We’ll Sing and We’ll Shout: Thoughts after Conference I recently read a poem by the poet Rumi that I found quite profound. The poem is an invitation, titled “Come, Come, Whoever you are.” Its message, I feel, is the same…
Author: Josh DeFriez
Thoughts on the Disorderliness of Lives
In Mormonism, we are raised in a world of order. It’s beautiful. Everything has a place. Monday night is Family Home Evening. Tuesday night is mutual. Saturday is the day we get ready for Sunday. And Sunday morning we go…
A History of Fire: The Sin of Sodom and an Exploration of Goodness
The first time I heard the story of Sodom and Gomorrah I was sitting on a wooden chair in the primary room of a chapel in St. George, Utah. One of my friends had been asked to prepare a…
Coming Out (A Young Returned Missionary Shares His Story)
(originally published at my blog Broken Lights) Yesterday I sat down with one of my professors to talk about economic history. After briefly discussing the decline of the Netherlands in the mid 18th century, he paused and asked me what…