The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (usually called Mormon or LDS church) is having enormous success in most parts of the world. Growth is particularly impressive in Latin America. In 1971 […]
[…] centered on the role played by Apostle Boyd K. Packer in the September excommunication of Paul James Toscano. According to both men, this had been a subject of discussion between them during two “confidential” meetings.
[…] have refrained from being an active participant in the class. I keep my hand down: I don’t call out or volunteer for anything, not even a prayer. It isn’t that I’m not paying attention […]
[…] over, abandoned beside the sidewalk. Its redness is something I experience distinctly. Undeniably, I might be deceived, and there is no red wheelbarrow there. Maybe someone painted one on the window and I am […]
[…] the bewildered look on the child’s face when his father said, “Okay, son, here’s the seer stone. Now translate.” On the other hand, Vogel doesn’t avoid embarrassing episodes when the evidence is clear—the arrests, […]
[…] his one brother. All the husbands, uncles, even children. Not me. I delayed when I got the call that Dad was in a coma. It came in the way that kind of news is […]
[…] at the speed of light. I’ve come to realize that this is the perpetual shattering modern people call home. I’ve often felt it’s like living in a huge lost-and-found, of doubling and tripling our […]
[…] for a moment. “Brother Sylvester, the officer who picked you up last night, he gave me a call. I’ll have a talk to the bishops of the other boys, too. That TV newswoman calls […]
[…] as to who was going up or who was going down. I was then spiritually prompted to call Cheryl. We discussed her letter and the possibility of a forum with the editor and some […]
[…] unto God’ and has taken steps publicly in its policies, practices and preachings from the pulpit to call out the sin of racism. But the pains of prejudice persist to this day—in the church […]