I sat back in my chair as I listened to the teacher recite the same story of Joseph Smith that he had been repeating to us all week. The handful of other students in my class looked just as bored.
The the teacher turned and asked, “Now who can tell us what year the Saints arrived in Far West Missouri?”
Since no one else responded, I raised my hand. Read the rest of the story »
It’s kind of a strange family history claim to fame: My great-great-great-great aunt, Nancy Winchester, was one of Joseph Smith’s youngest teen brides. She was fourteen or fifteen years old in 1842(3?) when she married the prophet; he was in his late thirties and was killed a year or so…
So what the heck is Mormon art, anyway? Putting aside the much larger question of what is art (but using the term broadly to cover all creative expression), we might instructively ask: What is a Mormon? Do we count only members of the mainstream organization, the Church of Jesus Christ…
The modern Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is awash with mainstreaming. Becoming a god of your own planet (or universe), Heavenly Mother, even the name “Mormonism” — anything that might make Mormons look weird to Evangelical Christians — gets ignored out of existence. I’ll admit that a lot…
CH:
If you’re Not writing professionally, you’re missing the boat.
Your talent at writing jumps off the page and entices readers to finish what they started, without stopping.
I love your work!
Thanks GNPE!!!
Maybe someday it will be a professional endeavor, but for the moment it’s just a hobby. 😉