Category: Issue 168

An Olive Leaf: In Defense of “Passionate Engagement”

By Eugene England   In this electoral season that features a climate of highly polarized political discourse, it is refreshing to remember Eugene England, a life-long Republican, with his common-sense assessments about the importance of a strong two-party political system in which both sides welcome debate and are willing to compromise. Following is an excerpt …

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Update–Issue 168

Church Responds to European Questioning of Church History The Europe Area Presidency is asking Church leaders in northern Europe and German-speaking regions to “work patiently and lovingly” with members who struggle with their faith because of information about the LDS Church they find on the internet. “Unfortunately, some choose to dwell on half-truths or inaccurate …

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Roundtable: Abuse and Forgiveness

By Tresa Edmunds, Natasha Helfer Parker, and Dan Wotherspoon The following is excerpted from Mormon Matters podcast episode 110, “The Abuse and Forgiveness Dilemma,” released on 4 July 2012. It can be listened to in its entirety or downloaded by visiting www.mormonmatters.org. The discussion was led by Mormon Matters host, Dan Wotherspoon. Short bios of …

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Jon McNaughton: Mormon Artist, Right-Wing Propagandist

By Robert A. Rees   [The artist] will endeavor to awake subtler emotions, as yet unnamed. Living himself a complicated and comparatively subtle life, his work will give to those observers capable of feeling them lofty emotions beyond the reach of words.                                            —Wassily Kandinsky   Whenever we find in poetry that which gives us …

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In the Mountains, No One Can Hear You Swear

By Michael Stubbs Michael Stubbs is a lecturer in English at Idaho State University.     Or, right-click here to download the audio file: In the Mountains, No One Can Hear You Swear   Three weeks after I returned from a thirty-mile hike through Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains with some of my ward’s young men, …

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Five Fish in a Barrel: Phineas and His Wives

By Deja Earley Deja Earley is the author of To the Mormon Newlyweds Who Thought the Bellybutton Was Somehow Involved, published by Signature Books.      Or right-click here to download the audio file: Five Fish in a Barrel: Phineas and His Wives   My ancestor Phineas Wolcott Cook didn’t learn about polygamy before he …

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