Comments on: Deep in the Heart of Mormondom http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/ Exploring Mormon culture in a balanced way Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: judith stevens http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-39780 judith stevens Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:24:30 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-39780 sorry, my g-father's name is Henry Jonas sorry, my g-father’s name is Henry Jonas

]]> By: judith stevens http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-32948 judith stevens Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:45:10 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-32948 Hi Cousin, I found you on the net thrugh the remark "It was Mary Winchester....". Your Jonas Henry is cousin to my g-father Jonas Henry. There fathers Jonas and Peter were brothers. If you would like info on this branch of the tree, let me know. Always good to find relations. Judith Stevens Hi Cousin,
I found you on the net thrugh the remark “It was Mary Winchester….”. Your Jonas Henry is cousin to my g-father Jonas Henry. There fathers Jonas and Peter were brothers. If you would like info on this branch of the tree, let me know. Always good to find relations.
Judith Stevens

]]> By: wren http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-12710 wren Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:29:36 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-12710 I like that all the staples are together... Deseret Books, Emergencies Essentials, and Wallpaper Warehouse! Hamer, did you know there's an lds bookstore in the Twin Cities burbs near the temple? It's in the same building as a gas station. From the outside it looks like they're connected like gas stations and fast food joints sometimes are. Like you could browse BoM action figures whilst sipping on a slurpy. But no, there's a wall between the two. I like that all the staples are together… Deseret Books, Emergencies Essentials, and Wallpaper Warehouse!

Hamer, did you know there’s an lds bookstore in the Twin Cities burbs near the temple? It’s in the same building as a gas station. From the outside it looks like they’re connected like gas stations and fast food joints sometimes are. Like you could browse BoM action figures whilst sipping on a slurpy. But no, there’s a wall between the two.

]]> By: Eric http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-10815 Eric Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:00:52 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-10815 When in Vienna, eat a Wienerschnitzel with blaukraut, and squeeze a lemon over it all. Then take a long walk through the city, and soak in the history and the crossroads. When in Vienna, eat a Wienerschnitzel with blaukraut, and squeeze a lemon over it all. Then take a long walk through the city, and soak in the history and the crossroads.

]]> By: Eric http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-10814 Eric Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:58:24 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-10814 We moved to Provo in 2005. My wife is visibly overcome with anger everytime she drives by Missionary Mall and the giant inflated missionary. She knows it's irrational, but it's the not-so-subtle foisting of the Book of Mormon depicted in his pose that really gets her. She swears in her wrath that she'll drive by with our teenage sons at midnight and perforate the dude with a shotgun. My boys have been infected with the aversion as well. They all took great joy more than a year ago when the big guy disappeared, but shortly thereafter the newspaper reported that he had been found deflated in a dumpster. Apparently there were others of like mind in town. He's alive and well today, as John's picutre reveals. I just chuckle when I drive by. As an epilogue to the story, much to our surprise we all discovered new ties Easter morning emblazoned on the back with the Missionary Mall logo. My wife simply smiled and said "they were cheaper than anywhere else." Economics wins again. We moved to Provo in 2005. My wife is visibly overcome with anger everytime she drives by Missionary Mall and the giant inflated missionary. She knows it’s irrational, but it’s the not-so-subtle foisting of the Book of Mormon depicted in his pose that really gets her. She swears in her wrath that she’ll drive by with our teenage sons at midnight and perforate the dude with a shotgun. My boys have been infected with the aversion as well. They all took great joy more than a year ago when the big guy disappeared, but shortly thereafter the newspaper reported that he had been found deflated in a dumpster. Apparently there were others of like mind in town. He’s alive and well today, as John’s picutre reveals. I just chuckle when I drive by. As an epilogue to the story, much to our surprise we all discovered new ties Easter morning emblazoned on the back with the Missionary Mall logo. My wife simply smiled and said “they were cheaper than anywhere else.” Economics wins again.

]]> By: John Nilsson http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-10322 John Nilsson Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:50:50 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-10322 Shawn, That may be true as far as titillating material is concerned, but you can check out Fawn Brodie's "No Man Knows My History" and Bertrand Russell's "Why I am Not a Christian" just fine. Seemed like an odd policy to me. Crown Burger beats Burgers Supreme any day. Shawn,

That may be true as far as titillating material is concerned, but you can check out Fawn Brodie’s “No Man Knows My History” and Bertrand Russell’s “Why I am Not a Christian” just fine. Seemed like an odd policy to me.

Crown Burger beats Burgers Supreme any day.

