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August 2023

August 24, 2023

A Note on Reason and our Faith in Science

One of the things that I like most about the place that we...

June 2023

June 21, 2023

Is the Church a hotbed of child abuse? Compared to what?

Some new items have gone up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

May 2023

May 08, 2023

Religion, Death, and Self-Control

I'm late in calling attention to this brief article, which went up on...

April 2023

April 20, 2023

A note on Latter-day Saint attitudes toward other religious faiths

First, though, a thought about earthquakes and divine providence. I submitted this column...

January 2023

January 19, 2023

“A Moslem fought an infidel one day”

These three pieces have gone up quite recently on the website of the...

January 14, 2023

Lightning Strikes

I'm halfway through a period of temporary bachelorhood: My wife is babysitting one...

December 2022

December 20, 2022

A non-Christian Christmas

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

December 19, 2022

“Unintended Corruption” and Other Quirks in Current Physics

Herewith, I share some more notes that have been inspired by and/or are...

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 15, 2022

Are logic and mathematics purely rational? (2)

Yesterday, I posted a brief preliminary note inspired by and drawing upon Michael...

December 14, 2022

Are logic and mathematics purely rational? (1)

The following went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

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 07, 2022

Science, Religion, Agency, and Flowers

Newly posted today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks:...

December 05, 2022

On Justifying Racism from the Book of Abraham, plus Some Thoughts on the Constitution

A new article has appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: ...

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 21, 2022

The Church, the Senate, and Same-Sex Marriage

As many of you are no doubt aware, about a week ago the...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

An idea for a conference on science and religion: Any interest out there?

First, though: I failed to note here that an article of mine was...

October 08, 2022

The Halifax Explosion

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is sadly well acquainted with tragedy. In a blog entry...

October 06, 2022

Should religious colleges and universities be permitted to continue having codes for student and faculty behavior?

Will religious universities continue to be permitted to set their own behavioral standards...

September 2022

September 13, 2022

“A Fulfilled Prophecy of Joseph F. Smith,” and Other Matters

I've just published a new item in Meridian Magazine that some of you...

August 2022

August 30, 2022

Thinking, from Dover back to Amsterdam

These three items went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

July 2022

July 22, 2022

“Abridging the Records of the Zoramite Mission: Mormon as Historian”

I've had only intermittent internet access over the past few days -- thus...

July 20, 2022

Alcohol, Chocolate, Keeping Promises, and Seeing the Cosmos with the Eye of God

Three new items went up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation yesterday,...

July 12, 2022

“Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms, that ye may understand?”

I find myself deeply moved and profoundly impressed by the images from the...

July 11, 2022

“I . . . created them for mine own purpose”

I have a little more information about the talk that I'll be giving...

July 07, 2022

The cautionary tale of Boris Johnson, with a brief reference to parasitic brain worms

*** We boarded a small propeller-driven plane this morning for the short...

July 03, 2022

Notes on the Church in Recent Popular Entertainment

On his Facebook page, the inimitable Jim Bennett posted a nice short summary...

May 2022

May 28, 2022

A brief stop in Andalusia

*** We docked this morning in the ancient Spanish city...

May 20, 2022

Scientific thinking and religion? Compatible?

*** My blog enjoys the attention and ministrations of a resident devotee...

May 19, 2022

Entitled Cogitations

*** For some reason, I got to thinking along the following lines...