The Mormon Missionaries
April 27, 2018Who knows what day they keep as the Sabbath? You can see them almost any day come dusty down the middle
Who knows what day they keep as the Sabbath? You can see them almost any day come dusty down the middle
[…] Philistines; Church leaders are infallible paragons. This attitude is reflected in the dialogue. All Mormons speak perfect English, regardless of national origin and limited education. (If this is so, it certainly is a testimony […]
Car window turned to shale from sun burst, the car parked some summer Sunday there before the church house. Voices sing: “Spirit
What is there but hips and thighs To a black dwarf? And the rudimentary calls and crying Of sparrows swinging out
Church music is that music which serves a worshipful purpose in a religious meeting. The Random House Dictionary defines worship as “reverent honor or regard paid to God or a sacred personage. . . […]
The magazine picture xeroxed a duplicate print in my brain. Its caption Mother cradles child dying of starvation turned my thumb toward the page corner
Brigham Young University Studies A Voice For the Community of LDS Scholars People are always asking me how I like working at BYU Studies. I say: It’s not as good as playing softball behind […]
The harvest poured til you could bear No more, till you Could neither know nor care.
I am no monk, no flesh-thresher I, To winnow out, by dank silence, By hooded hunger and the raw, unflagging flail, That Adam’s chaff, desire, Till the husk of me lie powder on the stone.
There is little sound, only the gulls’ Sailing song, way off, and the gush On the grass more muted now and slow.