I’ll never forget the first time I heard my mother swear. I was in my thirties and had finally decided to talk to her about her second husband, whom she’d married when I was eleven, […]
[…] I grew up being told that Mormons avoided ritual because it connoted empty practice and vulgar symbolism. The truth is, however, that Mormon temple worship is among the richest symbolic systems of worship in […]
[…] to you today as your bishop, but also a responsibility that deeply humbles me. I pray that the Spirit will be with me. First, let me address one of the most important groups in […]
In his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan identifies major problems caused by the recently emergent food industry and the negative effects they have on the health and […]
Notes and comments are not merely short articles or long letters; they are varied, informal glimpses of Mormon thought and life. The Editors welcome news, profiles, opinions, accounts, speeches and other items that seem appropriate.
[…] long. All honor then to those who have persevered in their researches in order to acquaint the world with ALL the facts regarding the history of the Mormon Church. It is all to the […]
[…] if a person assents undoubtingly to what they think true, though he has no knowledge whatever of the grounds of the opinion. . . . This is not knowing the truth. Truth, thus held, […]
[…] published my essay entitled “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview”and forty years since Official Declaration 2 ended the priesthood/temple ban. It seems like a good time to take stock of where we are: what […]
[…] seen and performed miracles, and has a strong belief in Jesus Christ. But he has also struggled at times with doubt, which he says has “come along in many different forms” throughout his adult life.
[…] Pioneers of Sound With The Darkest Abyss set to launch a US tour, can a popular, ground breaking noise band made up of Mormon musicians lead to a thaw in US–Nipponese relations? head and […]