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January 2025

January 11, 2025

Disaster in Los Angeles and, Again, “American Primeval”

I'd be safe and warmIf I was in L.A. California dreamin'On such a winter's...

January 09, 2025

“American Primeval,” BYU, and the Evil Mormons

Jonn Claybaugh kindly (and regularly) provides notes on the website of the Interpreter Foundation...

January 06, 2025

Houston, You Have an Opportunity

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will shortly be assaulted yet again...

November 2024

November 20, 2024

These books have really changed my mind

By the way, Six Days in August is still playing in four or five...

November 08, 2024

The Compassionate and Caring Brother Brigham

Two new articles went up today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

October 2024

October 22, 2024

Margaret Barker’s Master Classes on the Hebrew Scriptures

Did you see Six Days in August last night? If not, don't fret. Morning...

October 17, 2024

The horror!

Have you seen Six Days in August yet today? You've already lost the morning....

October 14, 2024

Making the List

A very good review by Maurine Proctor in Meridian Magazine: "Six Days in August:...

October 11, 2024

“It Helps to Have a Village”

I wax somewhat autobiographical -- indeed, a little bit sentimental and perhaps even somewhat...

October 10, 2024

Last Night’s Film Premiere

Yesterday began in a one-hour conversation with my friend Safi Kaskas, about faith and...

October 05, 2024

The next few days are vitally important

A few days ago, Mark Goodman (the writer and director of Six Days in...

September 2024

September 26, 2024

“Understanding Brigham Young’s Spiritual Depth”

Tonight is the night! For the very first time, the new Interpreter Foundation film...

September 25, 2024

In which I confess my ability to err

Well, I always knew that it would happen someday. I knew that I was...

September 24, 2024

Trying to reach people wherever they are, however we can

Yes, I'm reminding you yet again of the Six Days in August event that...

September 23, 2024

The Game is Afoot!

The game is afoot! This is the week that things really begin to get...

September 19, 2024

Sneak Peeks Coming

Here's some really good news: A number of Cinemark theaters -- in, I believe,...

September 08, 2024

On contending for the faith

We were fortunate in casting a remarkable "Joseph Smith" (aka Paul Wuthrich, whom many...

September 07, 2024

Resources regarding the “Transfiguration” of Brigham Young

IMPORTANT: For those who are in Utah Valley, or who may or can be...

September 01, 2024

Points that we want others to take away from the project

On 28 August 2024, I recorded a lecture in connection with the Interpreter Foundation's...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

A Preliminary Response on Brigham Young’s Financial Dealings

One or two folks have shown up on my blog attacking Brigham Young as...

August 28, 2024

Why this next film?

Mark Goodman, James Jordan, Russ Richins, and I had already been talking, while we...

August 26, 2024

Necessary Notes on “Six Days in August”

Correcting the falsehoods regularly purveyed by my Malevolent Stalker and his handful of zealous...

August 16, 2024

On a Prophet and an Antichrist

Here's the link to a newly published article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

August 08, 2024

Brigham Young, An Eyewitness of the World to Come?

A new video short has been posted by the Interpreter Foundation. It is...

August 06, 2024

Brother Brigham on the Theater (and on Film?)

Gerrit Dirkmaat is featured in a new super-short video from the Interpreter Foundation...

July 2024

July 24, 2024

Getting the word out

The Interpreter Foundation has published yet another short video feature that has been drawn...

July 22, 2024

The reviews are pouring in!

The former president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt, slightly more than a year...

July 20, 2024

Think twice before tattooing my name and face on your arm!

I share here two more of the Interpreter Foundation's super-short videos about the witnesses...

July 17, 2024

How Brigham Young (and John Taylor) Remembered Joseph

A new column of mine went up this morning in Meridian Magazine: "He Was...

June 2024

June 27, 2024

Today, let us remember.

I would guess that very few people, even among the Latter-day Saints, are thinking...