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October 2026

October 09, 2026

“America’s Most Neighborly City”? It’s not in Switzerland

Once again, we haven't made our way down to the city of Bern. (It's...

October 08, 2026

“The Book of Moses as a Temple Text”

I think that I failed to mention a couple of still-new items that have...

October 07, 2026

A Place Charged with Memory

It took many years, but I was finally able to show my beloved Switzerland...

October 06, 2026

From up above . . .

We drove up to Lauterbrunnen today, past Trümmelbach and all the way to Stechelberg...

August 2025

August 22, 2025

I can easily imagine worse deaths

Two new articles went up today on the perpetually unchanging website of the Interpreter...

May 2025

May 07, 2025

Some movies, some movie-making, and Book of Mormon geography

We spent another solid day today filming for the Interpreter Foundation's forthcoming Becoming Brigham...

June 2024

June 24, 2024

Did I do any good in the world in those days?

A twelve-minute piece that we recorded in Kirtland, Ohio, during the same May 2024...

June 20, 2024

Last comments from Europe, for a while

Well, the FAIR LDS conferences in Europe ended a week ago (though two or...

June 19, 2024

Farewell to Rivendell?

First of all, I wish a happy Juneteenth to everybody out there. It's a...

June 18, 2024

Deep into Inner (and Original) Switzerland

We headed out this morning along the northern shore of the Brienzersee (through Ringgenberg,...

December 2023

December 26, 2023

“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”

Every year since I launched this blog, I have called attention to some of...

August 2023

August 29, 2023

My last post on the temple in Cody? Maybe, for a while at least.

As a young man, I served a two-year mission (1972-1974) in German-speaking Switzerland,...

September 2022

September 05, 2022

An infallible formula for never lapsing into inactivity in the Church

The inexplicably weird English of the headline continues throughout the article. Still, I...

August 2022

August 17, 2022

A memorable acquaintance beside an Alpine lake

What the heck. I'm in the mood, and I think that I haven't...

August 16, 2022

A curious missionary experience in northwestern Switzerland

I continue, briefly, with the theme of yesterday's entry, "Reminiscences of a beautiful...

August 15, 2022

Reminiscences of a beautiful but difficult mission area

Well, our stay in the Berner Oberland has finally come to an end. ...

August 14, 2022

What does it mean to be a witness?

Given the time difference between where it was posted and where I am...

August 11, 2022

Bluffing a Beatenberger

The Interpreter Foundation continues to be a fountain of productivity, thanks to generous...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Church History and the Most Beautiful Place on the Planet

*** Interpreter Radio Show — March 27, 2022 In this archived episode...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

“Putin! Putin! Putin!”

*** Cody Quirk has kindly brought to my attention a report...

February 18, 2022

Spreading the Word

*** The Interpreter Foundation published several new items yesterday and today. I...

August 2021

August 20, 2021

“Better Kingdom-Building through Triage”

*** A new article, written by an author whose name is a...

April 2021

April 16, 2021

Some reminiscences about how in the world I got onto the BYU faculty

*** For what it's worth: I've just today agreed to participate in...

December 2020

December 23, 2020

Some favorite music for the season (1)

Among the glories of the Christmas season is its music. I would like...

December 06, 2020

Revision 8.6 “Near Eastern Missions and a Branch in Jerusalem”

President Booth's sudden death did not end missionary work in the Near East....

November 2020

November 17, 2020

Did Nietzsche get this one right?

The year 2020 has been a long slog, and few of us will...

October 2020

October 19, 2020

Revision 6.14 “Denial”

But, sadly, this understandable desire to get the attention of the West is...

July 2020

July 05, 2020

A Prolegomenon to “Getting to Know Elder Boyd K. Packer”

I first met Elder Boyd K. Packer when he came to Switzerland during...

April 2020

April 25, 2020

A mid-mission jaunt from Switzerland to northern Germany

I've been asked by a friend who is a reader of and a...

April 05, 2020

“I can make your job easy.”

New temples: Syracuse, Utah Bahia Blanca, Argentina Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Tallahassee, Florida Benin...