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Review of Every Crooked Nanny
Every Crooked Nanny (Callahan Garrity Mysteries) by Kathy Hogan Trocheck Avon (2004)ISBN-10: 0061091707ISBN-13: 978-0061091704Kathy Hogan Trocheck has created a feisty heroine in Callahan Garrity, a former cop who has started a cleaning agency called House Mouse. She...
Reason #9: Mitt Romney's Dilemma's Heritage
In Reason #8, I pointed out how Mitt Romney's conflicting oaths could pose a real moral dilemma for him. Someone might say that Mormons are intensely patriotic (and they are -- they believe that the framers of the US Constitution and other founding documents were...
Reason #8: Mitt Romney's dilemma
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney highlights another reason why I won't return to Mormonism. He's in quite a pickle, despite his well-publicized speech about his loyalties. That's because, if he were to be elected President of the United States, he would be asked to...
Up to a review?
My novel, The Latter-day Cipher, will be published soon by Moody Press. Anybody up to posting a review of an manuscript version of the book? If so, contact me via this Web site's contact function.
Reason #7: Another change of LDS scripture
Recently, Peggy Fletcher Stack, religion editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, noted that the LDS Church changed a single word -- only one word -- that shows once again that the church will do anything to try to teflon-coat itself against criticism. The Book of Mormon...
Reason #6: Polygamy and Racism
How many times when I was a Mormon did I brush off questions about Mormonism's past, saying, "Oh, we don't believe that anymore." No more polygamy, no, we don't believe that anymore. United Order? Well, that was back then, it was a good idea but didn't work out....
Steven James novel
The Pawn: The Bowers Filesby Steven JamesPublished by Revell BooksReviewed by Jake ChismSteven James takes us into the world of FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers in this exceptional psychological thriller. A serial killer is at large in the Appalachian area of North...
Reason #5: Today's Prophet, Seer, Revelator?
One of the great joys I felt when I became a Mormon was with the prospect of living my life under the guidance of a prophet who could settle doctrinal issues and even set standards as specific as how long my skirts should be. (Okay, so I was weird, but I welcomed that...
Review of Sister Wife by John Gates
Sister Wife by John GatesWalker and Company (July 2001)Reviewed by Harriet Klausner, Midwest Book ReviewsAll is well in Brigham Bybee's world. He proudly owns a private motel shaped like a teepee in Kanab, Utah. He is seriously involved with Zolene Swapp. He is also...
Review of Brigham's Day by John Gates
Brigham's Day by John GatesWalker and Company, June 2000Review by Harriet KlausnerMidwest Book ReviewsAttorney Brigham Bybee once walked with the state's elite. In those days, he would never set foot in a place like Kanab, Utah. However, that was then and this is now...
Reason #4: Freedom in Christ
"As far as what I regard as personal loss, I believe it was very light for me. I haven't felt much personal loss. I have felt tremendous personal freedom especially from a hierarchal structure...All in all the cost of leaving Mormonism has not been much compared with...
Reason #3: Prophets without Discernment
Philippians 1:9 identifies a trait of a Christian as one having "true knowledge and discernment." LDS prophets have historically been unable to discern the truth when given falsified "old" documents. The first example of this was Joseph Smith's boastful attempts to...