[…] 1920s and went on to be the first head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Morgan’s ongoing tension over religion was related to the influence of his devout Baptist mother and his freethinking agnostic father. […]
[…] Ne. preamble; 8:2; 10:4; 19:7; Mosiah 7:27; Alma 13:7; 32:16; 40:2; 40:19; 46:21; 48:15; 3 Ne. 3: 6-7; 6:20. D&C 10:17(/ /1830 Book of Mormon Preface); 42:37; 42:69; 42:74; 58:20; 59:13; 59:14; 61:23; 63:42; […]
[…] overarching context is the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane: “Not my will but yours be done.” ( 6) Jesus’ miracles stand in an eschatological and communitarian con text. That is to say, they are […]
[…] a more rigorous criticism. Do we consider our “Mormon-ness” a fascinating feature of ethnography with which to buy fifteen minutes of fame on the academic stage? Or do we use it to ground ourselves, […]
[…] she is walking in the path of wisdom. Dame Wisdom, in fact, is presented in Proverbs 9:1- 6 as a householder who opens her feast table to the poor and needy. This might seem […]
[…] slap. Clair ducked behind the steps as Brother Pratt walked toward the dance. He called back, “Courtship’s over, Sofie. I’ll tell your pa when I see him in the field.” She waited for Sofie […]
[…] who helped President Moyle energize the missionary program, notes that he was “stubborn” and sometimes “went rough-shod over people.” Nathan Eldon Tanner, who moved into the First Presidency on the death of Henry Moyle, […]
[…] all so bad, after all. The batter for the pancakes was easy to make and we could buy margarine or jam, but the maple syrup was a different story. Most of the time we […]
[…] ritual parade of women would express their eternal gratitude for all the wonderful crap their husbands could buy them. Laurie never expressed such gratitude. She would just thank God for her testimony and children […]
[…] as soon as the earth work between the head of the canal and the Torrey Ward (some 6 miles) is entirely completed; the Church to receive $1,000 in capital stock of the Center Irrigation […]