]]> By: Shawn Larsen http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9780 Shawn Larsen Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:43:54 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9780 John -- great post. Don't know if you ran into these, but my favorite part about the BYU library was the locked books. I once assumed that the University only kept rare and/or behind metal bars. Oh no, they also kept books of questionable substance in purgatory, as well. To test the theory, I once tried to check out Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer." I finally got it, but only after some freshman with a skeleton key granted me access. Those were the days. And what's with all this love for Burgers Supreme? What about cheese fries at the Training Table? I wouldn't touch them an asbestos-lined 10-foot pole now, but back in the day, they went down nice & easy! John — great post. Don’t know if you ran into these, but my favorite part about the BYU library was the locked books. I once assumed that the University only kept rare and/or behind metal bars. Oh no, they also kept books of questionable substance in purgatory, as well. To test the theory, I once tried to check out Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer.” I finally got it, but only after some freshman with a skeleton key granted me access. Those were the days.

And what’s with all this love for Burgers Supreme? What about cheese fries at the Training Table? I wouldn’t touch them an asbestos-lined 10-foot pole now, but back in the day, they went down nice & easy!

]]> By: John Hamer http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9774 John Hamer Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:24:07 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9774 Rigel --- Everybody is probably 10th cousins with everybody else: they just haven't done the genealogy yet to prove it. I'm closer than 10th cousins to both Bush and Obama for all I know. I do know my European ancestors have been on this continent for 14 generations. Rigel — Everybody is probably 10th cousins with everybody else: they just haven’t done the genealogy yet to prove it. I’m closer than 10th cousins to both Bush and Obama for all I know.

I do know my European ancestors have been on this continent for 14 generations.

]]> By: Rigel Hawthorne http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9719 Rigel Hawthorne Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:15:54 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9719 John, I was curious to know if you've seen the media report in USA Today: "(Barack) Obama and President Bush are 10th cousins, once removed, linked by Samuel Hinkley of Cape Cod, who died in 1662." Here is a link to the family search page for Samuel Hinkley, who was also known as Samuel Hinckley and you guessed it, the progenitor to GBH. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp John,

I was curious to know if you’ve seen the media report in USA Today:

“(Barack) Obama and President Bush are 10th cousins, once removed, linked by Samuel Hinkley of Cape Cod, who died in 1662.”

Here is a link to the family search page for Samuel Hinkley, who was also known as Samuel Hinckley and you guessed it, the progenitor to GBH.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp

]]> By: John Hamer http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9717 John Hamer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:53:20 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9717 <strong>John N</strong> (#18): You suck. :) That would be so cool. How fun! <strong>chanson </strong>(#19): It was Mary Eliza Winchester, speaking of Jonas Henry Erekson. They were the parents of Grandpa Erekson's father, Leslie H Erekson. <strong>Seldom </strong>(#20): BYU has all sorts of materials like that in its archives. The archives that specialized in non-LDS Mormon groups like the Cutlerites is Utah State University. I am sure that if you contacted <a href="http://library.usu.edu/coldev/libn/buttars.html" rel="nofollow">Ann Buttars at USU,</a> the university would be very interested in acquiring and preserving those letters, so that they would be available to scholars. Also, if you wanted to write an article about the letters and the subject, I can tell you we would be interested in having you present at a <a href="http://www.jwha.info/meetings/callforpapers08.asp" rel="nofollow">JWHA conference</a> and publish in the <em>JWHA Journal</em>. John N (#18): You suck. :) That would be so cool. How fun!

chanson (#19): It was Mary Eliza Winchester, speaking of Jonas Henry Erekson. They were the parents of Grandpa Erekson’s father, Leslie H Erekson.

Seldom (#20): BYU has all sorts of materials like that in its archives. The archives that specialized in non-LDS Mormon groups like the Cutlerites is Utah State University. I am sure that if you contacted Ann Buttars at USU, the university would be very interested in acquiring and preserving those letters, so that they would be available to scholars. Also, if you wanted to write an article about the letters and the subject, I can tell you we would be interested in having you present at a JWHA conference and publish in the JWHA Journal.

]]> By: John Hamer http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9712 John Hamer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:43:03 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9712 Thanks, <strong>Rigel </strong>(#7): I'm a very visual person. No matter what you're saying, it probably can't hurt to add a picture. <strong>LdG </strong>(#8): Hey guy --- your choir rehersal was amazing. You guys are great. Your choirmate Laurie is my sister. Good luck with your upcoming performance at conference --- I know you'll do well. <strong>KC </strong>(#9): We'll have to have lunch next time! Thanks, <strong>Stevo</strong>! (#10). <strong>Andrew </strong>(#14), <strong>Cicero </strong>(#13), <strong>JH </strong>(#12), <strong>jose </strong>(#11) and <strong>SingleSpeed </strong>(#17): Unfortunately, my trip was very brief and devoted primarily to history research. As a result I missed out on a lot of the cultural highlighs you mention --- there's always next time! <strong>maralise </strong>(#15): Wow. Lucky, lucky Austrians. You get to have fry sauce while living in Vienna (as opposed to Orem). Lucky bums. Thanks, Rigel (#7): I’m a very visual person. No matter what you’re saying, it probably can’t hurt to add a picture.

