Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Temple adoptions were part of LDS evolution toward genealogy work

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Editor's note : Although this Cal Grondahl cartoon is not related to this week's essay, it's a favorite of mine, done by Cal ...
Monday, March 20, 2017

John Q. Cannon and Louie Wells, a Utah Camelot scandal

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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...
Monday, March 13, 2017

Apostle's adultery rocked LDS Church 130-plus years ago

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More than 130 years ago, the young Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was roiled by a tawdry affair of power-based predator adul...
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Monday, March 6, 2017

Elijah Ables: Black Mormon priesthood holder in the 19th century

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Elijah Ables is no stranger to Mormon history, although he’s virtually unknown. Ables was a black man who was ordained to the LDS priest...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce and the LDS Spirit World

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A couple of times a year, usually on a Sunday after church, I re-read C.S. Lewis’ marvelous post-mortal novella/fable “The Great D...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Frank J. Cannon a thorn in Mormonism's side 100-plus years ago

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Frank J. Cannon, son of the LDS leader, George Q. Cannon, Mormonism’s most famous apostate, led the Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial assaul...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

From LDS apostle to spiritualist: the journey of Amasa Mason Lyman

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By Doug Gibson In the   spring 1983 edition of Dialogue, author Loretta L. Hefner recounts a sermon Mormon prophet Brigham Young de...