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December 2022

December 24, 2022

‘Twas the night before Christmas

Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time...

December 23, 2022

“Puritans, Pagans, and Imperfect Christmas Gifts”

For the better part of a decade now, Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day...

December 22, 2022

Noting tomorrow’s anniversary of the birth of Joseph Smith

Perhaps, had he not been born so close to the super-holiday of Christmas,...

December 20, 2022

A non-Christian Christmas

"The New Testament in Context Lesson 1: “We Are Responsible for Our Own...

December 18, 2022

Behind the tinsel

I published this column in the Deseret News for Christmas 2016: Behind...

December 17, 2022

“The beginning of the end of death’s dominion”

I spoke today at the U.S. Hazara Conference 2022, which was held in...

December 16, 2022

“Reflections on the Importance of Scientific and Theological Humility”

Last night, my wife and I attended the first evening of the annual...

December 13, 2022

“More protective than any pill, than any therapy, than any program.”

But, first, here are three items that went up today on the website...

December 12, 2022

Big News

If you haven't yet watched this eighteen-minute video from the Church of Jesus...

December 09, 2022

“The Words of Gad the Seer”

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

December 04, 2022

Regarding Two Christmas Carols

I wrote two newspaper columns for Christmas 2013. Here they are: The...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

Some Ways to Light the World

Four new links have appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation over...

November 29, 2022

“How inexpressibly sad are all holidays.”

As I write, there are only twenty-five shopping days remaining until Christmas. But...

December 2021

December 27, 2021

“The Corporate Christmas Carol”

*** Now that Christmas is securely behind us, I can share a...

December 25, 2021

“Then pealed the bells more loud and deep”

*** I published this column in the Deseret News for Christmas 2012. ...

December 25, 2021

Christmas or Easter?

*** I often consider the question in my mind of which holiday...

December 24, 2021

Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar

*** I had certainly not planned that this year's Interpreter Christmas message...

December 24, 2021

“Christmastide”

*** And it came to pass that he cried mightily unto the...

December 23, 2021

For the season

*** And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which...

December 22, 2021

“The Light of Christmas”

*** Interpreter Radio Show — November 28, 2021 The 28 November 2021...

December 13, 2021

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Christmastime

*** An interesting new -- very new -- item was posted today...

December 12, 2021

A very full and fulfilling day, offering both joy and sadness

*** We're just back from one of the best Utah Valley events...

December 10, 2021

Seven pieces of Christmas music for your enjoyment

*** Among the chief glories of the Christmas season is its music. ...

November 2021

November 08, 2021

Lighting the World

*** I'm delighted at this news, which comes right out of the...

October 2021

October 15, 2021

“An Ishmael Buried Near Nahom”

*** Neal Rappleye published a potentially very significant article today in Interpreter:...

July 2021

July 18, 2021

Seven for This Next Week

*** It's been a long day, and I'm tired. So I thought...

December 2020

December 25, 2020

“Christmas as Devotional”: Christ appeared in order to reconcile us

First of all, I wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas! ***...

December 24, 2020

Some favorite music for the season (3)

I know. I know. I already mentioned Es ist ein Ros entsprungen here a couple...

December 24, 2020

Some favorite music for the season (2)

"Lift up your head and be of good cheer; for behold, the time...

December 23, 2020

Some favorite music for the season (1)

Among the glories of the Christmas season is its music. I would like...