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I asked to marry my wife, Celestine.  Her father said, “If you are a true...

Incredible things have happened to me.  Apparently, I was not content to be merely injured. ...

 Oral History My name is Albert KASHALA Nzolo. I was born on December 24th, 1962. ...

Life History of Jane Elizabeth Manning James As transcribed by Elizabeth J.D. Roundy                                                                         When...

I have a threatening email in my in-box.  It is titled, "Paris is waiting for...

Thrown into Jail The policeman wasn’t much older than Tshoper, but his gait suggested his...

Epic FAIL--or is it? We spent much of today  (July 12, 2017) trying to get...

Well, most of you are in the USA, and it's early morning there, so you...

The Tshoper Kabambi story We drive to the initial application point for all Congolese who...

There were three cinemas in Kinshasa, DR-Congo when Tshoper Kabambi was a baby, but he...

Sometimes the miracle is simply getting through another day.

A few years ago, I was invited to speak in Sacrament meeting on Mother’s Day....

Oh little one—here you are. You are ready to learn anything and everything, though your...

I choose this photo of Sister Harriet Uchtdorf as my featured phohto because I think...

When I've taught creative writing, I have asked my students to look at the world...

Addressing Racism Two years ago, I posted this in the facebook group Black Latter-day Saints:...

I am writing this at 6:35 p.m. on February 18, 2017.  A year ago at...

For the past several years, I have contributed to the Blackpast online encyclopedia.  It is...

Below is the "Look Book" for "Companions"--a feature film, not a documentary. The film is...

No one is more hungry for applause than someone who questions their fundamental worth. One...

This photo was taken in July, 1963.  It was my last summer--for many years--of believing...

It was years afterwards that Joseph Smith made his first attempt to describe what we...

A look at the film previously known as Heart of Africa. This is what we're...

A few years ago, I wrote this account of some experiences I had with Darius...

  I won't be coy.  I am disturbed by the upcoming Doctrinal Mastery (New Testament)...

Sunday, March 20, 2011: I am writing this talk at my father’s hospital bedside.  We...

On June 7, I turned sixty-one.  My two best friends, Jackie Selck Clegg and Elizabeth...

“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces...

Blessed be the name of my God, for his Spirit hath not altogether withdrawn from...

This is the concluding part of my interview with my indomitable brother, Robert Groberg Blair. ...