LdG (#8): Hey guy — your choir rehersal was amazing. You guys are great. Your choirmate Laurie is my sister. Good luck with your upcoming performance at conference — I know you’ll do well.

KC (#9): We’ll have to have lunch next time! Thanks, Stevo! (#10).

Andrew (#14), Cicero (#13), JH (#12), jose (#11) and SingleSpeed (#17): Unfortunately, my trip was very brief and devoted primarily to history research. As a result I missed out on a lot of the cultural highlighs you mention — there’s always next time!

maralise (#15): Wow. Lucky, lucky Austrians. You get to have fry sauce while living in Vienna (as opposed to Orem). Lucky bums.

]]> By: Seldom http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9682 Seldom Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:19:34 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9682 Does BYU have a specific collection of letters between the early Mormons in Utah and the Midwest? My wife's family history contains a few letters they received from friends that followed Alpheus Cutler to Minnesota. I find the letters facinating. Despite the split over doctrine and leadership, the letters demonstrate an almost unbreakable bond of brotherhood between friends that endured the trials of Missouri and Illinois. The correspondence continued until they were elderly. In the last letters, the writer laments that they are now too old to return and build Zion in Jackson County. He wrote that the next generation would need to finish what they had started. Does BYU have a specific collection of letters between the early Mormons in Utah and the Midwest? My wife’s family history contains a few letters they received from friends that followed Alpheus Cutler to Minnesota. I find the letters facinating. Despite the split over doctrine and leadership, the letters demonstrate an almost unbreakable bond of brotherhood between friends that endured the trials of Missouri and Illinois. The correspondence continued until they were elderly. In the last letters, the writer laments that they are now too old to return and build Zion in Jackson County. He wrote that the next generation would need to finish what they had started.

]]> By: C. L. Hanson http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9666 C. L. Hanson Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:41:57 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9666 That's so sweet to find such a letter! Which great great grandmother was it? That’s so sweet to find such a letter! Which great great grandmother was it?

]]> By: John Nilsson http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9638 John Nilsson Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:11:10 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9638 Amen, John H. Which is one of the reasons I chose to job-hunt in SLC after grad school. I have made friends with Stan Larson in the University of Utah Special Collections and have been able to see some really cool stuff (among other things, both the Sterling McMurrin and David O. McKay collections, both of them willed their papers to the university). I was able to saunter across campus last week to hear an Author Meets Critics panel with Blake Ostler defending his systematic theology "Exploring Mormon Thought" and to sit near Margaret Toscano, Dennis Potter, Jim Faulconer, and the Bloggernacle's own Clark Goble. I definitely appreciate being here for the fry sauce too. Crown Burger is to die for. Amen, John H.

Which is one of the reasons I chose to job-hunt in SLC after grad school. I have made friends with Stan Larson in the University of Utah Special Collections and have been able to see some really cool stuff (among other things, both the Sterling McMurrin and David O. McKay collections, both of them willed their papers to the university). I was able to saunter across campus last week to hear an Author Meets Critics panel with Blake Ostler defending his systematic theology “Exploring Mormon Thought” and to sit near Margaret Toscano, Dennis Potter, Jim Faulconer, and the Bloggernacle’s own Clark Goble.

I definitely appreciate being here for the fry sauce too. Crown Burger is to die for.

]]> By: SingleSpeed http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9637 SingleSpeed Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:51:40 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9637 mmmm..... BURGERS SUPREME. I probably would have gone to Beto's, too. and I def would have headed south of campus for a J-Dawg w/ special sauce. mmmm….. BURGERS SUPREME.

I probably would have gone to Beto’s, too.

and I def would have headed south of campus for a J-Dawg w/ special sauce.

