Way Below the Angels

Why it’s on the list: Craig Harline’s wry, candid memoir of his own mission — the “Pretty Clearly Troubled But Not Even Close to Tragic Confessions of a Real Life Mormon Missionary.”

Where I heard about it

• Adam S. Miller — cited in Future Mormon for the “just be yourself” passage, to illustrate emptiness before God.
• Jana Riess — quoted in The Next Mormons on how the mission “bad dream” plagued those who couldn’t fit “mission-culture-as-currently-constituted.”

Connections

• Craig Harline — author; BYU historian
• Future Mormon — where Kyle saw it cited
• The Next Mormons — also quotes Harline’s memoir
• Adam S. Miller — cited the “just be yourself” passage