If Truth Were a Child

"Handley's ideas will stretch your mind and promote examination of your soul. I recommend this volume to anyone who likes to think critically about things of the soul and the stuff of eternity."

"This collection of essays is a literal fulfillment of the 'Living Faith' series title."

"George Handley gives readers tools to navigate current public discourse more effectively, empowering them to look beyond their own perspectives to discover the good in everyone and find balance in their lives."

"Handley grasps the nuances and difficulties of faith–and yet, I would add, is firmly committed to the gospel."

"For those in search of a pragmatic, grounded, deeply measured faith, Handley offers ideas worth engaging."

"Handley explores his incremental conversion...as a Christian, as a Latter-day Saint, and as a critic. In each case he traces his responsibilities as a scholar and as a true believer back to sacred personal experiences of charity and grace."

George Handley, one of the Latter-day Saint tradition’s most gifted writers, desires to build a culture worthy of its revealed truths—and this work is a step in that direction. It is a searchingly honest examination of the disciple’s quest, viewed through his own yearnings and failures—and small victories—along the way. A provocative call to the heart and mind alike.

In our rancorous era of polarization, If Truth Were a Child arrives as a breath of fresh air. George Handley calls us to a better version of ourselves, one characterized by capacious curiosity, serious moral engagement, compassionate critique, and most of all reconciling love. This is a wise and generous book that presents a model of being deeply Latter-day Saint in a pluralistic world, a vision that is both humanely religious and religiously humane.

Drawing incisive connections between various aspects of Latter-day Saint life and thought that initially strike his reader as counterintuitive, Handley helpfully illuminates how Latter-day Saints today might live and believe with greater compassion, charity, and insight.