]]> By: John Hamer http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9630 John Hamer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:18:17 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9630 <strong>JfQ</strong> (#1): Creepy and charming are probably in the eye of the beholder. I do like Ann Arbor. I first moved here in 1992 and I enjoy it a lot. It's a little too small for our taste, which is one of the reasons we're finally moving to Toronto this summer. <strong>Christopher </strong>(#2): It was great seeing you at the conference. If you're down in special collections on a weekly basis, then I know they aren't going to waste! <strong>J. Stapley</strong> (#3): I find it's wonderfully liberating to have embraced my inner dork. <strong>Carlos</strong> (#4): It's rare to be able to explore other planets these days. With the spread of chains --- the HomeDepotfication and TGIFridayfication of America --- regional distinctions are in retreat. <strong>Steve Evens</strong> (#5-6): Not go to Burgers Supreme? Am I a Phillistine? :) My sister took me to Burgers Supreme for my Birthday Dinner and I ordered a good old-fashioned Apollo Burger (now renamed pastrami burger) --- which I dipped in my fry sauce. Now that's how you celebrate a birthday! JfQ (#1): Creepy and charming are probably in the eye of the beholder. I do like Ann Arbor. I first moved here in 1992 and I enjoy it a lot. It’s a little too small for our taste, which is one of the reasons we’re finally moving to Toronto this summer.

Christopher (#2): It was great seeing you at the conference. If you’re down in special collections on a weekly basis, then I know they aren’t going to waste!

J. Stapley (#3): I find it’s wonderfully liberating to have embraced my inner dork.

Carlos (#4): It’s rare to be able to explore other planets these days. With the spread of chains — the HomeDepotfication and TGIFridayfication of America — regional distinctions are in retreat.

Steve Evens (#5-6): Not go to Burgers Supreme? Am I a Phillistine? :) My sister took me to Burgers Supreme for my Birthday Dinner and I ordered a good old-fashioned Apollo Burger (now renamed pastrami burger) — which I dipped in my fry sauce. Now that’s how you celebrate a birthday!

]]> By: maralise http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9626 maralise Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:41:31 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9626 Little known fact: it's easier to find fry sauce here in Austria than in Virginia. We went to an Austrian Gasthaus the other day AND they served fry sauce with their potatoes. I asked my friend (from Salzburg) about it. She says it's pretty common here. SO, the next time you out-of-staters are craving fry sauce (if you're too lazy to make it yourself), why not buy a ticket to Austria instead of Utah? You definitely don't get the missionary malls but I could show you a few cathedrals that must might make up for it. Little known fact: it’s easier to find fry sauce here in Austria than in Virginia. We went to an Austrian Gasthaus the other day AND they served fry sauce with their potatoes. I asked my friend (from Salzburg) about it. She says it’s pretty common here. SO, the next time you out-of-staters are craving fry sauce (if you’re too lazy to make it yourself), why not buy a ticket to Austria instead of Utah? You definitely don’t get the missionary malls but I could show you a few cathedrals that must might make up for it.

]]> By: Andrew Ainsworth http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9624 Andrew Ainsworth Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:07:09 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9624 Thanks for this great travelogue, John. It's been 8 years since I was last in Happy Valley and you took me for a stroll down memory lane. Burgers Supreme . . . fry sauce . . . oh my. But oh how things seem to have changed! Missionary Mall? KneeShorts? Oh my Heck! Not even those cultural oddities existed back in the day when I was there. By chance, were you able to take in a comedy show at Johnny B's, hit Movies 8, go for a dip in the natural hot springs down by Spanish Fork, or check out the lustful necking scene up at Squaw Peak? My freshman year, we used to love to take a spot light and a megaphone up to Squaw Peak, shine the light of truth on the fogged up car windows, and call out through the megaphone: "This is your Bishop speaking. Put your hands in the air and step out of the vehicle!" Ah . . . those were the days . . . Thanks for this great travelogue, John. It’s been 8 years since I was last in Happy Valley and you took me for a stroll down memory lane. Burgers Supreme . . . fry sauce . . . oh my.

But oh how things seem to have changed! Missionary Mall? KneeShorts? Oh my Heck! Not even those cultural oddities existed back in the day when I was there.

By chance, were you able to take in a comedy show at Johnny B’s, hit Movies 8, go for a dip in the natural hot springs down by Spanish Fork, or check out the lustful necking scene up at Squaw Peak? My freshman year, we used to love to take a spot light and a megaphone up to Squaw Peak, shine the light of truth on the fogged up car windows, and call out through the megaphone: “This is your Bishop speaking. Put your hands in the air and step out of the vehicle!” Ah . . . those were the days . . .

]]> By: Cicero http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9622 Cicero Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:44:19 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9622 Pizza at the Smokehouse? A waste of a opportunity to eat a good Reuben! Good Reuben's are hard to find these days. Pizza at the Smokehouse?

A waste of a opportunity to eat a good Reuben!

Good Reuben’s are hard to find these days.

