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December 2025

December 25, 2025

Peace on Earth to People of Good Will!

Christ is the Morning Star, who, when the night of this world is past,...

December 20, 2025

“The Journey of the Magi”

With my wife and two direct heirs and a third-generation unit, I attended a...

December 14, 2025

“And is it true?”

"Church Issues Statement Following Tragedy in Australia" For what it's worth, my wife and...

December 05, 2025

The Messiah, the Gentiles, and the Old Testament

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

December 03, 2025

“O great mystery”

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Steadfast in Defense of Faith: "An...

November 2025

November 22, 2025

As easy a way to do good as can be imagined

At Christmastime, which can sometimes become a mere orgy of consumerism and materialism, many...

December 2024

December 29, 2024

In the bleak post-Christmas midwinter

When I was young, the weeks-long build-up to Christmas was always followed -- usually...

December 26, 2024

A Christmas message from Iran’s vice president and his wife

This article has been newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: The...

December 24, 2024

“Glad is the world and fair this night”

I think it's time to share another of my favorite Christmas poems. Curiously, the...

December 20, 2024

“Ring in the Christ that Is to Be”

The Interpreter Foundation's annual Christmas message for 2024 appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal...

December 19, 2024

“We all have work; let no one shirk.”

For me, one of the most important principles in writing about the religious beliefs...

December 15, 2024

“The Turn of the Tide”

Even among those who love his writing -- and I am definitely among them...

December 11, 2024

A year-end report

Between sixteen and thirty-five percent of all annual charitable gifts in the United States...

December 05, 2024

Light the World!

In my opinion, Giving Machines definitely represent one of the most brilliant ideas that...

December 02, 2024

Visually Stunning

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Interpreter Radio Show — November...

December 25, 2023

New Beginnings?

Christmas is winding down. In certain areas of the globe, indeed, the Christmas holiday...

December 24, 2023

The continuing battle of darkness against the light

At the request of the Deseret News, I published the brief message that follows...

December 23, 2023

Two Hundred and Eighteen Years Ago, Today

Today is the 218th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith,...

December 22, 2023

“Hail th’incarnate Deity”!

I published the following Christmas-themed article in Meridian Magazine last night: "Mary’s Unique Role...

December 21, 2023

Christmas, the Israelite Tabernacle, and the Gospel of John

New on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: "The Temple: Ancient and Restored: How...

December 20, 2023

Still, curiously, thinking about Christmas

Still feeling under the weather and unambitious and, more importantly, thinking that there might...

December 19, 2023

The Seriousness of Christmas

I published the column below in the Deseret News on 9 December 2010....

December 18, 2023

Christmas beyond Christendom

I published this article in Salt Lake City's Deseret News back on 19 December...

December 17, 2023

A wonderful Christmas tradition, a looming year-end lecture

Tomorrow night (Monday night), I will be giving the tenth in a final...

December 16, 2023

Why do we celebrate Christmas?

The other day, here on this blog, I posted an appreciation of Walt Disney...

November 2023

November 18, 2023

Giving Machines!

As you've probably noticed -- I've scarcely been subtle or coy about it!...

April 2023

April 07, 2023

Am I a stone, and not a sheep?

"The Goodness of the Cross and Good Friday: Lessons from Bavaria," written by...

March 2023

March 21, 2023

“Why seek ye the living among the dead?”

My sister-in-law, my brother's widow, passed away very early this morning after a...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

Stained Swords, False Prophecy, and Accurate History

The Interpreter Foundation has published its last articles for 2022; absolutely no more...

December 25, 2022

Notes on the Nativity, and a Christmas Carol’s Back Story

"Opinion: The true power of Christmas in a world filled with violence and...