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June 2026

June 25, 2026

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

The principal theme of our filming this week, although not the only one, was...

April 2026

April 30, 2026

“God’s Equation”

A new article of mine appeared early this morning in Meridian Magazine. Whether it...

April 11, 2026

Dangerous Idiocy

Yet again this morning I encountered the claim online that Islam isn't really a...

August 2025

August 01, 2025

Of Spheres, Spirals, Spindles, and the Divine

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

June 2025

June 15, 2025

Is our reasoning ability overdeveloped? A biological error?

Some readers here may recall that, in fits and starts, I've been working very...

April 2025

April 28, 2025

The first full public day

I was the respondent in the first full, public session of the conference today....

February 2025

February 20, 2025

A note from Maui’s gateway to the afterlife

Two propositions: Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine did not start the current conflict between Russia...

February 13, 2025

Bidding Adieu to My Native State

Important: The form on the Witnesses Initiative website was inadvertently created in such a...

February 11, 2025

Believe!

There's a new book to which I'm looking forward. Here are a couple of...

January 2025

January 29, 2025

Can you think of any other benefits that I should mention?

The Interpreter Foundation's full-length documentary Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon can now...

November 2024

November 27, 2024

Thinking and Thanking

I published the Thanksgiving column immediately below in the 24 November 2011 issue of...

November 18, 2024

Another Note on “Mormonism” in the Movies

Some here may be interested in this 44-minute discussion between an Evangelical Protestant and...

October 2024

October 02, 2024

The Marks of a “Cult”

For a very limited time -- up until 10 October 2024 -- its creators...

August 2024

August 05, 2024

Are reason and faith diametrically opposed?

While in California a couple of weeks ago, I picked up a copy of...

July 2024

July 14, 2024

A great opportunity is on the way

Now here's something to think about, taken from the Jerusalem Post: "Expert claims NASA...

July 09, 2024

“The Virtue of the Word of God”

These new items just went up on the never-changing website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

June 2024

June 01, 2024

From Rome’s Temple Square

These new articles went up yesterday on the Interpreter Foundation website. My apologies for...

May 2024

May 20, 2024

Thinking about Evolution

I have a new article up in Meridian Magazine and I hope that you'll...

May 06, 2024

“How to Know a Person”

For the 28 April 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, the hosts were...

March 2024

March 24, 2024

“Are religious people happier?”

I think that, this time around, I'll lead off with something from the Christopher...

January 2024

January 20, 2024

Is morality “findable”?

We held our quarterly Interpreter Foundation board meeting today -- technically, it's our annual...

January 18, 2024

On Religious Involvement and Health

Conference Talks: Bearing Testimony in Hebrew: A Comparison of Ancient Israelite Temple Worship with...

January 17, 2024

Some reasons to be religious?

I want to remind you of Steve Densley's rapidly approaching fireside in the greater...

December 2023

December 11, 2023

Have you seen “The Oath” yet?

I noticed this Public Square Magazine article online the other day and found it...

December 03, 2023

“Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave”

I share some takeaways here from an article that I've just read in...

November 2023

November 26, 2023

Of quasars and Jesus

In case you haven't seen or read it yet: "The First Presidency’s 2023...

November 11, 2023

God, Fathers, and Families

Newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Preview Video of “Not...

October 2023

October 04, 2023

A few thoughts about faith, reason, and science

"I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding...

September 2023

September 21, 2023

“Religion builds hospitals. Science builds hydrogen bombs.”

A few days ago, I published a post here in which I replied...

September 12, 2023

“Science flies men to the moon. Religion flies planes into buildings.”

With friends -- unaccountably, I do have friends -- my wife and I...