http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Jerry Earl Johnston en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:07:18 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581510/Movies-miracles-and-the-Mormon-Trail.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581510/Movies-miracles-and-the-Mormon-Trail.html Over the weekend, my wife and I caught “Ephraim’s Rescue,” T.C. Christensen’s latest film about... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:22:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581190/The-little-desert-church-that-could-Churchgoers-rally-after-pastor-unexpectedly-dies.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865581190/The-little-desert-church-that-could-Churchgoers-rally-after-pastor-unexpectedly-dies.html In a tiny town in Eastern Nevada, a group of churchgoers have been rallying since their pastor unexpectedly died. Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:01:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580783/A-place-where-every-pauper-is-a-prince.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580783/A-place-where-every-pauper-is-a-prince.html More than once I’ve heard a person say that Mormon temples resemble castles. Well, why not? They are, after all, the... Tue, 28 May 2013 15:56:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580407/Freshen-dont-destroy-the-old-words-and-ways.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580407/Freshen-dont-destroy-the-old-words-and-ways.html This new bunch of spiritual thinkers may, indeed, see the world differently, but they don’t undermine what went before.... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580025/The-mainstreaming-of-Mormonism.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580025/The-mainstreaming-of-Mormonism.html I remember, as a missionary in Bolivia, picking up a newspaper one morning and reading the word “Mormon” on the... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:08:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579649/Desert-church-digs-for-Living-Water.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579649/Desert-church-digs-for-Living-Water.html I was motoring down the freeway through California’s high desert when, from the corner of my eye, I glimpsed a tiny... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:06:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579239/Teaching-the-legacy-of-the-long-view.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579239/Teaching-the-legacy-of-the-long-view.html Kids today don’t need more information. They’re awash in it. What they need is a context for the information they... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:35:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578900/Another-brush-with-John-Updike.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578900/Another-brush-with-John-Updike.html Years ago I sent John Updike, called "The Mozart of American Letters" by one critic, a novel for him to sign. I got a... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:50:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578396/With-missions-2-and-life-2-we-learn-as-we-go.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865578396/With-missions-2-and-life-2-we-learn-as-we-go.html I envy David Kraus not just because he’s 18, but because he’s heading off on a Spanish-speaking mission that will... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:44:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577944/Why-churches-welcome-Hispanic-converts-with-or-without-papers.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865577944/Why-churches-welcome-Hispanic-converts-with-or-without-papers.html Church leaders aren’t in charge of the country, they are in charge of God’s Kingdom. And when a soul knocks on... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:36:00 MDT