Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Early Mormon Lyman Royal Sherman died without ever knowing he was called to be an apostle

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A lot of men have been called to be LDS apostles since Joseph Smith’s time. Today, an announcement of a new apostle is big news. In the...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

The temporary, mistaken ban on allowing women to pray in sacrament meeting

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Several years ago, I was listening to a Mormon Stories interview with writer Carol Lynn Pearson when I heard her say that in the 1970...
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Friday, August 10, 2018

LDS writer Carter’s essays exploit the tension between right and wrong

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There’s a furtive thrill in reading honest Mormon writing because we encounter characters, or better yet, real people — who aren’t clic...
Sunday, July 29, 2018

Mark Twain got the credit, but Artemus Ward got closer to the polygamists

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One hundred and fifty-plus years ago, the Mormons, those peculiar polygamists in the mountains, were foil for toilers in wit and satire...
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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Polygamy opponents were swept aside in Nauvoo turmoil after Joseph Smith’s death

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The months in Nauvoo following the murder of the LDS Church founder Joseph Smith were not surprisingly, filled with turmoil and politic...
Friday, July 6, 2018

On the deadly LDS handcart treks

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As an active Mormon, I am accustomed to the romantic tales I hear in church of the wonderful “faith-inspiring” teams of pioneers who tr...
Friday, June 22, 2018

Letter to a Doubter important essay from Mormon scholar Givens

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LDS author and scholar Terryl Givens’ “Letter to a Doubter” has been widely circulated since he presented the essay/lecture in a  speec...