Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1154

The large and the small of it

    A very fun site for visualizing — to the very limited extent that we’re capable of visualizing — the vast size of the universe and the unbelievably small proportions of some of the things within it.  The range is beyond breathtaking:   http://www.htwins.net/scale2/   Thanks to David Wills for calling this site to [Read More...]

Elder Holland in California

      The transcript and a full video of Elder Holland’s remarks at Chapman University can be found here:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   I think it’s a very significant speech.   And Hugh Hewitt conducted an extremely engaging thirty-five minute interview with Elder Holland for his national radio program.  You can listen to it here:   [Read More...]

Making the world a better place

    “No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it.”  (Jim Fiebig)    

An event on the evening of Sunday, 8 March, in American Fork

“Elder Holland calls on Christians to unite to counter trends harming faith, family, and religious freedom”

      An important address down in Southern California:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

“The Implications of Past-Tense Syntax in the Book of Mormon”

    Another Friday.  Another article from Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture.   The title may put you off.   But don’t be put off.   The implications of this article, if it’s valid, are extraordinarily important.  Profound.  And a serious challenge to skeptics.   Read the abstract, and I think you’ll see what [Read More...]

“Oldtown Funk,” in Provo

    Here’s some fun, if you have four minutes.   Alex Boyé, of (among other things) the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, has released a remake of the massive Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars hit Uptown Funk, with a twist.  And the twist isn’t merely that it was produced in Provo, Utah.  Look at his dancers:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjRlJ...   [Read More...]

“How the Cross Taunts ISIS”

    A powerful little article by a Roman Catholic priest that manages to link the horrific headlines from today’s Middle East with the triumphant message of Easter:   http://www.realclearreligion.org/arti...    

New Testament 90

    Matthew 8:23-27 Mark 4:35-41 Luke 8:22-25 Compare Matthew 8:18   1.   The image of Jesus asleep in the back of the boat, and so soundly asleep that even a turbulent storm doesn’t wake him, is significant.  It highlights his humanness.  He was physically exhausted.  The constant press of crowds, the long and strenuous [Read More...]

“Gladys Wilson and Naomi Feil”

    I hope you can muster roughly five minutes to watch this video, because it’s truly remarkable.  It will be especially poignant to those who’ve had experience with sufferers from Alzheimer’s Disease, but it’s a moving and revelatory account of the human spirit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrZXz...   It’s worth noting, I think, that Naomi Feil is [Read More...]