[…] between Mormons and others, especially about the contraries of faith and reason, of esthetic freedom versus theological order, of reductive historical fact as opposed to expansive religious vision—and so we decided to call the […]
[…] to the pattern given by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language (Moses 6:46). Sometimes in my journey through MIA I managed to start a picture pedigree chart with postage-stamp-sized […]
[…] theology is not widely discussed. In temple marriage, a husband and wife jointly enter into an “ order of the Priesthood” called the new and everlasting covenant of marriage (McConkie 1966). Identical blessings are […]
Gone from the pampas. The only brunette; her first airplane flight at six months.
Engaging in dialogue is one of the first experiences we have as human beings. Even when our communication is only inarticulate gurgling, we are participating in some kind of communication. Entering into dialogue with […]
[…] was groundbreaking in LDS print media. He talks about how he believed and presented publicly theories on the cause and cure of homoseuxaity, following Freudian psychology in 1970. “16 years later, “he states, “I […]
[…] Should readers infer that Brigham’s “Great Basin Kingdom” was not the promised land; and that the United Order, plural marriage, the political state of Deseret, the Deseret alpha bet, and the Mormon separation from […]
[…] of the matter. Any Mormon who doubts this can refer to scripture — poetry of the highest order. III “The habit of freedom and the courage to write.” This phrase from Virginia Woolf (1984, […]
[…] burial, with knee-high stockings (not panty hose.) Marthy Anne will get the contents of this container in order next time she comes. Harambee. Harambee was one of Maggie’s words. Not invented. African. She said […]
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