[…] house were a garden and a barnyard from which came eggs, tomatoes, corn, and milk. One could buy shovels, shoes, and firecrackers at the ACMI, the Church-owned cooperative. Along the lanes were ripgut juniper […]
[…] of Utah and Mormon historiography ought to be rejoicing at the flowering of literature in that field over recent years. Beginning perhaps in the last decade with Wallace Stegner’s biography of Bernard DeVoto and […]
[…] which meat cuts were on sale. Gran always memorized the specials. It took her five hours to buy her groceries and another day to evaluate them. “I don’t think this grapefruit is worth half […]
[…] few days on a personal matter. He hopped aboard a train, arrived in Salt Lake City at 6 A.M. the next morning, and went immediately to the Presiding Bishoprics’ Office, then located in a […]
[…] each day, would recite poetry to her and take her horseback riding in the parks” (1983, 5- 6). Fawn’s parents had strong reservations about the match. Flora recalled that the McKay family fasted and […]
[…] you . . . ? Therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit. (1 Cor. 6:19—20) Jung offered three profound criticisms of Christianity (Dourley 1984) : its subjugation of the feminine; its […]
[…] one of the bicycle repairmen. I wish now that I had gone out to the front, leaned over the counter towards Mr. Earl, and said coolly, “When I am twenty-one, I will marry your […]
[…] Evan Mecham. Mon day mornings were brighter because people brought to work new jokes they had heard over the weekend. Children learned jokes at school and brought them home to their parents. Business people […]
[…] your lifestyle, because the church I belong to does not allow homosexuals to participate under any circumstances.”[ 6] Statements like these caught the attention of one notable listener, a wealthy young businessman named Ed […]
[…] in concise form his “jurisprudence”—his personal view of the appropriate backdrop to the interpretation of the Constitution.[ 6] Not surprisingly, he looks to the gospel of Jesus Christ. According to Latter-day Saint belief, the […]