Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1157
February 28, 2015
On expecting help when trying to do good
“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.” Albert Schweitzer
“Ordain Women’s Kate Kelly loses last appeal; husband to resign from Mormon church”
http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith... I’m struck by some aspects of the article: Saturday’s news “saddened” Ordain Women Executive Board Chairwoman Debra Jenson. “We are profoundly troubled by a definition of apostasy that seems to include members asking sincere questions of our leaders,” Jenson said in the group’s news release. Compare Ms. Jenson’s suggestion [Read More...]
Books from the Interpreter Foundation
Just a note to remind everybody out there that the Interpreter Foundation has already — in its brief 2.5 year existence — published four books, with several more in the works and on the way. And that’s not counting our online publication of Volume Four of Royal Skousen’s magisterial project to display and [Read More...]
“The Suicide”
This comic-with-a-teaching-purpose was created by Mahdi Tabatabaie Yazdi, of Tehran, Iran, who kindly brought it to my attention: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s... https://www.facebook.com/Salamcomics/... Either link should work, I think. In the latter, at least, simply click on the displayed image to advance to the next one. I hope that he and his [Read More...]
“Technology will never replace love”
I don’t know why, but some really great short inspirational videos have been coming out of Thailand. Here’s the most recent that I’ve seen: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=...
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...]
February 27, 2015
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)
“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...
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