Friday, November 14, 2014

Defining Non-Mormons in Utah, from My Favorite "Common Law Mormon" Columnist

To The Herald Journal

Dear Editor,

I subscribe to the Herald Journal for many reasons--local news, obituaries, comic strips, the crossword puzzle, tradition--but very possibly my number one reason is the wonderful, laugh-out-loud, weekly humor column, "Slightly Off-Center."  Dennis Hincamp makes me laugh out loud on a weekly basis, which is not an easy thing to do!  His article this week labeling himself as a "Common Law Mormon" and identifying the different types of non-Mormons in Utah is one of his best yet.  It made me (a dyed-in-the-wool, born and bred, pioneer stock Latter-day Saint) just about fall off my chair, I was laughing so hard.  I had to grab for my scissors to clip and save it for my year's supply of humor.  Then I went straight to my computer to dash off this letter to publicly express my gratitude, since that's probably more appropriate than bearing my testimony about it on Sunday.  But I'm definitely going to link to the online article in my Mormon blog.

Thank you, Dennis, for keeping it real, and keeping it funny.  Please keep it up until you die.  And may you live to be 115.

Nancy Wyatt Jensen
Logan

Slightly Off-Center, by Dennis Hinkamp

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