Segullah’s Winter Journal
A Force of Nature by Emily Fox King
Welcome to Segullah’s first quarterly journal, Winter edition!
In an effort to set apart the journal offerings from our consistently engaging blog content, we’re moving to a format which will highlight our artists, longer prose pieces, interviews, and select poetry. Publishing during the months of December, March, June, and October, the journal promises to continue delivering high-quality pieces from both new and established writers and artists from the vibrant community affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
How fitting that our first quarterly journal launches during the month we commemorate the birth of the Firstborn, the only begotten Son of God. During Sacrament Meeting this week as we sang, “O come let us adore Him,” my mind settled in on the word, “adore.”
I thought about what I adore most—my babies. They were adorable (not so much anymore as teens and adults, but still … I reminisce)! Precious and new, they were perfect in those moments I nestled them to me and smelled their little newborn heads. Incidentally, I experienced this phenomenon with my biological children and the son I adopted at five years old. I protected them, treasured them, tended to their needs and my relationships with them.
With the notes of “O Come All Ye Faithful” providing the score for these memories, I considered how I might adore Jesus Christ. I vowed to think of Him as an infant during these remaining days of the year. I took inventory. How can I take care of my relationship with Him? How might I protect my faith in Him? How will I treasure Him?
This journal offers chances for you, our readers, to ponder Him, too. In our guest contributor, Sylvia Newman’s, essay, you’ll detect a divine connection to a family member she has yet to meet. From our poetry editor, I’m honored to have one of my pieces featured alongside Lisa Garfield’s, both nodding to offerings we make to Christ through our broken hearts and discovery of identity. Radiating joy, this quarter’s featured artist, Emily Fox King, will dazzle you with her exuberant personality and paintings. And continuing the trend of fascinating interviews, my cohort, Linda Hoffman Kimball, brings it home in her interview with the incomparable Carol Lynn Pearson, our featured writer of the quarter. (See below for previously published and new poetry from this icon.) Finally, long-time Segullah staff member, Melonie Cannon, reviews Eric D. Huntsman’s new release, Becoming the Beloved Disciple: Coming Unto Christ Through the Gospel of John.
From all of us at Segullah, Merry Christmas, and enjoy!
Table of Contents
Prose
Finding My Grandfather by Sylvia Newman
Poetry
Broken Offering by Sherilyn Olsen
Visual Arts
Artist’s Bio for Emily Fox King
A Force of Nature: an Interview with Emily Fox King
Interview
Carol Lynn Pearson – “Freelance Philosopher”
Previously Published Poetry by Carol Lynn Pearson
Poetry by Carol Lynn Pearson – Premiering on Segullah
Book Review
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