Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Latter-day Saint

2026-10-06T11:44:56-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

From up above . . .

Last updated on: October 6, 2026 at 11:44 am By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

We drove up to Lauterbrunnen today, past Trümmelbach and all the way to Stechelberg at the end of the valley. When I first saw it, I immediately thought that Lauterbrunnen was exactly how I pictured Rivendell, the Valley of the Elves, in The Lord of the Rings. It was only many years later that I learned that J. R. R. Tolkien had, in fact, based Rivendell, the home of Elrond, on Lauterbrunnen. It is absolute perfection. Then we turned... Read more

Travel and Religion

History and Religion

out of body experience

Switzerland

Tolkien

2026-10-06T06:28:05-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Paradise Regained

Last updated on: October 6, 2026 at 6:28 am By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

My nearly two years as a missionary in German-speaking Switzerland had microscopically little impact, if any at all, on Switzerland, but an enormous impact upon me. I had visited Switzerland once before my mission (essentially to Zermatt, the Matterhorn, and Saas Fee) and had fallen in love with the place. It was where I hoped to be assigned for my mission and, to my astonishment, my wish (unexpressed, so far as I recall) was granted. Although I have no... Read more

Travel and Religion

History and Religion

2026-10-04T16:45:19-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Across the English Channel

Last updated on: October 4, 2026 at 4:45 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

Another long day, though it was long for a different reason: Our Becoming Brigham film crew is headed back to Utah, and my wife and I are now over on the continent. I very much regret missing General Conference this weekend. (I’ll catch up when we return home.) In my entire adult life, I’ve failed to listen to all of the Conference addresses only a few times and, every one of those times, it was because I was overseas... Read more

History and Religion

Travel and Religion

near-death experience

Zurich

2026-10-04T16:23:31-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Across the Channel

Last updated on: October 4, 2026 at 4:23 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

Travel and Religion

History and Religion

Uncategorized

Atwater

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule

NDE

near-death experience

veridical

Zurich

2026-10-03T17:17:34-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Visiting two Pemberleys

Last updated on: October 3, 2026 at 5:17 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

It’s past midnight here and, once again, I’m tired. It’s been a long day — on which, a bit more below. So I’m going to do the tired thing and share some passages that I marked in Stephen T. Davis, Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993): People who reject the resurrection of Jesus typically do so on the grounds that the very idea of a dead man living again is absurd. Despite the fact... Read more

History and Religion

Travel and Religion

2026-10-02T16:02:57-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Winding up

Last updated on: October 2, 2026 at 4:02 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

We finished up our English filming by returning today to the beautiful and historic village of Downham for a summing-up of what we all judge to have been a very successful trip. We’ve recorded some excellent material. I’m so grateful that Heber C. Kimball and the Lord chose Downham as one of his most successful mission fields. It’s not only historically fascinating but, happily, an extraordinarily pleasant place to visit and to contemplate the history of the Church there.... Read more

History and Religion

Travel and Religion

2026-10-02T02:04:48-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

On Sacred Ground

Last updated on: October 2, 2026 at 2:04 am By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

We did our filming today in the picture-perfect little Lancashire village of Downham, which, for Latter-day Saints, has a powerful connection with the early apostolic missions to the United Kingdom — and particularly with that of Elder Heber C. Kimball in 1837-1838. It has maintained that apostolic connection down to recent times. While working in Preston, Elder Kimball was advised not to bother with Downham or its neighbor, Chatburn, because the people in those villages were irreligious and godless. ... Read more

Travel and Religion

History and Religion

2026-09-30T15:28:51-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Of Pottery and People

Last updated on: September 30, 2026 at 3:28 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

This piece was posted earlier today on the never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation, where, once again, nothing new has appeared for many years: Reprint: “‘Strong Like Unto Moses’: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates,” written by Jeff Lindsay and Noel B. Reynolds: Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book... Read more

History and Religion

Travel and Religion

2026-09-29T16:17:21-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Reflecting on the Past

Last updated on: September 29, 2026 at 4:17 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

With his kind permission, I share here something that Jaxon Washburn posted yesterday (Monday) on his Facebook page: One year ago today, Thomas Jacob Sanford—an Evangelical Christian extremist with longstanding vitriol and collective hatred against the Latter-day Saint community—intentionally attacked an LDS congregation in Grand Blanc, Michigan in one of the deadliest incidents of anti-Mormon violence in the modern era. At approximately 10:25 am, just as the LDS ward was settling into their sacrament/communion service, Sanford deliberately rammed his... Read more

History and Religion

Travel and Religion

2026-09-28T14:33:18-06:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

“Out of small things proceedeth that which is great”

Last updated on: September 28, 2026 at 2:33 pm By Dan Peterson

0 Comments

The most recent episode of our ongoing video documentary series is up for your viewing pleasure: “Deeply Loved?” — Becoming Brigham, Episode 36 And did you know that you can actually subscribe to Becoming Brigham? Well, you can! And you can do it painlessly and at absolutely no charge! See here for how to do it. Speaking of Becoming Brigham, my wife and I met the Red Brick Film Works people this morning at the airport in Manchester, as... Read more

History and Religion

Travel and Religion

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Which king of Judah destroyed Nehushtan, the bronze serpent?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Josiah Hezekiah Uzziah Manasseh

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 March 2014 August 2013 February 2012

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Latter-day Saint