Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1232

J. Kirk Richards, Mormon artist

    One of my longstanding hopes has been for more and greater Mormon art than we’ve yet produced.  If I had the money, I’d be a serious patron.   One of the artists I enjoy is J. Kirk Richards.   Here’s his website:   http://www.jkirkrichards.com    

“Turning Points”

    A very short but nice little video about the importance of a supportive religious community:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7NA...    

1 Nephi 18

    A couple of quick comments, today, on 1 Nephi 18:   1.   If one grants Hugh Nibley’s view that Lehi had a background in caravan trade, the names of his children may almost mark out his life’s story.   Laman and Lemuel, his two eldest sons, bear names that seem to come from [Read More...]

A quick decision, under some pressure

    A nice story about a Latter-day Saint woman forced to make a quick decision about her standards — and how it turned out:   http://www.ldsliving.com/story/76839-...   Brought to my attention by Charles Steinman

“The Maori Stairway to Heaven”

    Admit it.  When you woke up this morning and realized that it was Friday, you knew — you knew — that today would bring yet another article in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture.   And guess what.   It did.   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-...    

“Obama’s not a closer”

    An interesting little piece in one of the finest contemporary American magazines, Commentary:   http://www.commentarymagazine.com/201...    

Photos from Today’s Middle East

    http://www.nationalreview.com/slidesh...   Again, trying to put real faces on the people, and to give a sense of the reality of the place.   The Middle East isn’t some alien planet.  Those who who live there aren’t of a different species.   No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a [Read More...]

A remarkably powerful political ad aimed at Catholics

    I hope that Latter-day Saints will take heed:   https://www.youtube.com/embed/D9vQt6I...   Thanks to Steve Case for bringing this to my notice.    

Designed for something beyond the here and now

    “The human soul was made to enjoy some object that is never fully given — nay, cannot even be imagined as given — in our present mode of subjective and spatio-temporal experience.”   C. S. Lewis, “Preface,” The Pilgrim’s Regress  

Christians: “Trapped in Iraq”

    I don’t want them to be forgotten:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...