Mormon History and Culture
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Willard Bean, Mormonism's 'Fighting Preacher,' attracted the attention of the curious press
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Above is an 1899 news clipping from The Boston Globe. I apologize the text is mostly unreadable. It's a feature, however, on a "...
Sunday, April 14, 2024
On Twitter, a hospice nurse provides observations about our final moments.
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--- On Twitter, I encountered a fascinating series of observations on death from an unnamed hospice nurse. The Twitter account is from @Ra...
Monday, March 18, 2024
Review: American Trinity: And Other Stories from the Mormon Corridor
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--- Review by Doug Gibson I really enjoy reading fiction by David G. Pace. He often captures the conflict between traditional Mormonism, i...
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Book takes a look at all those spirit visits we Mormons receive
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Review by Doug Gibson If you are a longtime Mormon like me, you know a healthy amount of the stories out there. There's that missionar...
Monday, January 8, 2024
Doctrine on children who die fulfills a primal desire for Latter-day Saint parents
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The second-hardest thing I have ever done is hold my infant son in my arms and watch Ray die. The hardest task for my wife and me were allow...
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Biographies of George Q Cannon, Joseph F Smith provide honest in-depth portrayals
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Observations by Doug Gibson Last fall I read two new biographies of 19th century/early 20th century LDS Church leaders Joseph F. Smith, wh...
Sunday, September 17, 2023
A 'Utah Camelot' scandal led to the death of an early-Mormon 'princess'
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I’m haunted by a ragged PDF-copied photograph, courtesy of the Utah State Historical Society, of Louisa “Louie” Wells, who 130 years ago was...
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