the miracle of forgiveness by spencer w kimball

Here and there, on various pages and in no particular pattern, Postum stains.But I really hope we find a truly candid admission, something like, “Okay, I admit it. Supposedly, President Kimball did have some hindsight regret for the caustic level of moralizing in that book. A confession of regret for perhaps his biggest error in judgment, publishing The Miracle of Forgiveness.A follow-up entry where Spencer says, “The Church’s lawyers have advised me to contact George Lucas about receiving likeness royalties on all Yoda merchandise.”.An entry dating to late-summer 1980 where Kimball exclaims, “Heck yeah, Yoda looks like me!”.Something dripping with so much testiness that I sit back, shake my head, and say, “Wow! Spencer must have really hit the Postum hard that day.” A delightfully testy entry on any given First World problem.A trippy post-apocalyptic vision like the one in Wilford Woodruff’s journal.

What do I hope to see in President Kimball’s journals? I hope to find: Once you’ve read these, feel free to drop your own ideas in the comments section. This post is a working list of colorful entries I hope we discover. In a religion known for missing-pages fiascos, I hope we still find some good stuff in Spencer W. That, and full coverage of the journals’ release, can be found on Religion News Service. Nelson writing a downright rapturous self-tribute for his book and asking President Kimball to sign his name to it. Doubtless, many have already heard about Russell M. Still, one can hope for some good dirt, even from a Mormon prophet. Now, I know most journal entries are tedious and uneventful, even coming from historical figures. So we’re going to handle this news the Jake C. Your regular Tuesday W&T blogger, Dave B., is off this week. Right up there with the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Seriously though, this is an exciting development for researchers and Mormonism in general. (Just can’t go anywhere in this church without covenanting up front). Well, they are freely available to anyone willing to create a log-in account and click “I Agree” on a short user agreement.

And now the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has graciously made them publicly available online. In fact, he kept lots of journals over the years. Exciting news! The Mormon prophet who ended his church’s race-based temple and priesthood ban also kept a journal.

The miracle of forgiveness by spencer w kimball