Segullah's Blog, page 38
July 5, 2019
Story Structure and Discipleship
I’m starting off with a disclaimer: this post is a little long and philosophical. Stay with me, though. It’s an important part of my world view and I’d really like to share it with you. Some years ago while laid up with a broken ankle I read Robert McKee’s screenwriting book Story: Substance, Structure, Style...
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July 3, 2019
Dog Days are Here
We’re officially in what we call “the dog days of summer” dear reader. It’s early July, and finally hot with a familiar rhythm, requiring both patience and excitement. Now I realize that I wrote on this topic (summer) not too long ago, but what can I say, it’s on my mind, and well, tis the...
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July 1, 2019
Expats, Immigrants, Refugees and Home
“I think you’re a charming expat,” responded my friend in a text to me. I don’t recall what specifically the communication was about, and her message was intended in a loving, friendly way. But it bothered me. She was the daughter of an immigrant—her parents met when they served in the same Caribbean area mission....
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June 30, 2019
Reaching For “Exact Obedience”
I stared at the pair of dark argyle socks being held up at the pulpit. The speaker had just displayed the socks as an example of obedience. A missionary recently turned the offenders into him at the MTC as proof that he was now going to be obedient and only wear plain grey, brown, or...
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June 28, 2019
Book Review: The Legend of Hermana Plunge
The Legend of Hermana Plunge by Angela Liscom Clayton is a memoir about the author’s mission to the Canary Islands thirty years ago. The title comes from a nickname she gave herself in response to a district meeting challenge to set outlandish goals for baptisms. At first it just seemed like a flippant nickname, but...
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June 26, 2019
Road Trips
Why does everyone talk about road trips with such nostalgia and happiness? I’m in the middle of one right now and it’s mostly full of fighting and complaining punctuated by stops to look at sites called “Buffalo Bill’s Third Favorite House”, “World’s Only Known Naturally Occurring Coffee Hot Springs” and “Largest Pancake Stack on Earth”....
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June 25, 2019
Book Review: The First Four Books of BYUS’s New Testament Commentary Series
BYU Studies has published four print books so far as part of their New Testament Commentary series. This series draws on an array of academic tools from fields such as archaeology, biblical studies, linguistics, and literary theory. Nevertheless, the interpretations stay anchored in LDS doctrine. Derek Gurr from BYU Studies explains the relationship between the...
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June 24, 2019
Mixed-Type Relationships and Resistance to Family Time
Trying to promote family unity often feels like I’m a drum major, gleefully leading the marching band down a parade route, only to turn around and find that the other members of my family have dispersed among the crowd. You see, I live with introverts who crave alone time and prefer one-person projects. They have...
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June 22, 2019
Editorial: A Verdant Season
Dear Friends, Until June 10th at my home at 8300 ft. in rural Utah, we still had snow on the ground. Now things are greener and more vibrant. Knowing that some of our favorite Segullah staff members live in the Land Down Under, I am aware that they are entering the winter season while we...
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Select Poetry
Starling by Sarah Dunster You entered this world a babe with arms spread wide. I’m Here to Be Loved, you announced and shivered with joy in your first breath. So when they left you it was a long fall; when they dropped you it shocked your limbs—the sort of frost that stunts....
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