[…] him and for him. When I asked Eugene why he had defended practically everyone else in the world but himself, he re sponded simply, “I can’t. I cannot take a stand against those I […]
[…] of sports magazines. “My place is nowhere near as immaculate as this,” I admit. “I’m not the world’s best housekeeper.” He confesses to having a cleaning lady. “I bet I know one difference between […]
Dialogue 38.3 (Fall 2005): 121–133 In Fall 2005, there is a roundtable on mix-orientation marriages from some who were in them and from therapist Marybeth Raynes and long-time activist Ron Schow.
Dialogue—and, indeed, the world of Mormon literature and history—have lost a loyal friend and critic in William Mulder, who died quietly in his sleep in March 12, 2008, in his ninety-third year. The influence […]
[…] personally immeasurable. I struggled to bridge the gap, and that struggle changed the way I viewed my world, my surroundings, the institutions that dominate my life. Among other things, I came away with the […]
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, […]