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One of my favorite hymns, even before faith transition is Where Can I Turn for Peace. It’s author was Emma Lou Thayne. She stands up in the pantheon of Claudia Bushman, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Chieko Okazaki, and Juanita Brooks. Heaven gained her and I will miss her. If you own the book A Thoughtful Faith – read her essay about the swing.
Salt Lake Trib Rememberance
http://www.sltrib.com/home/1916817-155/emma-lou-thayne-renowned-mormon-poet A podcast with her can be heard here –
http://athoughtfulfaith.org/?s=emma+lou+thayne FMH – has a write up.
Honestly I didn’t know about Emma Lou Thayne, but having read about her from the posts you linked, I wish I had. Thank you for sharing!
She was a wonderful woman. That also is one of my favorite hymns. I had seen the headline on the Deseret News site and just ignored it thinking she was only of local fame. Where Can I turn For Peace is also one of my favorites. I got to know her writings much too late! I think it was she who talked about “the downtown church.” That helped me, for some reason, to put some appropriate distance between myself and the institution.
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