Kid Kirby
October 24, 2018[…] My folks said they’d come back for me. But they won’t. There are too many mouths to feed.” Reeves’s eyes widened. “I’ve got to go,” she said. “Flossie will scold me if she catches […]
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Ordinary and Profane Poems
October 24, 2018[…] your own death. My brother Irv told me as man to man, Ronnie, if you want to feed on Rainbows or Cutthroats (also known as Natives) you must outwit them. Tying your own flies […]
Abundant Grace: The Humanness of Catholics and Latter-day Saints as a Basis for Friendship and Collaboration
October 24, 2018At the conclusion of each Mormon History Association’s annual conference, there is a “devotional.” (Until I became a devotee of Mormon history, devotional was always an adjective, as in “devotional literature,” but the Latter-day Saints have shifted my grammatical foundations, and, because of my exposure to Mormons, I’ll never hear words like “fireside,” “garments,” or even “Jell-O” in the same way.) At these devotionals, I always look to see if my favorite LDS hymn is being featured—“The Spirit of God”—number 2 in the LDS hymnal.
Keeping Fire
October 24, 2018The moon is up, and the fire has burned down.
Benjamin stoops, coaxes embers to life.
“Hello,” he says.
“Cold?” I ask.
“Not so much,” he says.
“The Perfect Union of Man and Woman”: Reclamation and Collaboration in Joseph Smith’s Theology Making
October 24, 2018[…] to woman. . . . He brought from the Heavenly store-house that bread of life which should feed her soul, if she would eat and lift her from the low estate of centuries of […]
The Separation of Church and State in Mormon Theory and Practice
May 4, 2018[…] political office. The Moses Thatcher Candidacy, 1895 At the time when Church leaders were trying to “force feed” the Republican Party,[26] three General Authorities ignored orders and campaigned strenuously for the Democratic ticket in […]
Mormons and the Visual Arts
May 4, 2018It seems curious to ask, “What support has the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints given to the visual arts in Utah?” One would hardly consider as fields for fruitful exploration Baptist support of…
The Life of Brigham Young: A Biography Which Will Not Be Written
May 4, 2018On Sunday morning, October 5, 1856, Brigham Young stood before thousands of Mormons in Salt Lake City, to open the semi annual conference of the Church. During the morning he spoke twice. His very first…
The “Legend” and the “Case” of Joe Hill | Philip S. Foner, The Case of Joe Hill
May 4, 2018Legends often live on simply because believers like them. Some people like them so much they want to prove them. Legends may have their origins in real situations and may have relationships to some facts,…
An Ambiguous Heritage | Jerrold L. Newquist, Prophets, Principles and National Survival
May 4, 2018[…] to support his family to coincide with those of the urban housewife who must buy milk to feed her small children. Each may be a Church member and yet each has a legitimate point […]