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March 2020

March 16, 2020

Responding to the Coronavirus

"President Nelson Gives a Message of Hope at This Troubled Time" ***...

March 15, 2020

Two thoughts on heaven

I continue to be struck by a quotation from then-Elder Russell M. Nelson...

March 13, 2020

More on Medical Science, Faith, and Prayer

Responding to my blog entry of Thursday entitled "Medicine Versus the Priesthood?" a...

March 12, 2020

Medicine Versus the Priesthood?

Particularly in the wake of announcements about -- to choose some prominent examples...

March 09, 2020

“Enoch the Seer” (and Some Who Evidently Can’t See At All)

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: In God’s Image...

March 08, 2020

The sacrifice of Martin Harris

Thanks to the generous efforts of many volunteers and the kind support of...

March 08, 2020

A democratic salvation

A recurring theme in the texts that we've been reading in my Islamic...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

“Who Is Leaving the Church?” (Part Three)

Today's installment of my bi-weekly column in the Deseret News: "How Mary’s...

February 26, 2020

“Who Is Leaving the Church?” (Part Two)

Continued from a previous post. I here offer some further notes from...

February 25, 2020

Evolution and the Church, plus “You’re Going to Get the Coronavirus”

Science & Mormonism Series 1: Cosmos, Earth, and Man LDS Statements on Evolution and...

February 23, 2020

An inheritance for all the peoples of the world

When the first volume of the new Islamic Translation Series was published in...

February 22, 2020

“Who Is Leaving the Church?” (Part One)

Here are some notes from Stephen Cranney, ""Who Is Leaving the Church? Demographic...

February 21, 2020

“First Visions and Last Sermons”

It being Friday, Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship has...

February 17, 2020

“The Merry Minuet”

New, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Science & Mormonism Series...

February 12, 2020

Yup! Religion Poisons EVERYTHING!

Quite a number of years ago, my late friend Bill Hamblin and I...

February 11, 2020

Chelsea Handler on “Mormonism”

We're just back from a performance of the Jeff Hamilton Trio in the Concert...

February 11, 2020

“God’s Love for All Mankind”

Every once in a while, I think it appropriate to remind Latter-day Saints...

February 03, 2020

The gullible Martin Harris and his wife, Lucy

Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, is...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

“The Manifesto was a Victory!”

First, here's another item for your voracious Christopher Hitchens Memorial "How Religion Poisons Everything"...

January 28, 2020

“‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses” (Part 7)

Proceeding with my notes from Daniel Johnson, “‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses,” BYU...

January 27, 2020

“‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses” (Part 6), Plus a Note on Evolution and Faith

Newly published on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Science & Mormonism...

January 27, 2020

My career as a water witcher, armed with a divining rod

Three or four times, perhaps, I've publicly mentioned my one and only direct...

January 26, 2020

“‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses’ (Part 5)”

In “‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses’ (Part 1),” I began to extract notes from...

January 25, 2020

We’re trying to help.

Are you aware of the range of materials that the Interpreter Foundation produces...

January 20, 2020

“‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses” (Part 4)

In "'Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses' (Part 1)," I began to extract notes from...

January 20, 2020

Martin Luther King: “I may not get there with you.”

There is no better way to think of Martin Luther King today than...

January 19, 2020

“‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses” (Part 3)

In "'Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses' (Part 1)," I began to extract notes from...

January 18, 2020

Some very good links for some very good reading

On the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Come, Follow Me — Study and...

January 18, 2020

“‘Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses” (Part 2)

In "'Hard’ Evidence of Ancient American Horses' (Part 1)," I began to extract notes from...

January 17, 2020

“’Somebody Wrote It:’ The Book of Mormon’s Missionary Message to a 21st-Century World”

Quelle surprise! It's Friday, and a new article has appeared in Interpreter: A...