maintain the proper moodβand…
Brother Rice, the first counselor, says the bishop thinks the young people might be more responsive to someone who, oh, speaks a little more their language. Then he smiles, hands me the Sunday school manual,…