“Because one who does not know how to write thinks it no labour, I will describe it for you, if you want to know how great is the burden of writing: it mists the eyes, it curves the back, it breaks the belly and the...| J. Willard Marriott Library Blog | The Apiary: Advancing the U’s Research D...
I graduated high school in 1969. It was the summer of Woodstock, but I knew nothing about it at the time. I spent my summer working for a burger chain, preparing for college in the fall, and having a series … Continue reading →| Jesus Without Baggage
The Rare Books Department is excited to welcome U back to campus! Want to make your semester 110% more interesting? (Okay, that’s not an official statistic, but it feels true.) Book a visit to our Special Collections reading room, or convince your professor to bring...| J. Willard Marriott Library Blog | The Book [of Mormon] as Material Object
My sister Christina is about to serve a full-time mission in Tahiti, and there are two words from the Book of Mormon I want her to always remember. They come from Alma 44, verse 5.| LDS Living
Faith and doubt don’t have to pull you apart. When the heart is sincere, humble, open, and willing, questions can lead not to fear—but to revelation, clarity, and lasting peace.| Public Square Magazine
Faith and doubt aren’t enemies—they’re part of the same sacred journey. When questioning is sincere and rooted in trust, it becomes the very path to deeper faith, clarity, and conviction.| Public Square Magazine
Busy week? Me too. LDS Living is here to catch you up and get you ready for discussions on Sunday. Here’s a nugget of wisdom from this week’s Come, Follow Me study of 2 Nephi 1-2.| LDS Living
Nietzsche and the Book of Mormon share unexpected parallels—both rejecting passive faith to embrace agency, power, and transformation in the pursuit of divine potential.| Public Square Magazine
In the Hebrew Bible, one of the several words for joy is simcha. Joy defined this way signifies living with a strong sense of mission and purpose and seeing our existence as something meaningful. Living with this kind of joy is dedicating ourselves to continual progression—growing not only in…| LDS Living
I remember being surprised when I learned that the current chapter breaks in the Book of Mormon are different than they were in the 1830 edition.| LDS Living
I always knew I wanted to be a full-time seminary teacher. I genuinely felt like this was what I was supposed to do with my life. For years, I did everything I could to work towards that goal.| LDS Living
As we read the Book of Mormon, we will better appreciate its authenticity if we see its stories in the context of the Nephites and Lamanites continuously bumping up against Native American tribes who were already in the Americas. The Promised Land was not an empty land, as many throughout Church history sometimes imagined. In fact, our testimony of the truths taught within its pages are all the more powerful when we look at this ancient record with eyes wide open to the cultural world it actu...| Times & Seasons