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[…] it (1956, 37). I will apply Lawrence’s definition to a hypothetical magazine which I will have to buy at a truck stop on the Interstate outside of Utah—say, in Idaho or Wyoming. The magazine […]
[…] to abandon a strict interpretation of the word eternal, as is suggested in Doctrine and Covenants 19: 6–12. After all, 15 billion years may not be forever, but it is so far beyond our […]
[…] Father. At the same time, I am nurturing myself, trying to become convinced. I love to read 3 Nephi, where the Savior asks, “Have you any afflicted among you? Bring them hither, and I […]
When a third big kettle of beets boiled over, I stared at the bloody mess and asked myself if this were mere happenstance. Perhaps here was a Freudian slip trying to tell me something. […]
This dialogue of anguished questioning and consolation has an intensely personal meaning to me. The 1980s were a decade that severely tested my faith in Heavenly Father and my commitment to the Church. Whatever […]
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