Blessing the Chevrolet
May 24, 2010[…] Originally published in Autumn 1974 At various times I have heard and read, with mild curiosity, of the anointing of animals by the power of the priesthood in pioneer times, but it wasn’t until […]
[…] Originally published in Autumn 1974 At various times I have heard and read, with mild curiosity, of the anointing of animals by the power of the priesthood in pioneer times, but it wasn’t until […]
I was hesitant when I was asked to write a review of Nathan Kitchen’s memoir The Boughs of Love: Navigating the Queer Latter-day Saint Experience During an Ongoing Restoration. I consider Nathan to be […]
When I was invited to review Points of Tangency, I had a moment of anxiety. The blurb hit a little too close to home: “Scott Russell Morris, a closeted queer Mormon, tells the story […]
[…] of several books and a great many articles on a variety of Mormon issues, including his seminal The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation (1994) took questions from a panel of […]
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[…] with the Church over their sexual desires and gender identities, many hope for human acceptance in this world and Divine acceptance in the world to come. The section “Essays on Relationships” includes, as one […]
[…] each other.” In this episode Guinevere Turner joins us to talk about her fascinating memoir, When the World Didn’t End. “One January day in 1975, seven-year-old Guinevere Turner put on her best dress, hugged […]
[…] and advocates as they explore the 2024 A24 film Heretic, a chilling and thought-provoking entry into the world of Mormon-themed horror. This special Dialogue Film Review delves into the movie’s themes of faith, fear, […]
[…] History Library where their stories can be preserved and shared. Happily, though, I do have some great news for Thatcher. In the book she notes, with some regret, that an updated history of the […]
When I picked up William V. Smith’s The King Follett Sermon: A Biography, I was expecting to find a history of the text of the famous sermon from April 1844. I found that it […]