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August 2026

August 24, 2026

How many divine beings appeared in Joseph’s First Vision?

The latest installment of the Interpreter Foundation's Becoming Brigham series is now up: "Lives...

July 2026

July 21, 2026

It’s Free!

For those who've been paying attention to our Becoming Brigham series of mini-documentary videos...

July 10, 2026

A Home for the Gods

A new article, written by Todd Uriona, went up earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal...

July 02, 2026

“The Physicality of the Small Plates”

Newly posted on the Interpreter Foundation's webpage: The Interpreter Insights Podcast -- July 2,...

June 2026

June 28, 2026

“Praise to the Man”

About a month after the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith, his friend and...

June 19, 2026

“For they are my friends”

A new article has appeared at Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and...

June 11, 2026

A new series of offerings from “Becoming Brigham”

A new article of mine has appeared in Meridian Magazine. I hope that you'll...

June 10, 2026

The first miracle in the history of the Church

As he regularly does, C. D. Cunningham has published an article that is well...

June 05, 2026

“I recommend my church”

Newly published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 69 (2026):...

June 04, 2026

Слава України!

I have deliberately turned this blog away from politics. That hasn't been easy to...

May 2026

May 02, 2026

“Was Joseph a Sexual Predator?” and other fun issues

Fourteen (14) installments of Becoming Brigham are currently available online at, well, becomingbrigham.com. On...

March 2026

March 26, 2026

Will we welcome a shameful blot on the State of Utah?

So far as I'm aware, I've met Brent Ward, but just once. It was...

February 2026

February 02, 2026

“Shorthand and Bloodstains”

I'm pleased to call your attention to "Shorthand & Bloodstains, Part One: Becoming Brigham,...

January 2026

January 13, 2026

Two approaches to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young

“Generations yet unborn will dwell with peculiar delight upon the scenes that we have...

January 12, 2026

A further note on yesterday’s blog entry

As many others were, I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn (in my...

January 11, 2026

Some thoughts on the character of Joseph Smith

The jumping-off point for our Elders Quorum meeting today, taught by our former bishop,...

January 07, 2026

Mark your calendar and watch your step!

I published a column in Meridian Magazine today. It's possible that some readers may...

January 06, 2026

Heavenly and Earthly

First of all, I hope that everybody out there had a wonderful National Capitol...

December 2025

December 23, 2025

As our moon to the Sun

Today marks the 220th anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith. For...

November 2025

November 06, 2025

Denying the Seemingly Undeniable

I'm absolutely delighted at this news, and am not altogether surprised by it: "Elder...

August 2025

August 10, 2025

Taking Note of Polygamy Denialism

The Interpreter Foundation held its annual birthday party last night, for the invited volunteers,...

July 2025

July 04, 2025

The Book of Mormon, the Qur’an, and “Inimitability”

First of all, I wish a happy Fourth of July to everybody out there....

June 2025

June 30, 2025

Some notes on the Gold Plates

I want to share some passages that I marked a while back from Richard...

June 27, 2025

181 Years Ago, Today

Today, 27 June, is the 181st anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum...

June 16, 2025

Can we know what he looked like?

The authors of the Bible, even across the centuries of its composition and the...

June 06, 2025

Remember!

Eighty-one years ago today, Allied troops came ashore on the beaches of Normandy during...

June 03, 2025

Dallin H. Oaks, Joseph Smith, and the Right of Habeas Corpus

Two or three weeks ago, reports circulated in the news media that the Trump...

June 01, 2025

Historical ironies

My wife and I were back in Nauvoo and Carthage, Illinois, a few weeks...

May 2025

May 08, 2025

An Economic Chiasm and Remarkable Textual Consistency

Newly posted on the blog of the perpetually unchanging, completely comatose website of the...

May 05, 2025

Acting the bully in Fairview, Texas?

I wrote the other day regarding the approval of a temple in Texas about...