This is Marvin Payne interviewing Marvin Payne for Meridian Magazine…
At technical rehearsals, the sound designer gets everybody wired up…
When your mortal hiatus from our heavenly home comes to…
To my readers throughout the known and yet to be…
In writing a musical about the Mormon pioneers, we learned…
There has been a lot of banter online recently about…
Last month I wrote kind of a spine-chilling column about…
I remember several decades ago when my wife went to…
Reflecting on this weekend's General Conference and the effects of…
I really like playing bass guitar. In the early days…
How do you find out how you’re doing? An angel…
Throughout my adult life people have asked from time to…
By writing, participants were more likely to have fewer illnesses…
Trevor Southey moved to Alpine. Gary Smith moved there. Pretty…
It has been said--I mean, somebody said it before I…
Backstage at the shoot of the latest soon-to-sweep-the-universe Imagine Dragons…
How the elevated language of Shakespeare can get someone thinking…
Soul food is what you ingest by letting your eyes…
Stories of handcart pioneers made his trekking adventure so much…
Our old lawn mower lost its drive and its edge…
Being born with the gift of music can be dangerous.…
My first introduction to Paul was in 1978 and when…
What happened was that I wound up sustaining a number…
There's a hymn that has in it the expression "accents…
I've been picking and grinning at Capt. Len's City BBQ…
If the appearance of failure has raised its appalling head…
This column is not politics-free, and therefore may be hazardous…
I've finally decided to live the gospel. Maybe that requires…
Marvin prepares for Christmas with muslin, Crazy Glue, and an…
All of us are profoundly ignorant of so many things…
Marvin shares the haunting and beautiful words of the songs…
Pioneer trail facts you never heard before and stories that…
A new radio show celebrating our pioneer history is hosted…
Come backstage with Marvin Payne in four very different venues.
Who of us could have anticipated that "texting" would ever…
ANOTHER GREAT PERSONAL HISTORY TOOL: You could write "My Life…
How do you go about "publishing peace"? Marvin journaled it…
Sometimes a guitar can be an answer to a prayer.
Climb Mount Timpanogos with Marvin Payne and see what you…
Backstage on the closing night of "110 In the Shade,"…
One of the features of Mother's Day is bad poetry,…
In case your fright quota wasn't filled in October, Marvin…
When my friend came home from Africa, everybody asked her…
"Some guy called from India this morning, representing someone in…
Assumptions are challenged and shattered, prophets wiggle their ears, and…
Momentous times call for momentous journal entries. And if you…
Picasso had his "blue period." Bob Dylan had his "trying…
Maybe they had the strange idea that their fourteen hundred…
What do Africa and South America have in common? They're…
I own two "redeemed" guitars. I think this is kind…
Marvin gets serious and gives advice to a budding, young…
Marvin plays the dog Boo and we're supposed to be…
Everybody keeps asking Marvin for a Mormon version of "Fiddler…
In this era of instant Teen Idols (not Teen Idles,…
A personal history might be easier to write if it…
Who is the heavenly choreographer (or "Choreographer")? And is He…
Marvin shares his feelings about the play Hancock County.
Marvin Payne shares his thoughts about playing the part of…
Marvin shares some thoughts about his latest project, "Family, A…
Gifts. What are they for, anyway? For that matter, what…
This column has suddenly become quite literal. Tomorrow is the…
Well, my first portrayal of J. Golden Kimball is now…
I am delighted nearly to distraction by your comments, suggestions,…
This is the column that will either make you say,…
Whether an audio recording or scribble in a notepad, your…
When Marvin Payne wrote his first column for Meridian last…