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BYU Studies Quarterly

1995

Personal essay

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Gentle Father, George Bennion Oct 1995

Gentle Father, George Bennion

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Taking Uncle Toby Home, Rochelle A. Fankhauser Jul 1995

Taking Uncle Toby Home, Rochelle A. Fankhauser

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Waiting, Marian Sorenson Jul 1995

Waiting, Marian Sorenson

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Spiritual “Reddyness”, Thomas W. Draper Apr 1995

Spiritual “Reddyness”, Thomas W. Draper

BYU Studies Quarterly

My professional and spiritual identities were nurtured by a home that had its share of troubled water. Some of the trouble percolated from the inevitable miscombinations of a blended family; some flowed from children with difficult personalities. My family's strong commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ made my parents, both of whom valued intellect, unwilling to make their reasoning or anyone else's valued intellect, unwilling to make their reasoning or anyone else's the final arbiter of life's goodness. I was grateful for my parents' reservations about reason, for their hesitation left a space for our family to be continually …


Brother Wiseman, Tessa Meyer Santiago Apr 1995

Brother Wiseman, Tessa Meyer Santiago

BYU Studies Quarterly

He appeared in our midst suddenly one Sunday morning. Hopped off a double-decker bus across the road from Wayne's Bakery just as they were pulling the first buns, five cents apiece, from the oven. Although, hopped is not exactly the word. More like he shuffled his little black body across the street and up the seven stairs outside the Mowbray Chapel, corner of Grove and Main, Cape Town, South Africa. Our problem was that he shuffled up those stairs, his three-piece suit folding dove gray around his ankles, about two years before the priesthood was restored to all worthy members, …