In her second edition of Bibliomania, Avery Goodstine reviews "Educated" by Tara Westover. The book, which Goodstine calls "an inspiring tale of self-fulfillment" is Westover s memoir, detailing her experience with
Nearly everything we do in the Church from missionary work and ministering efforts to baptisms and temple work hinges on an underlying question: who is the Church for? Is the project of the Restoration to find and shepherd the elect of God to exaltation in the next life, or is it to create a Zion community here that strives to include those on the margins, the way Jesus ministered? Should it be one or the other? It’s seemed to us that there’s an implicit discourse around this question playing out on social media, in Church meetings, in books and articles, on podcasts and even in forums like General Conference. And it has significant implications the answer holds real weight as for we participate in the work of the Restoration, but not just that what does it say about the nature of God? This past conference, Pres. Dallin H. Oaks declared “the purpose of this restored Church is to prepare God’s children for salvation in the celestial glory and, more particularly, for ex
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the newest member of the faith’s top governing body to fill a vacancy when a member died last month. Patrick
We’re very excited about this week's episode. In early 2021, in the wake of January 6th, McKay Coppins contacted Mitt Romney with a bold request: he wanted to write a biography about him. But McKay had stipulations: not only would he have full access to the Senator he’d also retain full editorial control. To his surprise, Romney agreed, and shortly had given him stacks of journal entries, emails, and texts. They met over 45 times over the coming years for lengthy interviews, and McKay also interviewed many of Romney’s closest friends, family, and colleagues. That unprecedented access has now turned into a book called Romney: A Reckoning , which just debuted at #3 overall on the New York Times Bestsellers list. We hoped that this interview would offer a unique take on this subject, and we spent some real time on questions of integrity, culpability, and faith. McKay brought not only deep insight into the psyche of one of the most fascinating and in some cases polarizing