Thirty-eight years have passed since I’ve been allowed to set foot in America’s neighbor to the north. I'd love to go back again, but only with a proper invitation.
In this excerpt from my memoir, a young LDS missionary under police interrogation begins to realize just how much trouble he’s facing.
The new horror thriller offers a heady clash between opposing ideas about faith and belief. But how realistic is its depiction of LDS doctrine and culture?
Confronted by a party guest with an axe to grind, I must flap my gums faster than they’ve flapped in my whole flippin’ life.
A homesick Mormon missionary embarks on an elaborate quest to get sent home without imperiling his soul. Easier said than done, on both counts.
Yes, the controversial music video defaces sacred LDS symbols, but in doing so it brings to visceral life the nightmare journey of the apostate.
A recent television series brings a grisly Mormon murder case to life, though questionable renditions of history overshadow its more thoughtful aspects.
Just when you think you’ve found a spot where you can pass for normal, along comes someone who reminds you everything’s relative.
Sometimes another person’s life offers a glimpse down the corridors of an alternate life avoided. That’s the case for me with convicted traitor Christopher Boyce.
A typical first novel is a dumping ground for its author’s childhood traumas. The Book of Mormon is no different.
No one is allowed to talk about what happens in a Latter-day Saint temple. This means there’s no good way to prepare yourself for your first trip down that rabbit hole.
In the fiction of Orson Scott Card, the most heinous acts are justified as long as they’re committed with pure intentions. Sadly, I understand where he’s coming from.
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