Even eight years after returning to the United States, the view of Jerusalem’s Old City from the top of the Mount of Olives remained vivid in author Erin Tolman’s mind, as did the sound of gunfire and sirens which marked the beginning of the Second Intifada in September 2000.
Unable to let the memories remain only in her journal, Tolman wrot e a series of thirty-eight vignettes describing her semester as a student at the Brigham Young University Jerusale...
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I grew up within the confines of the Latter-day Saint faith. I knew nothing of apologetics or any other technical religious terms. The only thing I knew was that which I was taught in my youth. Unfortunately, I was what one would call a "weak" member of the faith. Although I had always borne my testimony, there was no true testimony that anchored me. While there was a strong grasp of scriptural understanding, when it came to personaly faith, I was lacking.
Yet, being a person who believes...
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