Samuel Hislop

Sartre was wrong. Heaven is other people

We need not abandon the ship of faith because of its imperfect passengers.

By Samuel Hislop

Perspective: It’s time to worship in person again

The number of people watching church services online is higher than those going in person. We lose a lot when we stay home.

By Samuel Hislop

A family photo of President Russell M. Nelson on a swing.

Perspective

How to be 97 years young

Why are Latter-day Saint leaders like President Russell M. Nelson so long-lived? The faith’s health-code probably plays a role.

By Samuel Hislop

Perspective

A prayer for Ukraine

Sending “thoughts and prayers” isn’t a form of insincere slacktivism, but the very thing that might help prevent the next war.

By Samuel Hislop

Opinion

Pearl Harbor, COVID-19 and the importance of collective memory

Thanks to my preservation of that simple letter from my grandmother, I now look at Dec. 7 as a date that will live not in infamy but in blessed memory.

By Samuel Hislop