In Richard Dutcher’s latest film Falling, a rich scene revealing the subtle conflict between the demands of commerce and artistic endeavor is focused around the word marrow. The protagonist, lapsed Mormon Eric Boyle, a […]
[…] and lived the higher law.” There followed a tangent about the importance of not being of the world and the principle of the harvest and the danger of spiritual plateaus, and then suddenly he […]
[…] Hawaii temporarily instituted civil unions for same-sex couples,[1] the Church issued “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” The proclamation drew on ideas of divine intent and accountability, stating: “The family is ordained of […]
Ecological theologian and cultural historian Thomas Berry has suggested that we are entering the “Ecozoic” age, which he defines as “that period when humans would be present on the earth in a mutually enhancing […]
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 […]