My father was ordained a Seventy by Spencer W. Kimball. My dad wasn’t a general authority, as Seventies are now. In fact, I have been in more than one ward and scanning the list of members have found a less active brother whose last ordination was to the office of Seventy. Perhaps more than any other office in the Priesthood, the Seventy have changed. In a series of posts, of which this is the first, we will follow the office from inception to its current incarnation. (more…)

While recently passing through the state of Utah, I was able to stop at the Church Archives for about two hours. I took the opportunity to examine the diary of Ruth May Fox (1). Ruth was an ardent suffragist and leader in several civic, political and religious circles. She is perhaps most frequently recognized as being on the board of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association and as its president from 1929 to 1937. I was able to cover approximately two and a half years of entries and have included a few interesting items as well as an entry from 1900. (more…)