If Truth Were a Child: Essays

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. –Terryl Givens, coauthor (with Fiona Givens) of The God Who Weeps and The Christ Who Heals

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. –Patrick Q. Mason, author of Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt

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. –Deidre Nicole Green, author of Works of Love in a World of Violence