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Two New Apostles.

October 3rd, 2004 · by John · No Comments

Two new Apostles were added to the leadership of the Mormon Church yesterday. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the leadership of the LDS Church, the 15 highest positions are for “lifers”–that is, those who are chosen to become Apostles serve until they die. The senior apostle (age 94) is the […]

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Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint.

October 3rd, 2004 · by John · 1 Comment

Reading Marathon Mile Three
(completed: 1896/9898 pages)

I finished reading Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint a few days ago. It’s actually mile #9 of my reading marathon, so it’s a bit out of order, but 400 pages of careful historical and textual exegesis was pretty grueling, and I didn’t want to follow that up […]

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