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February 2015

February 23, 2015
This is a guest post by Kendell Coburn, a young man who was called to...
February 16, 2015
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to cast a play at Brigham...
February 13, 2015
I did a guest post for Jana Reiss.
February 12, 2015
The final scene in the Kickstarter video for Heart of Africa shows two young men,...
February 06, 2015
Robert Wallace Blair was raised with one sister (Carolyn) and many animals—including this horse, Jupiter,...
February 02, 2015
The answer to the title's question is NOT QUITE FOURTEEN. Juliet was two weeks shy...

January 2015

January 18, 2015
I was doing garden work when two of my children ran up to me, panting....

December 2014

December 27, 2014
“Do you actually believe in GOD? Do you PRAY to him? Do you think he...
December 17, 2014
I shared this only with those who requested it for a few days, but am...
December 14, 2014
This talk was given by Kristen Blair, my niece, on Sunday, December 14th, 2014. Quintessential...

November 2014

November 23, 2014
Here are the photos of Jane Manning James and her husband, Isaac. Though the two...
November 04, 2014
My husband, Bruce, turned sixty-four yesterday. Quiz question #1: Why would we do a big...

October 2014

October 29, 2014
I was bitter. I felt cheated. I was finding reasons to justify myself and cling...
October 24, 2014
Or the ones I wanted to see: I want to see Bishop (now President) Jermaine...

August 2014

August 16, 2014
Please come with me to Africa. We will visit Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Johannesburg,...
August 14, 2014
My husband told me this morning, "You are missing the caution button. Somehow, you didn't...

July 2014

July 09, 2014
Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on...

June 2014

June 11, 2014
The Mormon History Association conference was remarkable. I am offering here a bit from LaJean...

May 2014

May 15, 2014
“The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning...
May 13, 2014
This is yet another guest post by my brother, Dell Blair. His writing is too...
May 10, 2014
These are among the final words written by my great grandmother, Alsina Elizabeth Brimhall Holbrook:...
May 08, 2014
I don’t understand how these little miracles happen. I have had some jaw-dropping right time
May 04, 2014
Luke 10 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and...
May 02, 2014
This is a guest post by my brother, Dell Blair. Beneath the haze of an...

April 2014

April 04, 2014
April 1, 1949: My dad is taking a shorthand class at BYU. His sister, Carolyn,...

March 2014

March 29, 2014
My brother, sixteen years my junior, is one of the funniest people I know. It's...
March 12, 2014
Several people have asked that I publish this poem, which I wrote as part of...
March 10, 2014
Note: I give my creative writing students an exercise in telling "untold" scripture stories, such...
March 04, 2014
They came to the play. President and Sister Uchtdorf came. What a joyous surprise! Afterwards,...

February 2014

February 23, 2014
I think I slept for a month after the first production of I Am Jane....
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