Mormon History and Culture

Sunday, February 24, 2019

The novel Brother Brigham gets an updated release

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"Brother Brigham," a novel by D. Michael Martindale, was first published in 2007. The Zarahemla Press release told the story of...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Mormon one-size-for-all Sacramental goblet was a casualty of the progressive era

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I was talking to an elderly woman in my LDS ward and I asked her if her father had mentioned partaking of the Sacrament in a large ward ...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

Comparing vampires: a Mormon author versus a Mormon novel

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“ … just because we’ve been … dealt a certain hand … it doesn’t mean that we can’t choose to rise above — to conquer the boundaries o...
Sunday, February 3, 2019

Cache County’s Thatcher was an apostle who was dropped from the quorum

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Nineteenth century Mormon apostle Moses Thatcher (above) is buried in the Logan City Cemetery. His death in 1909 at age 67 was national...
Monday, January 21, 2019

Oliver Cowdery’s ‘Article on Marriage’ embarrassed the LDS Church in its polygamy heyday

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During its first several decades, LDS Church leaders included an “ Article on Marriage ” in the faith’s Doctrine and Covenants. Penned ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Morrisite War was a bloody little event in 1860s Top of Utah

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In the small northern community of South Weber, Utah, a monument was erected to the Morrisite War, a small but deadly 1862 battle betwee...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Last years of LDS prophet Kimball’s life was an excruciating, fogged journey

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 I’ve written before on the excellent draft copy of “ Lengthen Your Stride ,” Ed Kimball’s fascinating look at the tenure of his fath...
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