By Charles Elden Kingston CHARLES ELDEN KINGSTON became interested in history while serving a mission in Salt Lake City at the Church History Library. He is the great-grandson of Charles William Kingston. Or download the audio file here: The Excommunication of Charles William Kingston The stories of church founders are never complete …
Category: Issue 184
How to Fix Your Sunday School Class Using These Three Easy Tricks
By Stephen Carter A friend of mine who works in the Church History Department once said that for every person who leaves the Church because of its history, two leave because of boredom. His estimate is probably conservative. I’m sure the Church has put time and resources into figuring out how to unbore its …
What Is Struggling to Be Born?
By Carol Lynn Pearson I wrote a little poem, and often I found myself reading it over the phone to women who called me needing to share a heavy burden. LABOR You have come in Like a wounded animal That crawls into a log To die. Now Do not think me Unfeeling. It’s just that …
“The Dead Are All Around Us”
By Luisa Perkins He came in through the bathroom window, just like that stupid Beatles song her mother loved. That’s how she knew he was a ghost. That and his teeth. Two years ago, he’d knocked his two front ones out when he tripped on some concrete at a cross-country meet. He’d had to …
Braving the Borderlands: Crisis of Faith vs. Crisis of Belief
By D. Jeff Burton Or right-click here to download the audio file: “Crisis of Faith vs. Crisis of Belief” Articles, podcasts, blog posts, and books about the “faith crisis” phenomenon have abounded during the past few years, providing Borderlanders with a lot of interesting material to consider.1 Reading through these offerings, …