The Great Vigil of Easter
March 16, 2018My parents, in a nice haphazard sort of a way exposed me early on to the basic classical literature and ideas that they thought I needed to know. The raciness of some of the […]
My parents, in a nice haphazard sort of a way exposed me early on to the basic classical literature and ideas that they thought I needed to know. The raciness of some of the […]
I am a relative newcomer to the academic side of Mormon history. I never traded photocopies of photocopies of historical documents. I only know of the most scandalous shenanigans in the field through my […]
Dwarfed by other forms of life, the leaves fall into this world without cadence that changes colors each time it kisses something goodbye.
[…] first wife, he instructed her (rather matter-of-factly) to “send my love to my friends in the spirit world” (128). Much detail is given in the letters regarding the heavy press of church business that […]
“I’m sad. It feels like the whole world is inside me,” says my five-year-old grandson, naming,
The border I knew best as a child was halfway over the swinging bridge in Provo Canyon, between the shade of Wildwood and the Sundance road, just opposite Dr. Weight’s place. Beneath it, […]
[…] the plate. The ball bounces off and rolls across the stained carpeting. “The platter represents the world. And the ping-pong ball is you,” chimes our enthusiastic leader. “So what did the jumping symbolize?” […]
Dialogue 47.4 (Winter 2014): 85–90 Defenses of the male-only LDS priesthood generally pursue a combination of three approaches: ground the practice in ancient scripture, secure it in Restoration history and tradition, or justify it […]
[…] to Mormon devotional literature by Kofford Books’ Contemporary Studies in Scripture series. Michael Austin. Re-reading Job: Understanding the Ancient World’s Greatest Poem. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2014. 174 pp. Paperback: $20.95. ISBN: 9781589586673.
Kristine Haglund gave me a gift. This issue is the long thank you note. She had asked me from time to time to write something on music for Dialogue. Or take part in a […]