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Flunking Sainthood
One Year Later, Bruce R. McConkie’s “Mormon Doctrine”: Buh. Bye.
By
Jana Riess
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the quiet removal of Bruce R. McConkie’s compendium Mormon Doctrine from Deseret booktores. All references to it had already been expunged from the Gospel Principles manual brought back into use for priesthood and Relief Society in 2010. It is no longer officially recognized by the Church. Like many…
Is the Movie Ever as Good as the Book?
By
Jana Riess
I have a short post up at The Thoughtful Christian this week about my dilemma about whether to see the movie Water for Elephants. I just read the book and was enthralled by it, but am wondering whether the book’s richly evocative descriptions and characters could possibly translate to the big screen. (I’m also not…
Cover art for “Flunking Sainthood”
By
Jana Riess
Got my cover art today! I am so pleased with what Paraclete came up with. Here is the second draft, with some more small tweaks on color & text to come. –JKR
Pastor Brady Boyd on the Shootings at New Life Church and the Hope of Easter
By
Jana Riess
On this, the anniversary of the Columbine high school shootings, I’m giving space to a book excerpt from Brady Boyd, a pastor in Colorado who has seen his own share of violent tragedy. In December 2007, a gunman opened fire at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, killing two people and wounding several others. In…
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