Wednesday, July 24, 2024

William Marks biography notes a major figure in early Mormonism often ignored

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  Review by Doug Gibson " Come Up Hither to Zion: William Marks and the Mormon Concept of Gathering ," 2024, Greg Kofford Books, (...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Book explores Mormonism from a Peruvian perspective

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  In 1983, when I was 19, I began my LDS mission in Iquitos, Peru. It's a major city in the Amazon by the river. Early in my tenure ther...
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...