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

Two members of the Interpreter Foundation’s board of directors will be speaking at BYU Education Week 2026 in Provo on 18-21 August. That’s next week. Please check to be sure that no information... read more

8/13/2026 11:52:58 PM by Dan Peterson

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"He's a lover, not a train.'

Back on 8 July, I posted an entry on this blog — really, a guest entry — entitled “Remote Viewing 1.” It was written by Paul Smith, a retired Major in the United States Army who holds a Ph.D. in... read more

8/12/2026 9:56:06 PM by Dan Peterson

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Three Days Attempting to Reach Mary Magdalene's Cave

It took three days, a lost taxi, and a wildfire to reach Mary Magdalene's mountain. What a pilgrimage teaches when you never quite arrive. read more

8/12/2026 2:44:12 PM by Neil Ghosh

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Is the Church responsible for the surge in measles in Utah?

I came across the following quotation from the late and much-missed Elder Neal A. Maxwell the other day. It expresses my own sentiments quite accurately: All the scriptures, including the Book of... read more

8/11/2026 9:29:24 PM by Dan Peterson

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More apologizing, eh?

The newest installment of our ongoing Becoming Brigham series went up this morning, weighing in at just slightly more than 19.5 minutes: “Inside the Lion’s House — Becoming Brigham, Episode 29.” I... read more

8/10/2026 8:09:44 PM by Dan Peterson

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What matters most

I’m happy that this song, with lyrics by the great Isaac Watts (1674–1748), will be included in the forthcoming Latter-day Saint hymnal. And I was delighted that we sang it as the opening hymn of... read more

8/9/2026 10:21:37 PM by Dan Peterson

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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 Foundation: Conversations with Interpreter: Jennifer Lane — Part 2: “Jesus as Kinsman-Redeemer in the Small... read more

8/9/2026 5:46:05 AM by Dan Peterson

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A Good Friday

It being Friday, yet another new article went up today on the Interpreter Foundation’s website: It is “God’s First Recorded Speech in the Book of Mormon: A Covenant that Unifies Nephi’s Record and... read more

8/8/2026 12:29:31 AM by Dan Peterson

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A report from the floor at FAIR 2026 (Wednesday evening)

I published a new article this morning in Meridian Magazine: “Who Gets to Decide Who Is a Christian?” Given the way current events are looking, I’m going to go out on a limb and wager that that may... read more

8/6/2026 12:16:25 AM by Dan Peterson

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Lessons Learned While Traveling to Spiritual Events

Traveling to spiritual events offers us a great time to think about the things of God and learn valuable lessons. Read on for some I learned. read more

8/5/2026 4:00:02 PM by Lee Ann Marino

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Some notes on Ancient Iran and Its Pre-Islamic Religion

I apologize for the duplicate posting of yesterday’s blog entry (“A sacred experience of my brother’s”). I was experiencing some weird glitches with Patheos and the duplication is a result of one... read more

8/3/2026 4:46:27 PM by Dan Peterson

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A sacred experience of my brother's

Today, I’ve chosen to record an experience that was related to me many years ago by my late (and still sorely missed) brother, Kenneth. He and now his widow are both gone, and I don’t know how... read more

8/2/2026 6:01:58 PM by Dan Peterson

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While bravely fighting a cold, I joined in an Irish podcast

A new installment of Mormonism with the Murph has gone up online, in a video that lasts roughly one hour and forty-eight minutes: “Are the witnesses of the gold plates EVIDENCE for the Book of... read more

7/31/2026 7:54:46 PM by Dan Peterson

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