Mormon history has always been a hot topic. From the earliest days of Church history over a century and a half ago, vastly divergent accounts of the origins and development of the Church of […]
[…] her, hanging straight from her shoulders, flat across her chest—she looked like a little girl. She bent over the skin, pulling her black hair sideways out of her eyes. “A snake,” she said. She […]
[…] of an old Tyrone Power movie, and during commercials I run next door to the laundromat to buy a couple of cans of diet Coke. Then I pop popcorn. After Tyrone Power, “I Remember […]
[…] the courts. On 18 April 1885 the company formally dissolved. George Cannon and John Taylor agreed to buy up the small stockholders and to transfer the whole of the property back to Tho mas […]
[…] am sitting in a hotel suite in Moscow. The airport lost our luggage, so we are going to stay here until they find it. Our total flight time was fifteen hours from Washington, D.C., […]
[…] it is expedient in me that they should assemble together at the Ohio. … ” (D&C 37: 3). Prior to that date, believers in The Book of Mormon were concentrated in three locations of […]
[…] hiring as a second associate editor in September 1985, she and Anderson began to split the $ 6,500 annual salary provided. “You obviously won’t get rich in this position,” wrote Linda. And considering the […]
[…] Nelson, “Identity, Priority, and Blessings,” Ensign (August, 2001); Richard G. Scott, “First Things First,” Ensign (May 2001): 6. David Van Biema, “Kingdom Come,” Time Magazine, Aug. 1997. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, personal communication, 21 January […]
[…] began coalescing into a more formal body that soon became the basis for the Reorganization. On April 6, 1853, a general conference convened to reorganize the Mormon Church. Following two days of debate, this […]
[…] She beamed as Ruthalin exclaimed over the precision of the zipper installment. “Well, are you going to buy?” Ada whispered. She could not believe the look in Ruthalin’s eye. Was Ada about to witness […]