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May 2016

May 16, 2016

Salvador: The Truth Behind the Fiction, Part 4

...[B]ut the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but...

May 10, 2016

Salvador: The Truth behind the Fiction, Part 3

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken....

May 08, 2016

Mothers’ Day Tribute–Nancy Young Layton

Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your...

May 06, 2016

Salvador: The Truth behind the Fiction, Part 2

The Atonement of Christ is the very root of Christian doctrine. You may know much...

May 02, 2016

Salvador: The Truth Behind the Fiction

“At some point, God will ask you to sacrifice on his altar not only your...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

On a Day When I Miss My Dad

I put a photo of an ultrasound into Dad's coffin on February 27. The viewing...

April 18, 2016

Robert Blair: Mormon Scholars Testify

A Linguist’s Perspective on Things Beyond Understanding I don’t think that the universe with its...

March 2016

March 19, 2016

Burning Bush

I talked with my father about death quite often. I was always with him at...

March 11, 2016

Robert Blair Obituary, Part 4: The Story Teller’s Last Stories

Note: This post includes a photo of Robert Blair's lifeless body in the last part. ...

March 10, 2016

Death of a Latter-day Saint

Embedded in this post is a youtube link to my father's funeral. This is something...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Obituary for Robert Blair – Part 3: The Baltics

Robert Blair's first mission call from the LDS Church sent him to Finland, a land...

February 23, 2016

Robert Wallace Blair Obituary, Part 2

The title for Robert Blair's PhD dissertation could compete in “Most Impressive.” The title was...

February 20, 2016

Obituary for Robert Wallace Blair – Part I

Robert Wallace Blair passed away in his sleep on February 19, 2016 at age 85....

February 12, 2016

Jane Manning James: Her Life Story in Her Own Words

When I publish anything about Black LDS pioneer Jane Elizabeth Manning James, people from around...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

We Tend to Resurrect in my Family

We have frequent resurrections in my family. My brother Bobby suffered a hip-pulverizing injury in...

January 26, 2016

Risen and Rising

My fundamental belief as a Latter-day Saint is that we are continuously in process of...

January 22, 2016

Love Letters from China

The year I gave birth to my first child, my parents were in Mainland China. ...

January 03, 2016

The Call of Faith

It is January 3, 2016, and I am feeling nostalgic. My mother died for fifteen...

November 2015

November 04, 2015

Gratitude #3

In this third gratitude essay, I focus on my dad. I have written many...

August 2015

August 01, 2015

Every Word

This is a guest post by my nephew, Josh Sabey, about a fascinating project...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

The Future of Mormonism (the Next Five Years)

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of Faith in America:...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Death, Thou Shalt Die!

This blog will be periodically edited. It will contain my reflections on my father's...

May 04, 2015

Three Doors (A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Post)

The Waiting Rooms in the Great Beyond Peter may indeed wait at the Pearly...

April 2015

April 05, 2015

He is Risen! She is Risen!

It is a triumphant song. I have loved it since I was a child. I...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Invisible Women and The Winter’s Tale

The best role for a female Shakespearean actor is Hermione in The Winter's Tale. Hermione,...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Book Signings–how to do them successfully

This is a serious post. I personally hate book signings. I did my first one...

February 23, 2015

How Do We Overcome Prejudice?

This is a guest post by Kendell Coburn, a young man who was called to...

February 16, 2015

Studio C and Heart of Africa: The Miracles of Stacey Harkey and Mallory Everton

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to cast a play at Brigham...

February 13, 2015

Yes, I do believe that the Mormon Church’s missionary program is among the solutions to Racism.

I did a guest post for Jana Reiss.

February 12, 2015

The Story Behind the Footage of that Last Scene

The final scene in the Kickstarter video for Heart of Africa shows two young men,...