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[…] an inconspicuous gate on the north side of the street opens onto a long path that leads to what was once the backyard of Thomas B. Child. A stonemason by trade and Mormon bishop […]
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[…] spaces, in exile—he can not hear us, and we cannot hear him. But part of the God— call him Enoch, Metatron, Adam, whatever—is locked up deep within us, and broke through to Joseph, the […]
[…] my aching eyes. You drink and ask if it’s your turn. It is. *** The Dragon You call it the dark watch. That makes it sound noble. The reality is hours of tedium. But […]
[…] 2024) 107-112 </i><br> Since joining the Church, I have been blessed with a number of revelations relating to my life as a gay Mormon. Perhaps more remarkable may be how few of these I […]
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[…] of them weren’t mainly victims of bad timing.” What my awakening really consisted of was a refreshing realization that some of those giants from our past were really human beings after all (“saints by adoption”).
So you want to write a Mormon novel? Great! Here’s a story for you:— It’s about a Mormon bishop and his family, see, so you can get in all the little inside details about […]