J. Spencer Fluhman places Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision in its historical and scriptural context, considering its strong language about Christian creeds alongside other Restoration sources. He invites Latter-day Saints to affirm the Restoration while engaging other faith traditions with knowledge, charity, and care.

Rosalynde F. Welch explores how Lamentations gives voice to Jerusalem’s grief—and how its portraits of Daughter Zion, the suffering Man, and the Child speak to loss, worship, and hope.