]]> By: JH http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9618 JH Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:45:01 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9618 did you happen to eat at smokehouse right next to that kneeshorts store? Good, good pizza. I used to eat there with my buddy every week when we were there at school. did you happen to eat at smokehouse right next to that kneeshorts store? Good, good pizza. I used to eat there with my buddy every week when we were there at school.

]]> By: jose http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9614 jose Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:55:02 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9614 It wouldn't be Utah without the payday loan shacks. It wouldn’t be Utah without the payday loan shacks.

]]> By: Stephen Wellington http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9606 Stephen Wellington Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:50:15 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9606 Hamesy....I loved it! Cheers for the post! Reminds me of my time at BYU and why I left so soon. hehehe Hamesy….I loved it! Cheers for the post! Reminds me of my time at BYU and why I left so soon. hehehe

]]> By: KC Kern http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9597 KC Kern Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:18:35 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9597 Darg! In all the hustle and bustle of preparing for the semester to end, I forgot the dates of your Happy Valley trip, John! We could have gotten lunch or something. Ah well, another regret... Darg! In all the hustle and bustle of preparing for the semester to end, I forgot the dates of your Happy Valley trip, John! We could have gotten lunch or something.

Ah well, another regret…

]]> By: Latter-day Guy http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9593 Latter-day Guy Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:35:05 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9593 Ha! I <em>knew</em> I had seen your face online somewhere when you walked into Concert Choir. That's been bugging me since yesterday. Ha! I knew I had seen your face online somewhere when you walked into Concert Choir. That’s been bugging me since yesterday.

]]> By: Rigel Hawthorne http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9592 Rigel Hawthorne Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:31:33 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9592 John, you always include the best photos with your posts. I live far away from the world you are visiting and find it equally odd and fascinating. I was excited a few months ago to visit an LDS bookstore, at last, in Spokane of all places. It's odd to be drawn to Mormon pop cultural items and embarrassed that you identify with them at the same time. John, you always include the best photos with your posts. I live far away from the world you are visiting and find it equally odd and fascinating. I was excited a few months ago to visit an LDS bookstore, at last, in Spokane of all places. It’s odd to be drawn to Mormon pop cultural items and embarrassed that you identify with them at the same time.

]]> By: Steve Evans http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9586 Steve Evans Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:08:23 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9586 Wait! Wait! I now see Burgers Supreme. Mea culpa. Heart-warming, John. Wait! Wait! I now see Burgers Supreme. Mea culpa. Heart-warming, John.

]]> By: Steve Evans http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9585 Steve Evans Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:07:27 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9585 John, I don't see any mention of Burgers Supreme in your post... I absolutely agree though about the preciousness of some of those archives. Their increasing availability on the internet has been a real boon. John, I don’t see any mention of Burgers Supreme in your post…

I absolutely agree though about the preciousness of some of those archives. Their increasing availability on the internet has been a real boon.

]]> By: Carlos http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9584 Carlos Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:03:01 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9584 "Missionary Malls" & "KneeShorts" Utah is actually another planet. “Missionary Malls” & “KneeShorts”

Utah is actually another planet.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9582 J. Stapley Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:49:57 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9582 <em>“Every minute I’m here is precious,”</em> Totally. The last time I was there was a little more than a month ago. It is completely euphoric...which makes me a complete dork...but I'm cool with that. “Every minute I’m here is precious,”

Totally. The last time I was there was a little more than a month ago. It is completely euphoric…which makes me a complete dork…but I’m cool with that.

]]> By: Christopher http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9580 Christopher Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:30:41 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9580 This was an enjoyable read, John. I've become so accustomed to seeing new Missionary Malls, Kneeshorts stores, and the like, that it doesn't even strike me as unique anymore (I didn't grow up in Utah). Regarding Special Collections ... I'm down there on a weekly basis and see the same individuals nearly every time. It is indeed an underappreciated gem in Utah County. This was an enjoyable read, John. I’ve become so accustomed to seeing new Missionary Malls, Kneeshorts stores, and the like, that it doesn’t even strike me as unique anymore (I didn’t grow up in Utah). Regarding Special Collections … I’m down there on a weekly basis and see the same individuals nearly every time. It is indeed an underappreciated gem in Utah County.

]]> By: Just for Quix http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9577 Just for Quix Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:07:18 +0000 http://mormonmatters.org/2008/04/03/deep-in-the-heart-of-mormondom/#comment-9577 Hey John. Cool memoir. Utah valley is just too queer for words, but you made it charming. Enjoy Ann Arbor. My bro is there for law school, and I'd love to visit it some time. Hey John. Cool memoir. Utah valley is just too queer for words, but you made it charming. Enjoy Ann Arbor. My bro is there for law school, and I’d love to visit it some time.

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