Benediction
April 18, 2018[…] that he wasn’t. Kevin Houston had that particular kind of self-assurance which in a secular and sophisticated world is taken as evidence of old money. In Kevin, however, whose prosperity was, in fact, nearly […]
[…] that he wasn’t. Kevin Houston had that particular kind of self-assurance which in a secular and sophisticated world is taken as evidence of old money. In Kevin, however, whose prosperity was, in fact, nearly […]
[…] doctrines, and formed their own cults (Du Bois 1939, 5-13). One cult stressed the end of the world and built special earthen lodges for protection from this catastrophic event. Another cult emphasized personal visions, […]
[…] Spanish treasure. After weathering the initial shock, historians of Mormonism launched fascinating explorations into the largely forgotten world of New England folk magic in which Joseph Smith was raised. But the exhilaration of discovering […]
[…] reared in today’s environment, sacrifices have to be made. To make most great things happen in the world, somebody has usually had to give up something and that some body has usually been somebody’s […]
[…] He told his daughter Susa that even if she were to become the greatest woman in the world but fail in her duty as wife and mother, she then would have “failed in everything.” […]
[…] from the particular matrix of RLDS symbols, stories, and events; the wider Christian community; and the modern world. Undergirding such theologies will be the conviction that God is at work in and through all […]
On 9 November 1989 the world stood transfixed as television sets around the globe transmitted the fall of the Berlin Wall. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans streamed into Berlin to mount the wall […]
[…] my spare time to locating and visiting these 180 inactive members. In the process I discovered a world of disillusionment, sorrow, and misery unknown in my youthful experience: The majority of these inactive members […]
[…] restored to his original standing. A year later Gisbert and Elsie welcomed their second child into the world. The “Certificates of Blessing” show that neither child was blessed by Gisbert. In June 1911, a […]
[…] to be scholars or national leaders; that was simply not a prominent issue in the rigidly defined world of Israelite society. But in Henry’s own era, women were beginning to envision a different world […]