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October 2026

October 10, 2026

Notes on Women, Priesthood, and General Conference

A few days ago, I saw a comment from a critic of the Church...

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...

September 2026

September 19, 2026

A Night on Broadway in Orem

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

September 11, 2026

Creation and Temple

This afternoon, we saw a performance of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written by David Catlin,...

September 07, 2026

When and why coffee matters

We drove back home today from Moab. Along the way, we stopped off in...

August 2026

August 26, 2026

Without Moroni statues, is the Church rejecting its past?

I interrupt my regular blather here to bring you something that is urgently important...

August 21, 2026

“Nephi’s Temple Hymn”

A new article, written by Nelson Chung, appeared today in Interpreter: A Journal of...

August 13, 2026

Will I see you on Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday? Friday?

Two members of the Interpreter Foundation's board of directors will be speaking at BYU...

August 09, 2026

We’ve been at it for fourteen years now

Up new today on the never-changing and, in fact, long-dead website of the Interpreter...

July 2026

July 28, 2026

Retrieving History

As he regularly does on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation, Jonn Claybaugh has generously...

July 25, 2026

Two brief battlefield reports from Fairview, Texas, etc.

This item appeared earlier today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation -- which,...

July 03, 2026

Entry to the Temple through the Principles of the Beatitudes

A new article went up today at Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

April 2026

April 25, 2026

A new collection of articles on the temple!

Newly posted today: Conversations with Interpreter: Kent Jackson, "The Lord Gave Cain a Sign":...

April 07, 2026

“A whole civilization will die tonight”

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” President Donald...

March 2026

March 29, 2026

For Palm Sunday

Today was/is Palm Sunday, commemorating the day on which, according to accounts given in...

March 19, 2026

At least you can SPRAY for COCKROACHES . . .

Newly posted on the completely stagnant and unchanging website of the Interpreter Foundation: "Approaching...

February 2026

February 12, 2026

“Why Brigham Young Makes Us Uncomfortable,” and Other Stuff

The podcast Let's Get Real with Stephen Jones and Scripture Central has just posted...

February 10, 2026

Are our temples ugly eyesores?

Becoming Brigham, Episode 3—Shorthand & Bloodstains, Part Two is up, and I hope that...

January 2026

January 28, 2026

“Israel’s Alternate Altars”

I remind you, once again, of our Becoming Brigham fireside this coming Saturday, 31...

January 23, 2026

Sincere concern in Flagstaff? Maybe. In some cases.

Just posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, a new article from Interpreter:...

January 14, 2026

On Church finances, Martin Harris, and Book of Mormon plates

This went up today on the long-dead and, thus, never-changing website of the Interpreter...

December 2025

December 29, 2025

The Muslims are coming!

We stayed in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday night, and I was mildly amused...

October 2025

October 18, 2025

Ancient Egyptian Cosmology Illustrated in Soil Core Samples

This is a remarkable story: "A prophet’s flash of inspiration 41 years ago started...

October 17, 2025

A horror has come upon the residents of Cody, Wyoming

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship published a new article today...

October 11, 2025

Of Temples and Extermination Camps

This is a really good article in Public Square Magazine, and it's very timely:...

September 2025

September 26, 2025

Comparing Masonic Rites with the LDS Temple Endowment

This new article appeared earlier today in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith...

September 13, 2025

Maybe I believe it but think I DON’T believe it?

Driving back from the coast to drop our friends off at the airport in...

August 2025

August 30, 2025

How high can it fly?

Honestly, I think that some critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

July 2025

July 15, 2025

A Tale of Two Temples

Come, Follow Me — D&C Study and Teaching Helps (2025): Doctrine and Covenants 81–83:...

May 2025

May 18, 2025

One of the greatest places in British LDS history

After leaving the Lake District yesterday afternoon, our group drove through Milnthorpe, where John...