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Being, A Household World

January 23, 2020

Did the Deuteronomist say, I have set before you plutocracy and democracy, therefore choose democracy? Or, I have set before you capitalism and socialism, therefore choose socialism? Or, I have set before you economics and ecology, therefore choose ecology? Or, I have set before you Earth System science or Gaia, therefore choose Gaia? Or, I have set before you acidifying oceans and fresh air, therefore choose fresh air? No, the Deuteronomist said none of those things. Instead, they said something both more compelling and more enigmatic: I have set before you life and death, therefore choose life.

A Mormon Boy Meets a King

October 6, 2019

[…] to the bar in 1961.  While pursuing a law-related job, Glen also had to find ways to feed his family. In 1957 he taught chemistry and general science at Pomonkey High School in Charles […]

On “Mormon” in Mormon Studies Publishing

October 5, 2019

[…] George on Conference Sunday last October, a headline from the Salt Lake Tribune on my social media feed immediately became a source of anxiety. Topping Peggy Fletcher Stack and her colleagues’ article were the […]

Excerpts from Before Us Like a Land of Dreams

May 13, 2019

[…] My brother and I walked in the morning chill, down that back line to Grandma’s barn to feed the animals Dad was sheltering there until he returned. We knew the ewes were pregnant but […]

With Marbles for Eyes

February 13, 2019

[…] where they used to go with the youth group sometimes to do baptisms for the dead, or feed breakfast to the cast putting on the pageant about the Book of Mormon every July. He […]

Mother, May We? | Tyler Chadwick, Dayna Patterson, and Martin Pulido, eds., Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry

January 14, 2019

She is willful. She is in the other room. She is “the feminine / present subjunctive.” She is “tessellating.” She is “throneless, / wanders.” She is “queen of heaven.” She is a “Heavenly Hausfrau.” She is “Medusa in the kingdom.” She is the “Pillar of Womanhood.” She is “executrix.” She is a “mahogany” woman. She is “the Holy Soul.” She is.