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July 2026

July 14, 2026

In Queen Charlotte Strait

I'm very pleased to pass this report on to you: "The Church of Jesus...

January 2026

January 25, 2026

Would eternity be unendurably boring?

Becoming Brigham, the new series of mini-documentaries produced by the Interpreter Foundation and Red...

September 2025

September 24, 2025

A brief note on one way of thinking about life after death

A piece that I wrote for Meridian Magazine went up this morning; "DNA and...

January 2025

January 18, 2025

Songs of the Heart

One of the great things about my father-in-law's funeral on Friday was the gathering...

December 2024

December 12, 2024

An inexplicable inconsistency remains unexplained

Vital Signs 43/4 (2024), the current issue of the newsletter of the International Association...

August 2024

August 02, 2024

Looking Westward

Two new items have appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...

July 2024

July 10, 2024

“In My Time of Dying”

At least some of you will be familiar with the name of Sebastian Junger...

June 2024

June 23, 2024

Some accounts of near-death experiences

This bit of footage, shot back in May at the foot of Torleif Knaphus's...

June 16, 2024

A Ten-Year Anniversary Falls on Father’s Day

I maintain a blog for many reasons. Irritating a small handful of folks...

April 2024

April 23, 2024

“Wow! What a wipeout!”

As happens several times each week, something new has yet again been posted on...

April 09, 2024

Coincidence? Lies? What?

Some while ago, I read William J. Peters, At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys...

November 2023

November 05, 2023

“After Death”

Last night, my wife and I attended a screening in one of our...

March 2023

March 23, 2023

An inadequate note to a niece and two nephews

I just sent the note below to a niece and two nephews, the...

January 2023

January 09, 2023

“At that time I was no longer in my body.”

Many years ago, there was a period when my speaking engagements on behalf...

January 04, 2023

“I made a mistake in growing weary of the Gospel.”

New material on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: "From...

September 2022

September 09, 2022

A Transcendent Light

I don't know how much longer this can or will go on, but...

July 2022

July 10, 2022

“The colors and lights in heaven were simply sublime”

In the portion of my post from yesterday that talked about our visit...

July 09, 2022

“Who were the Danites?”

The Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses film project continues to produce. Having completed its theatrical...

June 2022

June 13, 2022

It’s been eight years now

*** I maintain a blog for many reasons. One of them...

May 2022

May 24, 2022

NDEs and “Fundamaterialists”

*** Besides watching a couple of films on the way over from...

May 10, 2022

Remembrance

*** If you're at all interested in the topic of life before...

April 2022

April 01, 2022

“The Messenger of Salvation”

*** A new article by the indefatigable Matthew L. Bowen has just...

February 2022

February 21, 2022

Of Victims and Psychics

*** The invaluable Jeff Lindsay has posted an interesting item on his...

February 20, 2022

Picture yourself in a boat on a river. Somebody calls you. You answer quite slowly.

*** Back in 2005, I was invited to write a little mini-essay...

January 2022

January 31, 2022

At seventeen, under the “cruel sun”

*** I'm pleased to announce that a new video, an hour...

January 30, 2022

Reflections on a Sunset in Maui

*** Earlier this evening, we watched the sun go down over the...

December 2021

December 26, 2021

Is man “nothing”?

I was thinking, this morning, about the famous passage at Moses 1:39 that...

December 05, 2021

“One of the most singular instances of this type”

*** I share here one of the many striking accounts contained in...

September 2021

September 28, 2021

“And that is dying”

*** I call your attention to a pair of newly posted items...

June 2021

June 16, 2021

From slightly less than seven years ago

*** I maintain a blog for many reasons. However, one of...