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May 2026

May 12, 2026

“Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”

We walked around the area of Liverpool's Albert Docks this morning in cold and...

March 2026

March 09, 2026

A firmly scriptural “No” to Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN)

New York City’s Gracie Mansion, the official home of the city's mayor (currently Zohran...

February 2025

February 15, 2025

Just a little more than two years to go!

You're probably aware of this: "The Prophet Announces Salt Lake Temple Open House Celebration...

July 2024

July 24, 2024

It’s been an unusually good Pioneer Day!

Utahns and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be...

May 2024

May 22, 2024

Contra Calvinism 2

About nine days ago, I posted a blog entry that was entitled “Contra Calvinism...

February 2023

February 21, 2023

Shaq, Sir Charles, and Utah

First, though, I need to mention that the website of the Interpreter Foundation...

December 2022

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...

October 2022

October 02, 2022

Breathtaking Audacity

I think that it was Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of...

September 2022

September 03, 2022

At IANDS

A new item went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:...

June 2022

June 28, 2022

An experience with Hugh Nibley

*** These three new items went up today on the website of...

May 2022

May 08, 2022

An important part of my approach to other faiths and worldviews

*** Well over three decades ago now, I spent a summer in...

April 2022

April 15, 2022

IANDS in Salt Lake City

*** If you're unaware of the documentary Remembering Heaven, you should know...

February 2022

February 13, 2022

The Scriptures Are Indeed Real

*** Kerry Muhlestein and Lamar Newmayer have a podcast that they've entitled...

February 10, 2022

Who ya gonna call?

*** A whole circle of freak-show demagogues once swirled around the professional...

November 2021

November 14, 2021

“Remember Pearl Harbor!”

*** I would like to call your attention to a new website...

September 2021

September 29, 2021

Young Brigham

*** The most recent of Kyler Rasmussen's Bayesian explorations has been posted...

September 14, 2021

An Expatriate, a Pioneer, and the Pilgrims

*** Up this morning in Brattleboro, we first drove out to see...

July 2021

July 25, 2021

Thales of Miletus and Me

*** In the wake of my two recent falls -- chronicled here...

June 2021

June 05, 2021

See the Movie that Enemies of the Church Don’t Want You to See!

*** In my immediately previous post, I observed that the Interpreter Foundation's...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

Some thoughts on inferring a designer

*** But, first: A few of my odd but obsessive anonymous...

March 2021

March 10, 2021

“I think life is basically worthless.”

Here are a trio of interesting items regarding the recent three-part Netflix documentary...

February 2021

February 10, 2021

Take Two, “Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses”

Yesterday, I mentioned that, after something on the order of eleven years, I...

November 2020

November 01, 2020

Revision 8.2 “A further note on the rededication of Palestine”

I continue my account of a party sent in 1872 by President Brigham...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

“I cheerfully certify”

Below are two passages that I've extracted from Ronald E. Romig, Eighth Witness:...

September 2020

September 12, 2020

Orson Pratt, reacting to the death of Martin Harris

It seems that I'll be doing a fireside on Monday evening, 14 September...

June 2020

June 20, 2020

An oppressive theocracy

I share a provocative passage that I've extracted for my notes from Graham...

March 2020

March 18, 2020

Simplistic theories on the settlement of the Americas take a hit

I don't know that this has any direct relevance to the claims of...

January 2020

January 04, 2020

“Somewhere in Time,” its Utah connection, and that out-of-body experience

I posted a blog entry a couple of days ago about the film...

November 2019

November 06, 2019

“Muslims and Latter-day Saints can be leaders in building tolerance”

This article, by Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the leader of the Mecca-based Muslim...

October 2019

October 15, 2019

“Phantom”

We had a quick but good trip down to St. George and Cedar...